Third report of the Seychelles Bird Records Committee

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by  Adrian Skerrett

Third report of the Seychelles Bird Records Committee
Adrian Skerrett, MichaelBetts, Ian Bullock, DavidFisher, Ron Gerlach, Rob Lucking,John Phillipsand
Bob Scott
Troisieme rapport du Comite d’Homologation Seychellois. Le troisieme rapport quinquennal
du Comite d’Homologation Seychellois, cree en 1992, est presente ici. II comprend les donnees
acceptees d’especes occasionnelles (especes enregistrees moins d’une fois par an) au 31 decembre
2003. Les changements intervenus depuis 2000 dans le statut des especes sur la liste seychelloise
sont mentionnes. Deux especes, precedemment considerees comme occasionnelles, ont ete
reclassees comme annuelles et une autre est maintenant consideree comme annuelle dans les lies
du groupe d’Aldabra. Seize especes occasionnelles ont ete ajoutees a la liste des Seychelles depuis
la publication du rapport precedent (voir Bull ABC8: 23-29, 2001). Avec ces changements, le
nombre des especes enregistrees aux Seychelles est passe a 239, dont 63 especes nicheuses, 27
migrateurs annuels, septespeces eteintes et 140 occasionnels.Toute espece non annuelle estcitee,
avec le nombre de mentions homologuees ainsi que File sur laquelle l’observation a ete faite et le
(ou les) mois. Vingt-deux groupes de donnees indeterminees dignes d’interet sont presentes.
Deux sous-especes occasionnelles sont egalement reprises. Des details supplementaires sont four-
nis pourles especes enregistrees pour lapremiere fois depuis lapublication du rapportprecedent.
Summary Seychelles Bird Records Committee, formed in 1992, publishes reports at intervals of
five years. This report summarises all accepted records ofvagrants (species recorded less than
annually) to 31 December2005. Changes in status ofspecies on the Seychelles listsince2000 are
noted. Two species previously classed as vagrants have been reclassified as annual and one other
is nowconsidered as annual in theAldabragroup. Sixteenvagrantspecies have been added to the
Seychelles list since publication ofthe previous report. Including these changes the number of
species recorded in Seychelles at 31 December2005 is 239. All species ofless than annual occur-
rencearelistedgivingthenumberofacceptedrecords plus islands andmonths recorded.Twenty-
two groups ofindeterminate records worthy ofnote are given. Two vagrant subspecies are also
listed. Full details ofspecies recorded for the first time since publication ofthe previous report
are given.
Seychelles Bird Records Committee (SBRC) was Seychelles). This third report includes all records
formed in 1992. The committee decided to ofvagrants (speciesofless than annualoccurrence)
publish its reports in an international journal at accepted up to 31 December 2005.
intervals offiveyears, with the first report in 1996 The status ofsome species has been reviewed
(Skerrett & Seychelles Bird Records Committee since the second SBRC report as follows: (1) Barn
1996) and the second in 2001 (Skerrett & Swallow Hirundo rustica and Tree Pipit Anthus
Seychelles Bird Records Committee 2001). The trivialis previously treated as vagrants, are now
,
current committee members are Michael Betts, considered annual migrants throughout
Ian Bullock, David Fisher, Ron Gerlach, Rob Seychelles. SBRC continues to collect reports of
Lucking, John Phillips, Bob Scott and Adrian sightings, but does not ordinarilyrequestsupport-
Skerrett, with consultants Phil Chantier (swifts), ing documentation. (2) Broad-billed Roller
Dick Forsman (raptors), John Marchant (waders), Eurystomus glaucurus previously classified as a
,
Tony Palliser (seabirds) and Robert Prys-Jones vagrant, is considered annual in the Aldabra
(museums). group. It is still considered a vagrant east of the
A summary of notable sightings received by Aldabra group. (3) Sixteen species have been
SBRC is published everysix months in the Recent added to the Seychelles list, namely: Kermadec
Reports section of Bull. ABC whilst accepted Petrel Pterodroma neglecta, Matsudairas Storm-
records are listed in Birdwatchmagazine (thequar- petrel Oceanodroma matsudairae, Squacco Heron
terly journal of the Nature Protection Trust of Ardeola ralloides, Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus,
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PallidHarrier Circusmacrourus, SakerFalconFalco Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinuspacificus
ckerrug, Little Crake Porzanaparva, Stone-curlew One ‘out-of-range’ record (south and west ofthe
Burhinus oedicnemus, Madagascar Pratincole Amirantes): Aldabra; February.
