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 Visitors come to Seychelles from all over the world to see some of the rarest birds on Earth. Eleven species are only found in the granitic Seychelles, including the Magpie Robin (now only on Fregate), the Seychelles Warbler (its refuge, Cousin Island, is now a reserve) and the only remaining Indian Ocean flightless bird, the White-throated Rail on Aldabra. Huge seabird colonies exist on Bird Island and on Aride with 10 breeding seabird species. Migrants from both Arctic and Antarctic regularly turn up and, in fact, many new Seychelles species were first spotted by birding visitors.
The golf course at Lemuria Resort on Praslin is getting to be one of the best bird watching sites in Seychelles, a very rich habitat for many species. In particular, this is the best place in Seychelles to see the Yellow Bittern, an Asian species found nowhere else in the African or Indian Ocean region other than Seychelles. Black Crowned Night Heron can be seen around the pools of Lemuria Golf Course apparently commuting back and forth from neighboring Cousin Island. This species had not been recorded in Seychelles until a single bird turned up on Mahe in 1992.
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