Birds in Mauritius
Our list for Mauritius has 22 bird species recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 2 summer visitors, 12 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
The list comes from 21,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
- Species on our list
- 22
- In October
- 10
- Common
- 11
- Busiest month
- Nov
This month: October
GBIF · OctMost likely
Share of all bird records in Mauritius in October, 2019–2024. “Arriving now” are the birds whose share rises most from last month. Each month links to that month’s page.
The bird calendar for Mauritius
Month by monthWhen each bird is around, through the year. The darker the square, the closer that month is to the bird’s busiest. Filter by summer or winter visitors to see the seasons turn over.
| Bird | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| House Sparrow | ||||||||||||
| Rock Dove | ||||||||||||
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | ||||||||||||
| Whimbrel | ||||||||||||
| Scaly-breasted Munia | ||||||||||||
| Moorhen | ||||||||||||
| Lesser Noddy | ||||||||||||
| Ruddy Turnstone | ||||||||||||
| Grey Plover | ||||||||||||
| Common Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Curlew Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Common Tern | ||||||||||||
| Greenshank | ||||||||||||
| Egyptian Goose | ||||||||||||
| Mallard | ||||||||||||
| Helmeted Guineafowl | ||||||||||||
| Curlew | ||||||||||||
| Sanderling | ||||||||||||
| Ringed Plover | ||||||||||||
| Eleonora's Falcon | ||||||||||||
| Common Pheasant | ||||||||||||
| Cattle Egret |
The year in Mauritius
Records by month| January | 919 |
|---|---|
| February | 1,397 |
| March | 964 |
| April | 1,299 |
| May | 1,008 |
| June | 1,184 |
| July | 1,633 |
| August | 2,954 |
| September | 1,125 |
| October | 2,383 |
| November | 3,802 |
| December | 1,878 |
November has the most records (3,802). Records follow birdwatchers as well as birds: a busy month means more people out looking, as well as more birds passing through.
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Questions
3How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Mauritius?
22 species, each recorded regularly in Mauritius (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 5 residents, 2 summer visitors, 12 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Mauritius, and rarer vagrants are not listed.
What birds can I see in Mauritius in October?
10 species on our list for Mauritius are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Whimbrel and Scaly-breasted Munia.
What are the most common birds in Mauritius?
Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Mauritius are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Whimbrel, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Scaly-breasted Munia.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made