Birds of the Maldives

• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Grey HeronArdea cinerea
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• House CrowCorvus splendens
• Asian KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
• Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
• White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
• Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
• Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
• Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Atlantic White TernGygis alba
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
• Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
• Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
• Roseate TernSterna dougallii
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Little TernSternula albifrons
• Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
• Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
• Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
• Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
• CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
• