SHOREBIRDS
- Ruddy
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Greater
Sand Plover (Charadruis leschenaultii)
- Gray
Plover (Charadruis squatarola)
- Whimbrel
(Numenius phaeopus)
- Bar-tailed
Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Wood
Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Common
Sandpiper (Tringa hypoleucos)
- Terek
Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
- Greenshank
(Tringa nebularia)
- Sanderling
(Calidris alba)
- Curlew
Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
- Crab
Plover (Dromas ardeola)
TERNS:
- Black-Naped
(Sterna sumatrana)
- Bridled
(Onychoprion anaethetus)
- Noddy
(Anous stolidus) also called "Common"
or "Brown" Noddy
- Crested
(Sterna bergii) also called "Greater
Crested" or "Swift Tern"
- Lesser
Crested (Sterna bengalensis)
- Lesser
Noddy (Anous tenuirostris)
- Little
(Sterna albifrons)
- Roseate
(Sterna dougallii)
- Sooty
(Onychoprion fuscata)
- White
(Gygis alba) commonly called "Fairy
Tern" on Diego Garcia
HERONS
AND
LAND BIRDS:
HERONS
- Cattle
Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
- Striated
Heron (Butorides striatus)
- Gray
Heron (Ardea cinerea)
LAND BIRDS
- Domestic
Fowl (Gallus gallus) commonly known
as chickens!
- Indian
Barred Ground Dove (Geopelia striata),
also called "Zebra Dove"
- Turtle
Dove (Streptopelia picturata)
- Indian
Mynah (Acridotheres tristis), also
called "Common Mynah"
- Madagascar
Fody (Foudia madagascariensis), also
called "Red Fody"
PROBABLY
EXTINCT
LAND BIRDS
- Reunion
Bulbul (Hypsipetes borbonicus)
OR IT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE
- Mauritius
Bulbul (Hypsipetes olivaceus)
- Francolin
(Francolinus pondicerianus), also
knows as "Gray Francolin"
- Great
Snipe (Gallinago media)
- White
Breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis
phoenicurus)
- Flamingo
(Phoenicopterus sp.)
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