Glareola ocularis, Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gre-
Flesh-footed ShearwaterPuffinus carneipes
garius, Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus,
Four records: between Fregate and Recifs, near
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa, Grey-headed
Farquhar, between Astove and Desroches, near
KingfisherHalcyonleucocephala, BimaculatedLark
Desroches; May, October, December.
Melanocorypha bimaculata, Pied Wheatear
Oenanthe pleschanka and Chiffchaff Phylloscopus Wilson’s Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
collybita. (4) The number of species recorded in Four records: near Bird, near Farquhar, near
Seychelles inthesecondreportwasgivenas 224, if Desnoeufs, near St Francois; April, October,
Abbott’s Sunbird Nectarinia sovimanga abbotti November.
( )
was regarded as a species, something that was in
White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina
doubt at the time. Subsequent examination of
DNA Three records: south-east of Boudeuse, west-
mitochondrial does not support this
northwest ofDesroches, north ofRemire; May.
(Warren etal. 2003). Therefore, treatingAbbott’s
Sunbird as onlyarace ofSouimangaSunbird, and Swinhoes Storm-petrel Oceanodroma monorhis
addingnewrecords, the numberofspecies record- Three records: Praslin, between Aldabra and
ed in Seychelles as of31 December 2003 is 239. Assomption (2); October, December.
This comprises 63 breeding species, 27 annual
Matsudaira’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma
migrants, seven extinct species and 140 vagrants.
matsudairae
The following list details accepted records for One record: two at sea between Providence and
all 140 vagrants, plus Broad-billed Roller records
Alphonse, 20-21 August 2000.
east of the Aldabra group and two vagrant sub-
species.Twenty-two groups ofnoteworthyrecords Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
where the species involved was undetermined are Two records: between Mahe and South-east
also listed. Records of breeding species outside Island, Platte; December.
their normal range are listed for the first time
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
(ninerecords). Foreachspecies, numberofaccept-
Five records: Bird (2), Aride (2), Mahe; all
ed records, island or atoll (in chronological order
months.
ofaccepted records) and month(s) ofoccurrence
are given. Details are given for records ofthe 16 Great Cormorant Phalacrocoraxcarbo
new species recorded since the second report of One record: offCousin; January.
SBRC.
Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocoraxafricanus
Southern Giant PetrelMacronectesgiganteus Two records: Aldabra, Hodoul Island/Mahe;
One record: Recifs, Mahe; July-October. January-November.
Pintado Petrel Daption capense Great (Eurasian) Bittern Botaurusstellaris
One record: between Cosmoledo and Four records: Aride, Praslin, Mahe, Cousine;
Assomption; September. October-November.
Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
One record: one intermediate phase, Cousin, 29 Two records: Fregate, Aride; October, January.
August 2003, and one, presumably same individ-
& Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
ual, 29 June 2004 (Eikenaar Skerrett 2006). Two records: one at the Inter-Island Quay, Mahe,
Jouanin’s Petrel Bulweriafallax 21 September2002; oneattheairstrip andedgeof
Ten records: near Aldabra (4), near Farquhar (2), hotel area, Bird, 10-13 October 2002 (Tiatousse
near Alphonse, near Desnoeufs, near Bird (2); etal 2005).
February-April, July, October-December.
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Madagascar Pond HeronArdeola idae MallardAnasplatyrhynchos
Two out-of-range’ records (all islands excluding One record: Silhouette; December-January.
Aldabra): Aride, North; August, November.
Northern PintailAnasacuta
Indian Pond HeronArdeolagrayii Seven records: Mahe (2), Cousin, Aride, Praslin
Four records: Bird, Mahe, Fregate, Denis; (2), Silhouette; November-February.
September-February.
Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
Ardeola sp. Eight records: Assomption, Mahe (3), Fregate,
Seven indeterminate records: Cousin, Bird (2), Bird, Praslin, Aride; October-March.
Mahe (2), Fregate, Denis; March, Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
October-January.
Three records: Mahe; April, May, December.
Little Egret Egrettagarzetta
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Nineteen records: Mahe (14), Fregate, La Digue, Two records: Praslin, Denis; July-February.
Silhouette (3); October-June.
European(Western) Honey Buzzard Pernis
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia
apivorus
Two records: Mahe, Platte; March-October.
