The first report of the Seychelles Bird Records Committee

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by  Adrian Skerrett

The first report of the
Seychelles Bird Records Committee
Adrian Skerrett
TheSeychellesBirdRecordsCommitteewasformed December1993forspeciesoflessthanannualoccur-
in1992.Itsfirsttaskwastodrawuptwolistsofthe rence. Records are required for all vagrants and, of
birdsofSeychelles: one listforspeciesconsideredto course, any species which does not appear in the
be resident, annual breedingvisitors and annual mi- report. In addition, records of other species which
grants forwhich recordswere not required, andone maybeseenoutsidetheirnormalrangearerequired.
list for species of less than annual occurrence for For example, Black-naped Tern (Sternasumatrana)
which records should be submitted. Notices were breedsintheAmirantesandfurtherwest,butrecords
then posted in the world’s leading bird journals and arerequiredeastoftheAmirantes,thatis,thegranitic
magazinesappealingforpastrecords,andadvertising islands, Bird, Denis, Platte and Coetivy.
the availabilityofliststo interestedparties. Foreachvagrant, the followingdetailsare given:
The original list of species of less than annual • the numberofaccepted records to date
occurrence had been based on collected published • the months of the year in which these records
and unpublished information. However, critical ex- occurred
aminationofsomerecords(includingsomepublished • the islands onwhich records occurred
records) led to their rejection, while new records of • in brackets, the total numberofindividuals con-
species never previously reported from Seychelles cerned
werereceivedandacceptedbytheCommittee. Since Forthe purposes ofthis publication, the nomen-
this original list made no attempt to indicate the clature policy of the African Bird Club has been
relativescarcityofeachspecies, itis nowconsidered employed.
tobeoflittlevalue.
The followingreportcombinesthelistofspecies The Seychelles Bird Records Committee is spon-
ofannualoccurrencewithrecordsacceptedupto31st sored byCousine Island.
Wedge-tailedShearwaterPuffinuspacificus
Breeds Aride, Cousin, Cousine, Bird, Recif, StJoseph Atoll,
Desnoeufs,Marie-Louiseandpossiblyelsewhere.
Audubon’sShearwaterPuffinusIherminieri
BreedsAride,Cousin,Cousine,Bird,Desnouefs,Marie-Louise,
Aldabraandpossiblyelsewhere.
Wilson’sStorm-PetrelOceanitesoceanicus
Vagrant.Threerecords:Oct,Nov.NearBird1,nearFarquhar1,
nearDesnoeufs1(7).
Black-neckedGrebePodicepsnigricollis
Vagrant.Onerecord:Dec.South-eastIsland/Mahe(1).
SouthernGiantPetrelMacronectesgiganteus,Mahe,
August1992(AdrianSkerrett)
SouthernGiantPetrelMacronectesgiganteus
Vagrant.Onerecord:July-Oct.Mahe(1).
PintadoPetrel(CapePigeon)Daptioncapense
Vagrant.Onerecord:Sept.BetweenCosmoledoandAssumption
(1).
Jouanin’sPetrelBulweriafallax
Vagrant. Four records: Oct, Nov, Dec, Feb. Near Aldabra 1,
betweenFarquharandDesnoeufs3(9).
Flesh-footedShearwaterPuffinuscameipes
Vdgrant.Tworecords:May,Oct.BetweenFregateandRecif1, Black-neckedGrebePodicepsnigricollis,RocheCaiman,
andnearFarquhar1(2). Seychelles,December1993(AdrianSkerrett)
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Red-billedTropicbirdPhaethonaetbereus LittleEgretEgrettagarzetta
Vagrant.Tworecords:Jan-Dec.Aride1,Bird1(2). Race E.g. dimorpha resident Aldabra group. Unknown race
Red-tailedTropicbirdPhaethonmbricauda vagranttograniticislands.Thirteenrecords:Jan-May,Oct,Nov.
Breeds Aride, Aldabra, Cosmoledo. Annual visitor to rest of Mahe11,LaDigue1,Fregate1(25).
Seychelles. GreatWhiteEgretEgrettaalba
White-tailedTropicbirdPhaethonlepturus Vagrant.Fourrecords:Oct,Nov,Feb.Praslin2,Mahe1,Aldabra
BreedsMahe,Praslin,Fregate,Aride,Cousin,Cousine,Silhou- 1(4).
ette,Aldabraandpossiblyelsewhere. Annualvisitortorestof GreyHeronArdeacinerea
Seychelles. ResidentthroughoutSeychelles.
