Birds of British Indian Ocean Territory
- Ducks and relatives / Anseriformes Ducks and relatives
- Сhickens and relatives / Galliformes Сhickens and relatives
- Swifts and hummingbirds / Apodiformes Swifts and hummingbirds
- Pigeons and doves / Columbiformes Pigeons and doves
- Cranes, rails and relatives / Gruiformes Cranes, rails and relatives
- Flamingos / Phoenicopteriformes Flamingos
- Shorebirds / Charadriiformes Shorebirds
- Stilts, Avocets / Recurvirostridae Stilts, Avocets
- Plovers / Charadriidae Plovers
- Pacific Golden Plover / Pluvialis fulva Pacific Golden PloverLC
- Grey Plover / Pluvialis squatarola Grey PloverLC
- Common Ringed Plover / Charadrius hiaticula Common Ringed PloverLC
- Little Ringed Plover / Charadrius dubius Little Ringed PloverLC
- Kentish Plover / Charadrius alexandrinus Kentish PloverLC
- Greater Sand Plover / Charadrius leschenaultii Greater Sand PloverLC
- Tibetan Sand Plover / Charadrius atrifrons Tibetan Sand PloverNE
- Oriental Plover / Charadrius veredus Oriental PloverLC
- Sandpipers, Snipes / Scolopacidae Sandpipers, Snipes
- Eurasian Whimbrel / Numenius phaeopus Eurasian WhimbrelLC
- Far Eastern Curlew / Numenius madagascariensis Far Eastern CurlewEN
- Eurasian Curlew / Numenius arquata Eurasian CurlewNT
- Bar-tailed Godwit / Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed GodwitNT
- Black-tailed Godwit / Limosa limosa Black-tailed GodwitNT
- Ruddy Turnstone / Arenaria interpres Ruddy TurnstoneLC
- Ruff / Calidris pugnax RuffLC
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper / Calidris acuminata Sharp-tailed SandpiperVU
- Curlew Sandpiper / Calidris ferruginea Curlew SandpiperNT
- Temminck's Stint / Calidris temminckii Temminck's StintLC
- Long-toed Stint / Calidris subminuta Long-toed StintLC
- Red-necked Stint / Calidris ruficollis Red-necked StintNT
- Sanderling / Calidris alba SanderlingLC
- Dunlin / Calidris alpina DunlinLC
- Little Stint / Calidris minuta Little StintLC
- Pectoral Sandpiper / Calidris melanotos Pectoral SandpiperLC
- Pin-tailed Snipe / Gallinago stenura Pin-tailed SnipeLC
- Common Snipe / Gallinago gallinago Common SnipeLC
- Terek Sandpiper / Xenus cinereus Terek SandpiperLC
- Red-necked Phalarope / Phalaropus lobatus Red-necked PhalaropeLC
- Common Sandpiper / Actitis hypoleucos Common SandpiperLC
- Green Sandpiper / Tringa ochropus Green SandpiperLC
- Grey-tailed Tattler / Tringa brevipes Grey-tailed TattlerNT
- Common Redshank / Tringa totanus Common RedshankLC
- Marsh Sandpiper / Tringa stagnatilis Marsh SandpiperLC
- Wood Sandpiper / Tringa glareola Wood SandpiperLC
- Spotted Redshank / Tringa erythropus Spotted RedshankLC
- Common Greenshank / Tringa nebularia Common GreenshankLC
- Crab-plover / Dromadidae Crab-plover
- Coursers, Pratincoles / Glareolidae Coursers, Pratincoles
- Gulls, Terns, Skimmers / Laridae Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
- Brown Noddy / Anous stolidus Brown NoddyLC
- Lesser Noddy / Anous tenuirostris Lesser NoddyLC
- White Tern / Gygis alba White TernLC
- Kelp Gull / Larus dominicanus Kelp GullLC
- Lesser Black-backed Gull / Larus fuscus Lesser Black-backed GullLC
- Gull-billed Tern / Gelochelidon nilotica Gull-billed TernLC
- Greater Crested Tern / Thalasseus bergii Greater Crested TernLC
- Lesser Crested Tern / Thalasseus bengalensis Lesser Crested TernLC
- Little Tern / Sternula albifrons Little TernLC
- Saunders's Tern / Sternula saundersi Saunders's TernLC
- Bridled Tern / Onychoprion anaethetus Bridled TernLC
- Sooty Tern / Onychoprion fuscatus Sooty TernLC
- Roseate Tern / Sterna dougallii Roseate TernLC
- Black-naped Tern / Sterna sumatrana Black-naped TernLC
- Common Tern / Sterna hirundo Common TernLC
- White-cheeked Tern / Sterna repressa White-cheeked TernLC
- Arctic Tern / Sterna paradisaea Arctic TernLC
- Whiskered Tern / Chlidonias hybrida Whiskered TernLC
- White-winged Tern / Chlidonias leucopterus White-winged TernLC
- Black Tern / Chlidonias niger Black TernLC
- Skuas / Stercorariidae Skuas
- Tropicbirds / Phaethontiformes Tropicbirds