Three records: Felicite, Praslin, D’Arros;
Great EgretEgretta alba September-October, March-May.
Nine records: Mahe (3), Aldabra (3), Praslin, Black Kite Milvus migrans
D’Arros, Desroches; February, May, July-
Two records: Silhouette, Cousin; December.
December.
Yellow-billed Kite Milvus migrans aegyptius
Purple HeronArdeapurpurea [ ]
Thirty-two records: Curieuse, Bird (4), Mahe Six records: Aldabra (6); October-February,
August.
(11), Praslin (2), La Digue (4), Aride (2), Fregate
(2), Silhouette (3), Platte, Alphonse (2); Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
April-May, July-February. One record: immature male, Platte,
&
January-March 2002 (Skerrett Roest 2003).
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Five records: Mahe (2), Bird, Denis, D’Arros; Montagu’s/Pallid Harrier C.pygargusImacrourus
December-February, April. One indeterminate record: Aldabra; March.
Glossy Ibis Plegadisfalcinellus Western Marsh Harrier Circusaeruginosus
Three records: up to 12 at the airstrip, Denis Two records: Fregate, Mahe; January-February.
Island, 22 February2003; up to sixat LaPasse, La
Booted Eagle Hieraaetuspennatus
Digue, mid-January to 27 March 2003; one at One record: Mahe; November.
Beau Vallon, Mahe, 3-6 December 2003
&
(Hoareau Skerrett 2005). Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Three records: Praslin, Bird, Mahe; April-May,
Sacred Ibis Threskiornisaethiopicus
October-December.
One record: Aldabra; February.
Lesser Kestrel/Common Kestrel
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber E naumanni/tinnunculus
Three ‘out-of-range’ records (excluding Aldabra): One indeterminate record: Praslin; November.
Mahe, Farquhar, Fregate; January-May, October,
December. Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
White-facedWhistling Duck Dendrocygna Four records: Bird, Aride (3); November-
December.
viduata
Four records: Aldabra (3), Assomption; April, Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
June, September. Twenty-two records: Desroches (2), Cousine,
Ruddy Shelduck Tadornaferruginea Fregate (3), Mahe, Aride (2), Alphonse (6), Platte,
One record: Mahe; December. La Digue, Praslin, Bird (3), Silhouette;July-March.
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Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Eleonoras Falcon Falco eleonorae
Twenty-four records: Cousin, Aldabra (9), Aride Six records: Aldabra, Mahe (4), Aride;
(5), Fregate (3), Assomption, Silhouette (2), October-August.
Platte, Alphonse, Bird; October-February. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Four records: Mahe, Praslin, Bird, Alphonse;
SootyFalconFalco concolor
Five records: Aldabra, Fregate, Aride (3); September-May.
November-December. Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Eleonoras/SootyFalconF. eleonorae!concolor One record: one at the tern colony and adjacent
One indeterminate record: Aldabra; April. beach, Bird Island, 24 October 2004-9 February
2005.
Eurasian FlobbyFalco subbuteo
Seventeen records: Cousine, Mahe (3), Cousin Collared Pratincole Glareolapratincola
(2), Aride (4), Fregate, Denis, Silhouette (2), Four records: Praslin (2), Fregate, Mahe; January;
October-November.
Alphonse (2), Bird; October-January.
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug
One record: immature, Aride, 24-23 December Nine records: Mahe (4), Praslin (2), La Digue,
2000. Alphonse (2); March-April, September-December.
Collared/Oriental Pratincole
Peregrine Falcon Falcoperegrinus
One record: Cousin; November. G. pratincola!maldivarum
Three indeterminate records: Praslin (2), Bird;
Common Quail Coturnixcoturnix October.
Three records: Mahe, Aride, Bird; May,
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
November, December.
Four records: Bird, Fregate, Alphonse, Mahe;
Corncrake Crexcrex April, October-December.
Three records: Bird, Aride, Fregate; January,
October, November. Black-winged/Oriental Pratincole
G. nordmannilmaldivarum
Little Crake Porzanaparva One indeterminate record: Bird; October.
One record: one at Cousin, 23—27 December
Pratincole sp. Glareola sp.
2004.
Thirteen indeterminate records: Bird (4), Praslin
Spotted Crake Porzanaporzana (4), Fregate, Mahe (2), Alphonse, Denis;
One record: Mahe; December-February. September—November.
