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Seychelles magpie-robin
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Last figure 500, no date given
Copsychus sechellarum
Seychelles: Frégate, Cousin, Cousine, Denis, Aride
Counted by Nature Seychelles, no count date given; last checked 12 November 2026.
The latest figure for the Seychelles magpie-robin is about 500 birds in the wild, published by Nature Seychelles without a range and with no count date given (last checked 12 November 2026).
Nature Seychelles reports the Seychelles magpie-robin rising: 23 in 1970, about 500 in its latest, undated figure.
How it was counted
The figure counts birds, not nests or area, and covers the whole wild population. Nature Seychelles publishes it without a range, so it reads as about 500.
A figure for the whole wild population, published by Nature Seychelles without a range, so it reads as about 500 birds rather than exactly that many.
Earlier figures
- 23 in 1970: the previous count. Source: Nature Seychelles.
What moves it
Nature Seychelles names no current pressure on the page this figure comes from; it reports the number rising since 23 birds in 1970.
Who is helping
BirdLife International organised the programme and Nature Seychelles, which coordinates the Seychelles Magpie Robin Recovery Team (SMART), took it on afterwards: moving predators, improving habitat, nest boxes on Frégate, and moving birds to other predator-free islands to start new populations.
The next count
No date is known for the next count (last checked 12 November 2026).
Sources
- Nature Seychelles Last checked 12 November 2026.
What changed
- 12 November 2026 Added to Live Species, nobody knows: 500.
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