Red-footedBoobySulasula PurpleHeronArdeapurpurea
BreedsAldabra,CosmoledoandpossiblyFarquhar.Annualvisi- Vagrant.Tenrecords:Feb,Apr,Sept,Oct,Nov.Bird3,LaDigue
tortorestofSeychelles. 3,Mahe2,Aride1,Curieuse 1(10).
MaskedBoobySuladactylatra WhiteStorkCiconiaciconia
BreedsDesnoeufs,Boudeuse,Cosmoledo.Annualvisitortorest Vagrant.Fourrecords:Dec-Feb.Mahe2,Bird1,D’Arros1(8).
SacredIbisThreskiomisaethiopicus
EndemicraceTa.abfofrtresidentAldabra.RaceT.a.aethiopicus
vagrant.Onerecord:Feb.Aldabra(1).
GreaterFlamingoPhoenicopterusruber
Breeds Aldabra. Vagrant elsewhere. Three records:Jan-May,
Oct,Dec.Mahe 1,Fregate1,Farquhar1(3).
White-facedWhistlingDuckDendrocygnaviduata
Vagrant.Threerecords:Sept,Apr,Jun.Aldabra(3).
RuddyShelduckTadornaferruginea
Vagrant.Onerecord:Dec.Mahe(1).
NorthernPintailAnasacuta
Vagrant.Fourrecords:Feb,Nov,Dec.Mahe2,Aride1,Cousin1
(10).
GarganeyAnasquerquedula
BrownBoobySulaleucogaster Annualmigrant.
Breeds Desnoeufs and Cosmoledo. Annual visitor to rest of NorthernShovelerAnasclypeata
Seychelles. Vagrant.Threerecords:Oct,Nov.Mahe1,Fregate1,Assumption
GreatCormorantPhalacrocoraxcarbo 1(3).
Vagrant.Onerecord:Jan.NearCousin(1). BlackKiteMilvusmigrans
GreaterFrigatebirdFregataminor Vagrant.Fourrecords:Aug,Oct,Nov,Dec.Aldabra(4).
BreedsAldabra.AnnualvisitortorestofSeychelles. MarshHarrierCircusaeruginosas
LesserFrigatebirdFregataariel Vagrant.Tworecords:Jan,Feb.Mahe1,Fregate1(2).
BreedsAldabra.AnnualvisitortorestofSeychelles. BootedEagleHieraaetuspennatus
YellowBitternIxobrychussinensis Vagrant.Onerecord:Nov.Mahe(1).
BreedsMahe,Praslin,LaDigue,Curieuse. LesserKestrelFalconaumanni
CinnamonBitternIxobrychuscinnamomeus Vagrant.Onerecord:Apr-May.Praslin(1).
Vagrant.Onerecord:Oct,Fregate(1). MadagascarKestrelFalconewtoni
ResidentAldabra.
F.urasianBitternBotaurusstellaris
Vagrant.Tworecords:Oct-Nov.Aride1,Praslin1(2). SeychellesKestrelFalcoaraea
Green-backedHeronButoridesstriatus ResidentMahe,Praslin,Silhouette,LaDigue.Endemic.
Breeds throughout Seychelles. Endemic race B. s. degensin Eleonora’sFalconFalcoeleonorae
granitic islands and endemic race B. s. crawfordi in Aldabra Vagrant.Eightrecords:Oct-FebAldabra6,Aride1,Cousin1(10).
groupandprobablyAmirantes.
IndianPond-heronArdeolagrayii
Vagrant.Tworecords:May-Nov.Mahe 1,Bird1(2),
MalagasyPond-heronArdeolaidae
BreedsAldabra.Vagrantelsewhere.Onerecord:Nov-Mar.Aride
Obird).
Black-crownedNightHeronNycticoraxnycticorax
Vagrant.Fourrecords:Mar,May,Oct.Mahe(4).
CattleEgretBubulcusibis
BreedsthroughoutSeychelles.EndemicraceB,i.seychellarum
breeds granitic islands, Coetivy, Bird. Race B. i. ibis breeds
Farquhar,Aldabra.