Striped CrakeAenigmatolimnas marginalis Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis
One record: Aldabra; December. Three records: adult at GrandTerre, Aldabra, 6—7
White-breastedWaterhenAmaurornis November 2001; immature at the Inter-Island
Quay, Mahe, 21-25 October 2002; immature at
phoenicurus
Lemuria Golf Course, Praslin, 25-27 October
One record: Mahe; December.
2002.
Allens Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
Six records: Aldabra (2), Mahe, La Digue, Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
December-March. Nine records: Mahe (4), Cousin, Bird (2), Fregate,
Desroches, Praslin; July,
September-November
Aride; January-April,
Gallinule sp.
One indeterminate record, possibly Lesser Caspian Plover Charadriusasiaticus
Moorhen Gallinula angulata or American Purple Fifteen records: Bird (5), Fregate (2), Praslin (4),
Gallinule Porphyrula martinica: Aldabra; July. Farquhar, Silhouette, Mahe (2); March—April,
June, August-December.
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Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus Snipe sp. Gallinago sp.
Four records: Praslin (2), Fregate, Alphonse; Eight indeterminate records: Mahe, Bird (3),
January, October-November. Praslin, Fregate (2), Aride; September-January,
March.
Caspian/Oriental Plover C. asiaticuslveredus
Three indeterminate records: Bird (2), Mahe; Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica baueri
September-October. One subspecies record (L. /. lapponica is an annu-
al migrant): Fregate, March-October.
Sociable Lapwing Vanellusgregarius
One record: first-winter at the airstrip, Alphonse, Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
about 12 November 2001-about March 2002 Six records: Bird (3), Alphonse (2), Aride;
(Skerrett 2003). October-December.
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Little CurlewNumenius minutus
Two records: Mahe; March-April. Two records: Bird, Mahe; October-April.
Great/Red Knot C. tenuirostris!canutus Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Two indeterminate records: Mahe; January-July. One record: one at Providence, Mahe, 17
December 2000 (Skerrett 2003).
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii
Five records: Bird, Mahe (3), Praslin; Common Redshank Tringa totanus
September-October, December. Three records: Mahe (3); November-March.
Long-toed Stint Calidrissubminuta Marsh Sandpiper Tringastagnatilis
One record: Mahe; November. Nine records: Mahe (8), Cerf; January-February,
May, October-November.
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Three records: Bird, Praslin, Mahe; August, Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
October. Seven records: Silhouette, Praslin (2), Mahe (3),
Fregate; October-January.
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidrisacuminata
Three records: Mahe; July, September-February. Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes
Two records: Mahe, Bird; all months.
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicolafalcinellus
Four records: Praslin (3), Mahe; October. Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Two records: Denis, Mahe; November.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngitessubruficollis
Five records: Bird (2), Platte, Praslin, Mahe; Arctic Skua Stercorariusparasiticus
March, November-January. Three records: Fregate, Bird, Aride;
December-February.
RuffPhilomachuspugnax
Twenty-five records: Bird (3), Mahe (12), Cousin Pomarine/Arctic Skua S.pomarinustparasiticus
(2), Fregate (4), Praslin, Alphonse, Aride, Two indeterminate records: Aride, north-east of
Cousine; August-February. Bird; January, November.
Common Snipe Gallinagogallinago South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki
Eleven records: Aride, Fregate (5), Mahe (3), Four records: Aride (4); July.
Praslin, La Digue; October-February.
Black-headed Gull Lams ridibundus
Great Snipe Gallinago media Fourteen records: Mahe (9), Praslin (5);
Two records: Praslin, Fregate; October-December. December-February.
Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura Black-/Grey-/Brown-headed Gull
Three records: Aldabra, Mahe (2); March-April, L. ridibundus!cirrocephalustbrunnicephalus
November. Five indeterminate records: Fregate, Desroches,
Aldabra, Mahe (2); October, December-February.
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Lesser Black-backed Gull Larusfuscus Madagascar Turtle Dove Streptopeliapicturata
Three records: Aride, Mahe, Aldabra; picturata
October—November. One ‘out-of-range’ record (islands with no breed-
ingpopulation): Platte; March-July.
Heuglin’s Gull Larus heuglini
Two records: Mahe, Bird; February, December. Jacobin Cuckoo Clamatorjacobinus
Five records: Bird, Fregate (2), Praslin, Aride;
Lesser Black-backed/Heuglin’s Gull
March, November-January.
