Conception Island, Seychelles

Conception Island is a small island (0.603 km2) in the Seychelles 2 km west of Mahé.

Conception contained a coconut plantation until the mid-1970s; today it is uninhabited.

Recently the island has been created as a wildlife reserve.

It is the home of the extremely rare Seychelles white-eye and other birds such as the Seychelles kestrel, Seychelles blue pigeon and the Malagasy turtle-dove.

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