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SootyFalconFalcoconcolor LesserSand-PloverCharadriusmongolus
Vagrant.Onerecord:Nov.Fregate(1). Annualmigrant.
Red-footedFalconFalcovespertinus GreaterSand-PloverCharadriusleschenaultii
Vagrant.Onerecord:Nov.Bird(1). Annualmigrant.
HobbyFalcosubbuteo CaspianPloverCharadriusasiaticus
Vagrant.Fourrecords:Nov-Jan,Dec.Mahe2,Cousin2(4). Vagrant.Tenrecords:June,Aug-Mar.Praslin4,Bird2,Mahe1,
PeregrineFalconFalcoperegrinus Fregate 1, Silhouette 1, Farquhar 1 (15). Two records with a
Vagrant.Onerecord:Nov.Cousin1(1). caveatconcerningthepossibilityofOrientalPloverC.veredus.
GreyFrancolinFrancolinuspondicerianus OrientalPloverCharadriusveredus
ResidentDesroches,Coetivy.Introduced. Vagrant.Onerecord:Oct.Praslin(1).
White-throatedRailDryolimnascuuierialdabranus PacificGoldenPloverPluvialisfulva
ResidentAldabra.Endemicrace. Annualmigrant.
GreyPloverPluvialissquatarola
Annualmigrant.
GreatKnotCalidristenuirostris
Vagrant.Tworecords:Mar,Apr.Mahe(2).
SanderlingCalidrisalba
Annualmigrant.
LittleStintCalidrisminuta
Annualmigrant,
Temminck’sStintCalidristemminckii
Vagrant.Threerecords:Sept,Oct,Dec.Mahe2,Bird1(3).
Long-toedStintCalidrissubminuta
Vagrant.Onerecord:Nov.Mahe(1).
PectoralSandpiperCalidrismelanotos
Vagrant.Tworecords:Oct.Bird1,Praslin1(2).
Sharp-tailedSandpiperCalidrisacuminata
Vagrant.Tworecords:Oct-Feb,July.Mahe(2).
CurlewSandpiperCalidrisferruginea
White-throatedRailDryolimnascuvierialdabranus, Annualmigrant.
Aldabra(AdrianSkerrett)
RuffPhilomachuspugnax
CorncrakeCrexcrex Vagrant.Elevenrecords:Aug,Sept,Oct,Nov.Mahe3.Fregate3,
Vagrant.Tworecords:Oct,Nov.Bird1,Aride1(2). Cousin2,Bird2,Praslin1(11).
WTiite-breastedWaterhen Buff-breastedSandpiperTryngitessubnificollis
Amauromisphoenicurus Vagrant.Onerecord:Mar.Bird(1).
Vagrant.Onerecord:Dec.Mahe(1). CommonSnipeGallinagogallinago
MReosoidrehnetngrGanailtliicniusllaancdhsl.oropus VFargergaantte.1F(2o)u.rTrweocorredcso:rdOcstw,itDheca,cJaavne,atFereb.poMsasihbele2A,fLraicDaingSuneip1e,
G.nigripennis.
CrabPloverDromasardeola
GreatSnipeGallinagomedia
Annualmigrant.
Vagrant.Onerecord:Nov-Dec.Praslin(1).
EurasianOystercatcherHaematopusostralegus
PintailSnipeGallinagostenura
Vagrant.Threerecords:Allmonths.Mahe2,Aldabra1(4). Vagrant. Tworecords: Mar, Nov. Mahe 1, Aldabra 1 (2). One
Black-wingedStiltHimantopushimantopus recordwithacaveatrepossibleSwinhoe'sSnipeG.megala.
Vagrant.Onerecord:Sept.Praslin(1). Black-tailedGodwitLimosalimosa
CollaredPratincoleGlareolapratincola Vagrant.Tworecords:Oct,Nov.Bird1,Alphonse1(2).
Vagrant.Threerecords:Oct,Nov,Jan.Praslin2,Fregate1(3). Bar-tailedGodwitLimosalapponica
OrientalPratincoleGlareolamaldivarus Annualmigrant.
Vagrant.Tworecords:Oct-Dec.Mahe1,Praslin1(3). LittleCurlewNumeniusminutus
Black-wingedPratincoleGlareolanordmanni Vagrant.Onerecord:Oct-Apr.Bird(1).