- Albatrosses and petrels / Procellariiformes Albatrosses and petrels
- Austral Storm Petrels / Oceanitidae Austral Storm Petrels
- Northern Storm Petrels / Hydrobatidae Northern Storm Petrels
- Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels / Procellariidae Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
- Southern Giant Petrel / Macronectes giganteus Southern Giant PetrelLC
- Tahiti Petrel / Pseudobulweria rostrata Tahiti PetrelNT
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater / Ardenna pacifica Wedge-tailed ShearwaterLC
- Flesh-footed Shearwater / Ardenna carneipes Flesh-footed ShearwaterNT
- Persian Shearwater / Puffinus persicus Persian ShearwaterLC
- Tropical Shearwater / Puffinus bailloni Tropical ShearwaterLC
- Bulwer's Petrel / Bulweria bulwerii Bulwer's PetrelLC
- Jouanin's Petrel / Bulweria fallax Jouanin's PetrelNT
- Gannets and relatives / Suliformes Gannets and relatives
- Pelicans and relatives / Pelecaniformes Pelicans and relatives
- Ibises, Spoonbills / Threskiornithidae Ibises, Spoonbills
- Herons, Bitterns / Ardeidae Herons, Bitterns
- Yellow Bittern / Ixobrychus sinensis Yellow BitternLC
- Cinnamon Bittern / Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Cinnamon BitternLC
- Black-crowned Night Heron / Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night HeronLC
- Striated Heron / Butorides striata Striated HeronLC
- Indian Pond Heron / Ardeola grayii Indian Pond HeronLC
- Western Cattle Egret / Bubulcus ibis Western Cattle EgretLC
- Eastern Cattle Egret / Bubulcus coromandus Eastern Cattle EgretNE
- Grey Heron / Ardea cinerea Grey HeronLC
- Purple Heron / Ardea purpurea Purple HeronLC
- Great Egret / Ardea alba Great EgretLC
- Intermediate Egret / Ardea intermedia Intermediate EgretLC
- Little Egret / Egretta garzetta Little EgretLC
- Dimorphic Egret / Egretta dimorpha Dimorphic EgretNE
- Hawks and relatives / Accipitriformes Hawks and relatives
- Hornbills and relatives / Bucerotiformes Hornbills and relatives
- Kingfishers and relatives / Coraciiformes Kingfishers and relatives
- Falcons / Falconiformes Falcons
- Perching birds / Passeriformes Perching birds
- Crows, Jays / Corvidae Crows, Jays
- Bulbuls / Pycnonotidae Bulbuls
- Swallows, Martins / Hirundinidae Swallows, Martins
- Starlings, Rhabdornises / Sturnidae Starlings, Rhabdornises
- Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches / Passeridae Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches
- Weavers, Widowbirds / Ploceidae Weavers, Widowbirds
- Wagtails, Pipits / Motacillidae Wagtails, Pipits
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British Indian Ocean Territory types of birds
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory, archipelago, c.1,180 mi (1,900 km), NE of Mauritius, in the central Indian Ocean. The more than 50 islands, which form the Chagos Archipelago and are located on the southern end of a chain of sea mounts that also includes Lakshadweep and the Maldives , were administered by Mauritius before they were made a separate dependency by the British in 1965. Their importance is primarily strategic the United States and Britain maintain a major naval facility on the main island, Diego Garcia . Between 1967 and 1973 Britain evicted the Chagos islanders as the archipelago was converted to purely military use a case brought in 1975 by islanders led to a settlement and compensation in 1982. In 2000, however, islanders secured a British court decision declaring their explusion illegal, but the British government subsequently (2004) prevented their return to the outlying Chagos islands. Islanders again successfully challenged the government in court in 2007, but the government won on appeal the following year (on the basis of the 1982 settlement), and that decision was upheld by the European Court of Human Rights in 2012. In 2010 the British government established one of the world's largest marine reserves (210,000 sq mi/545,000 sq km) in the waters surrounding the islands. The archipelago is claimed by Mauritius, Maldives, and Seychelles.