L.fuscuslheuglini
Two indeterminate records: Mahe, Bird; January, Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamatorglandarius
February. One record: Bird; October.
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
One out-of-range’ record (outside Aldabra Twenty-one records: Mahe (9), Aride (3),
group): betweenAride and Bird; November. Cousine,Aldabra, Bird (2), Silhouette (2), Fregate
Greater Crested Tern Sterna hergii velox (2), Denis; September-January, April.
One vagrant subspecies record (S. b. thalassinus Asian Lesser Cuckoo Cuculuspoliocephalus
breeds): Bird; September-October. Eleven records: Mahe (4), Fregate (2), Cousine,
Sandwich Tern Sternasandvicensis Aride (2), Praslin,Alphonse; November-February,
April.
Four records: Cousin, Mahe (3); March, October,
December. Asian/Madagascar Lesser Cuckoo
Black-naped Tern Sternasumatrana C. poliocephalus/rochii
Two indeterminate records: Aldabra, Mahe;
Four ‘out-of-range’ records (east of the
October-November.
Amirantes): Bird, Aride (2), Cousin; June,
October, December-January. Cuckoo sp. Cuculussp.
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Twenty-eight indeterminate records: Aldabra (2),
One ‘out-of-range’ record (westoftheAmirantes): Mahe (8), Bird (2), Cousin (3), La Digue (2),
Fregate (6), Silhouette, Felicite, Denis;
Cosmoledo; June.
September-January, April-June.
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa Eurasian Scops Owl Otusscops
Two records: adult at Aldabra, 12 December
1976; adult at Providence, Mahe, 20 November Six records: Fregate, Aride (2), Mahe, Bird,
Conception; October-December.
2004.
Brown Fish Owl Ketupazeylonensis
Bridled Tern Sternaanaethetus
One record: Mahe; November. Possibly ship-
One ‘out-of-range’ record (westoftheAmirantes):
assisted and/or deliberately released.
Aldabra;June.
Eurasian Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Little Tern Sternaalbifrons Two records: Bird, Denis; November-December.
One record: Mahe; April.
Nightjar sp. Caprimulgussp.
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
One indeterminate record: Bird; November.
Four records: Praslin, Mahe (2), La Digue;
October, March-April. White-throated Needletail Hirundapus
caudacutus
European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Four records: Aldabra, Mahe, Bird, Fregate; April,
Six records: Aldabra (2), Bird (2), Aride (2); October-November.
November-December.
Common SwiftApusapus
European/Oriental Turtle Dove
Fourteen records: Aldabra (3), Bird (3),
SO.nteuritnudreIotreiremnitanlaitse record: Fregate; October. Assomption (2), Fregate (3), St Francois;
September-May.
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Pacific SwiftApuspacificus Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella
Ten records: Bird (5), Fregate (3), North, St brachydactyla
Francois; May, October-January. Two records: Fregate; February, November-
December.
Little SwiftApusaffinis
Three records: Mahe, Aride, Aldabra; Mascarene Martin Phedina borbonica
November-January. Six records: Aldabra (3), Desnoeufs, Bird,
Assomption; May, October-November.
Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
One record: adult, Denis Island, 30 December Common Sand Martin Riparia riparia
2003-16 February2004. Fifteen records: Aldabra (3), Mahe (3), Fregate
(4), Bird (2), Aride (2), Platte; October-March,
Alcedo sp.
May-June.
One indeterminate record, probably Common
KingfisherA. atthis: Fregate; December-January. Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMeropspersicus Six records: Aldabra (2), Farquhar, Bird (3);
March, June, October.
Thirty-two records: Aldabra (2), Bird (8), Mahe
(2), Fregate (2), Cousin, Desnoeufs, Marie Louise, YellowWagtailMotacillaflava
Platte, Denis (2), Alphonse, Aride, Conception, Twenty-one records: Aldabra (7), Mahe (3), Bird
Cousin, Curieuse, Desroches, North, Praslin (2), (4), Fregate, Alphonse (2), Platte (2), Silhouette,
Remire, Silhouette, South-east Island; Cousine; October-May.
November—May.
CitrineWagtail Motacilla citreola
Blue-cheeked/Madagascar Bee-eater One record: Fregate; April.
M. persicus!superciliosus
GreyWagtailMotacilla cinerea
Two indeterminate records: Cosmoledo, Mahe;
Six records: Bird, Marie-Louise, Fregate,
October-November.