Vagrant. Three records: Nov, Dec, Apr. Mahe 1, Fregate 1, WhimbrelNumeniusphaeopus
Alphonse1(3). Annualmigrant.
LittleRingedPloverCharadriusdubius EurasianCurlewNumeniusarquata
Vagrant.Sixrecords:Oct-Nov,Jan.Mahe4,Fregate1,Cousin1 Annualmigrant.
(8).
RAninnugaeldmPilgorvanetr.Charadriushiaticula RVaegdrsanhta.nOknTerriencgoartdo:taFneub.sMahe(1).
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MarshSandpiperTringastagnatilis CommonTernSternahintndo
Vagrant.Fourrecords:Jan,May,Nov.Mahe(6). Annualmigrant.
GreenshankTringanebularia Black-napedTernSternasumatrana
Annualmigrant. Breeds Aldabra and possibly Astove, Cosmoledo, Farquhar,
GreenSandpiperTringaochropus Providence,StJoseph’sAtollandAfricanBanks.Vagrant.One
Vagrant.Tworecords:Jan,Nov.Mahe(2). record:June,Bird(1).
WoodSandpiperTringaglareola BridledTernSternaanaethetus
Annualmigrant. Breeds Aride, Cousin, Cousine, Recifand some ofthe other
smallergraniticislands.MayalsobreedCosmoledo. Hasbred
TerekSandpiperXenuscinereus Bird(1994).Annualvisitorelsewhere.
Annualmigrant.
CommonSandpiperActitisbypoleucos SBroeoetdysTAerrindeS,teL'rlnlaotfuFsrceagattae, Recif, Bird,AfricanBanks,Etoile,
Annualmigrant. Desnoeufs,Farquhar,Cosmoledo.Annualvisitorelsewhere.
Grey-tailedTattlerHeteroscelusbrevipes Saunders’TernSternasaundersi
Vagrant.Onerecord:Apr.Mahe.(1). Annualmigrant.
TurnstoneArenariainterpres WhiskeredTernChlidoniashybridus
Annualmigrant. Vagrant.Threerecords:Mar,Apr.Mahe2,LaDigue1(3).
Red-neckedPhalaropePhalaropuslobatus White-wingedBlackTernChlidoniasleucoptems
Vagrant.Tworecords:Nov.Mahe1,Denis1(2). Annualmigrant.
ArcticSkuaStercorariusparasiticus BrownNoddyAnousstolidus
Vagrant.Tworecords:Jan,Feb.Fregate1,Bird1(2). BreedsAride,Cousin,Cousine,someofsmallergraniteislands,
AntarcticSkuaStercorariusantarcticus Bird,Denis,Amirantes,Farquhar,Aldabragroup,Coetivy,Platte
Annualmigrant. andProvidence.Annualvisitorelsewhere.
Black-headedGullLarusridibundus LesserNoddyAnoustenuirostris
Vagrant. Eleven records: Dec, Jan, Feb. Mahe 6, Praslin 4, BreedsAride,Cousin,Cousine,Birdandsomesmallergranitic
betweenPraslinandCousin1(20). islands.AlsoRemire,Marie-Louise.
LesserBlack-backedGullLamsfuscus FairyTernGygisalba
Annualmigrant. BreedsthroughoutSeychelles.
Gull-billedTernGelochelidonnilotica FeralPigeonColumbalivia
Annualmigrant. ResidentonlargergraniteislandsandAssumption.Introduced.
CaspianTernSternacaspia MadagascarTurtleDoveStreptopeliapicturata
BreedsAldabra.AnnualAstove,Cosmoledo.Vagranttorestof RaceS.p.picturata,possiblyintroducedfromMadagascar,has
Seychelleswithonerecord:Nov.BetweenArideandBird(1). inter-bredwiththeendemicrace,S.p.rostratatotheextentthat
SwiftTernSternabergii thelatterprobablynolongerexistsinitspureform;S.p.picturata
BreedsAldabraandpossiblyCosmoledo,Etoile,AfricanBanks. andhybridsresidentthroughoutthegraniticislands.Birdsofthe
Annualvisitorelsewhere.Onevagrantrecordshowingcharac- endemicrace S.p.aldabranaoftheAmirantesextinct,where
tersofS.b.velox.Sept-OctBird(1). today S. p. picturata resident on D’Arros and Remire only.
EndemicraceS.p.coppingeriresidentAldabraandCosmoledo.
