Common Birds in Mauritius
Our list for Mauritius has 11 common birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 2 summer visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mauritius in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostrisPassage migrantCommon30–34 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
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