Birds to See in Mauritius in December
15 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
15 bird species on our list for Mauritius are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Whimbrel, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Scaly-breasted Munia. New this month: Greenshank.
New in December1
Leaving after last month1
Residents
(5)Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Lesser Noddy
Anous tenuirostrisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Aug–Feb
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
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