LesserCrestedTernSternabengalensis
Annualmigrant. EuropeanTurtleDoveStreptopeliaturtur
SandwichTernSternasandvicensis Vagrant.Onerecord:Dec.Aldabra(1).
Vagrant.Threerecords:Dec.Mahe2,Cousin1(3birds). BarredGroundDoveGeopeliastriata
RoseateTernSternadougallii SRteJsoisdeenpth,onDealslrloacrhgeersg,raFnairtqicuhisalranadns,dBAirsds,uDmepntiiso,nC.oeItnitvryo,dDu’cAerdr.os,
Breeds Aride, African Banks, Etoile and possibly Farquhar.
Annualelsewhere. ComoroBluePigeonAlectroenassganziniminor
ResidentAldabra.Endemicrace.
SeychellesBluePigeonAlectroenaspulcherrima
Residentlargerwoodedgraniticislands.Endemic.
BlackParrotCoracopsisnigrabarklyi
ResidentPraslinandrecordedregularlyCurieuse.Endemicrace.
Grey-headedLovebirdAgapomiscana
Vagrantorunsuccessfulintroduction.Onerecordofunknown
origin(presumablyintroduced):Apr.Assumption(1).Formerly
introducedtograniticislands,nowextinct.
JacobinCuckooOxylophusjacobinus
Vagrant.Tworecords:Mar,Dec.Bird1,Fregate1(2).
GreatSpottedCuckooClamatorglandarius
Vagrant.Onerecord:Oct.Bird(1).
CommonCuckooCuculuscanonts
RoseateTernSternadougallii Vagrant.Sevenrecords:Sept,Nov,Dec,Apr.Mahe6,Aride1(7).
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OnerecordwithacaveatconcerningthepossibilityofOriental YellowWagtailMotacilla[lava
CuckooC.saturatus. Vagrant.Elevenrecords:Oct-Dec,Feb-Apr.Aldabra4,Mahe4,
AsianLesserCuckooCuculuspoliocephalus Bird2,Fregate1(12).
Vagrant. Two records: Nov, Dec. Mahe 1, Fregate 1 (2). One GreyWagtailMotacillacinerea
recordwithacaveatconcerningthepossiblityofMadagascar Vagrant.Threerecords:Oct,Nov.Bird1,Fregate1,Marie-Louise
LesserCuckooC.rochii. 1(5).
MalagasyCoucalCentropustoulouinsularis WhiteWagtailMotacillaalba
ResidentAldabra.Endemicrace. Vagrant.Sevenrecords:Nov-Jan,Mar.Mahe3,Fregate1,Aldabra
BarnOwlTytoalba 2,Bird1(9).
Resident larger granitic islands. Introduced. Extinct Aldabra, TreePipitAnthustrivialis
wherenaturallycolonised. Near-annualmigrant.Thirtyfourrecords:Oct-Jan,Mar.Aldabra
SeychellesScops-owlOtusinsularis 11, Fregate 9, Mahe 3, Aride 3, Bird 3, La Digue 1,Cousin 1,
ResidentMahe.Endemic. AfricanBanks1,Etoile 1,Alphonse1,(55).
BrownFish-owlKetupazeylonensis Red-throatedPipitAnthuscervinus
Vagrant.Onerecord:Nov.Mahe(1). Vagrant.Ninerecords:Oct-Mar.Fregate4,Praslin2,Mahe1,Bird
EuropeanNightjarCaprimulguseuropaeus 1,Alphonse1(19).
Vagrant.Onerecord:Dec.Bird(1). Red-whiskeredBulbulPycnonotusjocosus
ResidentAssumption.Introduced.
MadagascarNightjar
Caprimulgusmadagascariensisaldabrensis SeychellesBulbulHypsipetescrassirostris
ResidentAldabra.Endemicrace. Residentlargergraniticislands.Endemic.
MadagascarBulbulHypsipetesmadagascariensisrostratus
SeychellesSwiftletCollocaliaelaphra
ResidentAldabra.Endemicrace.
ResidentMahe,Praslin,LaDigueandFelicite.Endemic.
SeychellesMagpieRobinCopsychussechellarum
White-throatedNeedletailHirundapuscaudacutus
Vagrant.Onerecord:Nov.Mahe(2). ResidentFregate,Cousin.Endemic.
