Conception_Island,_Seychelles

Conception Island, Seychelles

Conception Island, Seychelles

Island in the Seychelles

Not to be confused with Conception Island, Bahamas.

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. Conception Island, along with its sister island Thérèse Island, is part of Port Glaud district of Mahé, the main island of the Seychelles.

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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. It also has two species of gecko.[1]

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