Birds to See in Mauritius in October
10 bird 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. New this month: Curlew Sandpiper and Curlew.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctFrom 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 10 birds in October
10 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 6.04% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.01% in Oct
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.34% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.29% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.25% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
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