Birds to See in Mauritius in August
11 bird species on our list for Mauritius are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Whimbrel and Scaly-breasted Munia. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Grey Plover, Greenshank and Curlew Sandpiper.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
Leaving soon
From Mauritius’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 11 birds in August
11 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 6.84% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.29% in Aug
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.58% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.27% in Aug
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostrisPassage migrantCommon30–34 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.27% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.24% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.24% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.14% in Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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