CommonSwiftApusapus CommonRedstartPhoenicurusphoenicurus
Vagrant. Eleven records: Sept-Dec, Mar. Bird 5, Aldabra 3, Vagrant.Fourrecords:Oct-Nov.Aride2,Cousin1,Bird1(4).
Assumption2,Fregate1(12).Ninerecordswithacaveatconcern- WhinchatSaxicolarubetra
ingotheralldarkApusswifts. Vagrant.Onerecord:Nov.Bird(1).
PacificSwiftApuspacificus NorthernWheatearOenantheoenanthe
Vagrant. Ten records: Oct, Nov,Jan, May. Bird 7, Fregate 2, Near-annualmigrant.Thirtyrecords:Oct,Dec-Mar.Aldabra23,
Farquhar1(14). Bird4, Mahe 1, Fregate 1, Aride 1 (32). Three recordswith a
caveatconcerningpossibleIsabellineWheatearO.isabellina.
LittleSwiftApusaffinis
Vagrant.Onerecord:Dec.Mahe(1). IsabellineWheatearOenantheisabellina
Blue-cheekedBee-eaterMeropspersicus Vagrant.Onerecord:Nov.Praslin(1).
Vagrant.Fourrecords:Mar,May,Oct,Nov-Dec.Aldabra1,Mahe RockThrushMonticolasaxatilis
1,Bird1,Cousin 1 (9). Vagrant.Tworecords:Oct.Fregate1,Farquhar1(2).
EuropeanRollerCoraciasgarrulus AldabranBrushWarblerNesillasaldabranus
Vagrant.Fifteenrecords:Oct-Mar.Aldabra4,Mahe4,Praslin3, ResidentAldabra.Probablyextinct.Endemic.
Aride2,Bird1,AfricanBanks1 (16). SedgeWarblerAcrocephalusschoenobaenus
Broad-billedRollerEurystomusglaucurus Vagrant.Onerecord:Nov.Cousin(1).
Near-annualmigranttoAldabragroup:vagrantelsewhere.Twenty SeychellesWarblerAcrocephalussechellensis
ninerecords:Feb,Oct-Dec,Mar.Aldabra22,Cosmoledo3,Bird ResidentCousin,Cousine,Aride.Endemic.
2,Providence1,Fregate1(31). IcterineWarblerHippolaisicterina
GreaterShort-toedLarkCalandrellabracbydactyla Vagrant.Onerecord:Nov.Aride(1).
Vagrant.Onerecord:Dec.Fregate(1). MadagascarCisticolaCisticolacherina
CommonSandMartinRipariariparia ResidentAstove,Cosmoledo.
Vagrant.Sevenrecords:Nov,Dec,Jan,Mar,May,June.Fregate3, WillowWarblerPhylloscopustrochilus
Mahe2,Aldabra2(9). Vagrant.Onerecord:Nov.Fregate(1).
MascareneMartinPhedinaborbonica WoodWarblerPhylloscopussibilatrix
Vagrant.Fiverecords:Oct,Nov,May.Aldabra2,1Assumption1, Vagrant.Tworecords:Nov.Aldabra,Cousin(2).
Desnoeufs1,Bird1(5).
WhitethroatSylviacommunis
BarnSwallowHirundorustica Vagrant.Onerecord:Oct.Aldabra(1).
Near-annualmigrant.Thirtysevenrecords:Sept-May.Aldabra
20,Fregate7,Mahe3,Aride3,Assumption1,Desnoeufs1,Bird BlackcapSylviaatricapilla
1, between Praslin and Cousin 1 (68). Twenty seven records Vagrant.Onerecord:Dec.Curieuse(1).
acceptedwithacaveatconcerningotherpossiblesimilarspecies. SpottedFlycatcherMuscicapastriata
CommonHouseMartinDelichonurbica Vagrant.Seventeenrecords:Nov,Dec,Mar.Aldabra14,Bird 1.
Vagrant.Threerecords:Oct,Mar.Aldabra2,Farquhar1(4). Cousin1,Aride1(19).
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SeychellesBlackParadiseFlycatcherTerpsipbonecorvina LesserGreyShrikeLaniusminor
ResidentLaDigue.Endemic. Vagrant.Onerecord:Mar.Aldabra(1).
WoodchatShrikeLaniussenator
Vagrant.Onerecord:Apr.Aride(1).