Silhouette, Mahe (2); March, October-
European Bee-eaterMeropsapiaster November.
Two records: Cosmoledo, Aldabra; November-
WhiteWagtailMotacilla alba
December.
Twenty-one records: Aldabra (2), Mahe (6), Bird
European Roller Coraciasgarrulus (4), Fregate (3), Aride (3), Silhouette (2), Platte;
Thirty records: Aride (2), Aldabra (3), Praslin (6), November-March.
Mahe (9), African Banks, Bird (3), Fregate, Denis, Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Silhouette (2); October-March. Fourteen records: Mahe, Fregate (7), Bird (2),
Broad-billed Roller Eurystomusglaucurus Praslin (3), Alphonse; October-March.
Nine records outside Aldabra group: Providence, Common RedstartPhoenicurusphoenicurus
Bird (4), Fregate (2), Alphonse, Platte;
October-March. Seven records: Cousin, Aride (3), Bird, Platte,
Denis; October-February.
Hoopoe Upupa epops
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Three records:Aldabra (one U. e. africanaandone Two records: Bird; November.
U. e. epopslsenegalensis) and Curieuse (one U. e.
africana). NorthernWheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata Forty-one records: Aldabra (28), Bird (8), Mahe,
One record: one at the tern colony, Bird Island, Fregate, Aride, Platte, Denis; October-March.
22-27 November 2003 (Phillips & Phillips PiedWheatear Oenanthepleschanka
2003). One record: first-winter male west of the hotel,
Bird, 16-20 November 2000.
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IsabellineWheatear Oenanthe isabellina Rose-coloured Starling Sturnus roseus
Three records: Praslin, Alphonse, Bird; Four records: Bird, Fregate (3); October-April.
October-January.
Seychelles FodyFoudiasechellarum
Common Rock ThrushMonticolasaxatilis One ‘out-of-range’ record (islands without breed-
Three records: Farquhar, Fregate, Bird; October. ing populations): Bird; October.
SedgeWarblerAcrocephalusschoenobaenus Scarlet Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
One record: Cousin; November. One record: Aride; October.
IcterineWarbler Hippolais icterina Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
One record: Aride; November. One record: Aride; November.
WillowWarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
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Three records: Fregate, La Digue, Aldabra; &
Eikenaar, G. Skerrett, A. 2006. First record of
February-March, November.
KermadecPetrelPterodroma neglectaforSeychelles.
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita Bull.ABC13:88-90.
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One record: one at Alphonse, 27 January 2001 Hoareau, C. Skerrett, A. 2005. Glossy Ibis Plegadis
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WillowWarbler/ChiffchaffP trochilus!collybita Phillips, J. & Phillips, V. 2005. First record of
Two indeterminate records: Aldabra, Astove; Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata for
April. Seychelles. BullABC12: 40-41.
WoodWarbler Phylloscopussibilatrix Skerrett, A. 2003. Three new species for Seychelles:
Two records: Aldabra, Cousin; November- Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius, Spotted
Redshank Tringa erythropus and Chiffchaff
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Phylloscopuscollybita. Bull. ABC10: 47-49.
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Phylloscopus sp. Skerrett, A. Roest, L. 2003. Pallid Harrier Circus
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Blackcap Sylviaatricapilla Skerrett, A. & Seychelles Bird Records Committee.
One record: Curieuse; November. 1996. The first report of the Seychelles Bird
CommonWhitethroat Sylvia communis Records Committee. Bull. ABC3: 45-50.
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Two records: Aldabra, Bird; March, October. Skerrett, A. Seychelles Bird Records Committee.
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Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapastriata Records Committee. Bull. ABC8: 23-29.
Twenty-seven records: Aldabra (20), Cousin, Bird Tiatousse, R.,Adams, R. & Skerrett,A. 2005. Squacco
(3), Aride (2), D’Arros; March, October- Heron Ardeola ralloides: the first two records for
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Lesser GreyShrike Lanius minor &
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Two records: Aldabra, Bird; March, November. geography reveals island colonization history and
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio diversification of western Indian Ocean sunbirds
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Eight records: Aldabra (4), Bird (3), Aride; Received22January2006
March-April, September-November.
Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
Three records: Bird, Aldabra (2); July-February.
ThirdreportoftheSeychellesBirdRecords Committee:Skerrettetal. BullABCVol13No2(2006)-177