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British Indian Ocean Territory

native

trivial namelatin name
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Whimbrel or Hudsonian Curlew Numenius phaeopus
Lesser Crested-Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
White-breasted waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
Great Crested-Tern Thalasseus bergii
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Sanderling Calidris alba
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii

present - origin uncertain

trivial namelatin name
Jouanin Petrel Bulweria fallax
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus

introduced

trivial namelatin name
Madagascar Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
House Sparrow Passer domesticus

vagrant

trivial namelatin name
Green Heron Butorides striata
Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
Great Snipe Gallinago media
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Western Great Egret Ardea alba
Little Stint Calidris minuta