Animals of Seychelles

76 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from Seychelles on GBIF: 45 sharks & fish, 18 birds, 8 insects & other invertebrates, 4 mammals, 1 reptiles. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map

All 76 animals by group

Whales & dolphins 2

• Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
• Spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris

Bats 1

• Seychelles fruit bat Pteropus seychellensis

Pangolins, hyraxes & other mammals 1

• Tailless tenrec Tenrec ecaudatus

Waders, gulls, terns & auks 9

• Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica
• Common greenshank Tringa nebularia
• Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
• Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
• Eurasian whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
• Grey plover Pluvialis squatarola
• Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Sanderling Calidris alba
• Sooty tern Onychoprion fuscatus

Seabirds, divers & grebes 3

• Great frigatebird Fregata minor
• Red-footed booby Sula sula
• White-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus

Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos 3

• Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Grey heron Ardea cinerea
• Western cattle egret Ardea ibis

Pigeons & doves 2

• Rock dove Columba livia (introduced)
• Zebra dove Geopelia striata (introduced)

Songbirds & perching birds 1

• Common myna Acridotheres tristis (introduced)

Turtles & tortoises 1

• Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea

Sharks 5

• Blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus
• Oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus
• Scalloped hammerhead Sphyrna lewini
• Silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis
• Tawny nurse shark Nebrius ferrugineus

Rays, skates & chimaeras 5

• Aetobatus ocellatus Aetobatus ocellatus
• Giant oceanic manta ray Mobula birostris
• Porcupine ray Urogymnus asperrimus
• Round ribbontail ray Taeniura meyeni
• Spotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari

Bony fish 35

• Albacore Thunnus alalunga
• Atlantic blue marlin Makaira nigricans
• Atlantic tripletail Lobotes surinamensis
• Bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus
• Bluefin trevally Caranx melampygus
• Bluestreak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus
• Clown triggerfish Balistoides conspicillum
• Dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor
• Emperor angelfish Pomacanthus imperator
• Frigate tuna Auxis thazard
• Giant grouper Epinephelus lanceolatus
• Giant moray Gymnothorax javanicus
• Giant trevally Caranx ignobilis
• Great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda
• Green humphead parrotfish Bolbometopon muricatum
• Humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus
• Indo-Pacific sailfish Istiophorus platypterus
• Lagoon triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus
• Longhorn cowfish Lactoria cornuta
• Mackerel scad Decapterus macarellus
• Mahi-mahi Coryphaena hippurus
• Mangrove red snapper Lutjanus argentimaculatus
• Milkfish Chanos chanos
• Moorish idol Zanclus cornutus
• Paracanthurus Paracanthurus hepatus
• Platax teira Platax teira
• Plotosus lineatus Plotosus lineatus
• Pterois miles Pterois miles
• Rainbow runner Elagatis bipinnulata
• Redtoothed triggerfish Odonus niger
• Reef triggerfish Rhinecanthus rectangulus
• Striped marlin Kajikia audax
• Synanceia verrucosa السمكة الصخرية المرجانية
• Titan triggerfish Balistoides viridescens
• Wahoo Acanthocybium solandri

Bees, wasps & ants 2

• Pharaoh ant Monomorium pharaonis
• Yellow crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes (introduced)

Grasshoppers, bugs & other insects 1

• Cat flea Ctenocephalides felis

Octopuses, squid & cuttlefish 1

• Octopus cyanea Octopus cyanea

Starfish, sea urchins & relatives 4

• Crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci
• Holothuria atra Holothuria atra
• Protoreaster lincki Protoreaster lincki
• Toxopneustes pileolus Toxopneustes pileolus

Presence means at least a few wild records with coordinates (and a minimum share of the species’ records, to exclude vagrants and escapes) in GBIF data licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0. Some species may be missing where open data is scarce.