IndianHouseCrowCorvussplendens
ResidentMahe.RecordedBird,Silhouette,Praslin,Cousinand
Aride. Introduced, but no recent sightings and possibly now
eradicated.
PiedCrowCorvusalbus
ResidentAldabra,Assumption,Cosmoledo.
Rose-colouredStarlingStumusroseus
Vagrant.Tworecords:Oct-Feb.Fregate1,Bird1(2).
CommonMynahAcridotberestristis
Residentgraniticislands.Introduced.
Yellow-frontedCanarySerinusmozambicus
ResidentAssumption.Introduced.
HouseSparrowPasserdomesticus
Resident D'Arros, St. Joseph’s Atoll, Desroches, Poivre,
Marie-Louise,Desnoeufs,Alphonse,Bijoutier,St.Francois.Intro-
duced.
CommonWaxbillEstrildaastrild
SeychellesBlackParadiseFlycatcherTerpsipbonecorvina Resident Mahe, La Digue, Alphonse and possibly St.Joseph.
MarkAndrews Formerly considered introduced but possibly a natural
coloniser.
SeychellesSunbirdNectariniadussumieri CommonRosefinchCarpodacuserythrinus
Residentgraniticislands.Endemic.
Vagrant.Onerecord:Oct.Aride(1).
SouimangaSunbirdNectariniasouimanga
MadagascarFodyFoudiamadagascariensis
(ReesniddeemnitcAlradcaebrNa.(s.enabdbeomtitic)raancedNC.oss.maolldeadbroe/nAssitso),vAes(sRuamcpetiN.osn. Residentgraniticislands,Desroches,Poivre,D’Arros,StJoseph
buchenorum). Atoll, Remire, ProvidenceandFarquhar. Formerlyconsidered
introducedbutpossiblyanaturalcoloniser.
MadagascarWhite-eyeZosteropsmaderaspatana
ForestFodyFoudiaeminentissimaaldabrana
ResidentAldabra(endemicraceZ.m.aldabrensis)andCosmoledo
/Astove(RaceZ.m.maderaspatana). ResidentAldabra.Endemicrace.
SeychellesFodyFoudiasechellarum
SeychellesGreyWhite-eyeZosteropsmodesta
ResidentMahe.Endemic. ResidentCousin,Cousine,Fregate,andintroducedtoD’Arros.
Endemic.
EuropeanGoldenOrioleOriolusoriolus
AldabraDrongoDicrurusaldabranus
Vagrant. Fourrecords: Oct, Nov,Mar. Aldabra2,Bird 1,Aride ResidentAldabra.Endemic.
1(4).
OrtolanBuntingEmberizahortulana
Red-backedShrikeLaniuscollurio
Vagrant.Tworecords:Mar.Aldabra1,Cosmoledo1(2). Vagrant.Onerecord:Nov.Aride(1).
In addition to the above, five records have been from Ron Gerlach, PO Box 207, Seychelles (cheques
accepted as Ardeolasp, five as Pratincole sp, two as payable to NPTS).
Oriental/Collared Pratincole, one as Oriental/Black- The current members of the Seychelles Bird
winged Pratincole, one as Caspian/Oriental Plover, Records Committee are Ian Bullock, David Fisher,
two as Knot sp, five as Snipe sp, one as Pomarine/ RonGerlach,John Phillips, SteveRooke, IanSinclair,
Arctic Skua, one as Rufous/European Turtle Dove, Adrian Skerrett and Don Turner. Consultants to the
eleven as Cuckoo sp, one as Scops Owl sp, two as committeearePhilChantler(Swifts),JamesFerguson-
Meropssuperciliosussuperspecies andtwoasWillow Lees (Raptors), Peter Harrison (Seabirds), John
,
Warbler/Chiffchaff. Marchant (Waders), and Robert Prys-Jones (Muse-
Further records will be published in Birdwatcb, ums).
thequarterlyjournaloftheSeychellesBirdGroupand SightingsshouldbereportedtoAdrianSkerrettat
future reports and other details will be published in PO Box 336, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles or at the
Phelsumathe annual scientific journal ofthe Nature addressbelow. (?)
Protection Trust of Seychelles (NPTS). Annual sub-
75 Castle Ridge, Newcastle underLyme, Staffordshire,
scriptions are DK.il0 and £15 respectively, available
ST5 2TT, UK.
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