🇸🇨

Seychelles

Africa · Eastern Africa

Total Species
750
Threatened
17
CR + EN + VU
Population
98462
Area
452 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 3
Endangered 8
Vulnerable 6
Near Threatened 11
Least Concern 217
Data Deficient 10
Not Evaluated 456
Extinct 3

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 635
Animalia 115

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Seychelles

Arar

Juniperus procera

Least Concern

Bardí

Cyperus papyrus

Least Concern

basal

Allium cepa

Not Evaluated

Bashneen Abyad

Nymphaea lotus

Not Evaluated

Defla

Nerium oleander

Not Evaluated

Dheeb

Canis lupus

Critically Endangered

ful sudane

Arachis hypogaea

Not Evaluated

Ghaab

Arundo donax

Not Evaluated

hamd

Oxalis corniculata

Least Concern

hamool

Cuscuta campestris

Not Evaluated

Hasir

Cyperus rotundus

Least Concern

Hinná

Lawsonia inermis

Least Concern

kef alemhena

Amaranthus caudatus

Not Evaluated

khardal

Brassica nigra

Least Concern

kharwa'a

Ricinus communis

Not Evaluated

labeinah

Euphorbia hirta

Not Evaluated

lisan al-hamal

Plantago major

Least Concern

nabaq

Ziziphus mauritiana

Least Concern

na'eem

Achyranthes aspera

Not Evaluated

nageil

Eleusine indica

Least Concern

nakhl

Phoenix dactylifera

Not Evaluated

Nseila

Panicum repens

Least Concern

qasab el-sokkar

Saccharum officinarum

Not Evaluated

reihan

Ocimum basilicum

Not Evaluated

rukab al-gamal

Chenopodium album

Least Concern

Se'ed

Cyperus compressus

Least Concern

sheb al-leil

Mirabilis jalapa

Least Concern

sitt el-hosn

Ipomoea cairica

Not Evaluated

thoum

Allium sativum

Not Evaluated

Waraqa

Potamogeton nodosus

Near Threatened

الدوري البلدي, العصفور الدوري

Passer domesticus

Least Concern

الهامة

Tyto alba

Least Concern

بلس

Ficus carica

Not Evaluated

حمام ازرق

Columba livia

Least Concern

كرفس بري

Apium graveolens

Not Evaluated

كزبرة البئر

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Least Concern

convolvulus hawkmoth

Agrius convolvuli

Not Evaluated

Death's-head Hawk Moth

Acherontia atropos

Not Evaluated

house mouse

Mus musculus

Least Concern

Oleander Hawk Moth

Daphnis nerii

Not Evaluated

aurochs

Bos taurus

Not Evaluated

crimson speckled

Utetheisa pulchella

Not Evaluated

wild boar

Sus scrofa

Least Concern

Passenger

Dysgonia algira

Not Evaluated

Geometrician

Grammodes stolida

Not Evaluated

Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Least Concern

Tortricid moth

Crocidosema plebejana

Not Evaluated

Olive-tree Pearl

Palpita vitrealis

Not Evaluated

Sawtoothed grain beetle

Oryzaephilus surinamensis

Not Evaluated

Ant

Technomyrmex albipes

Not Evaluated

Citrus flower moth

Prays citri

Not Evaluated

Egyptian Bollworm

Earias insulana

Not Evaluated

Pink bollworm

Pectinophora gossypiella

Not Evaluated

Tunbridge Wells Gem

Chrysodeixis acuta

Not Evaluated

Scar Bank Gem

Ctenoplusia limbirena

Not Evaluated

Citrus leafminer

Phyllocnistis citrella

Not Evaluated

miniature awlsnail

Subulina octona

Not Evaluated

Beet Webworm

Spoladea recurvalis

Not Evaluated

Spanish Dot

Antigastra catalaunalis

Not Evaluated

Beet Armyworm

Spodoptera exigua

Not Evaluated

More Countries in Africa

Nature FYI Family

Explore more of the natural world across our sister sites.

Part of the Nature FYI family — FYIPedia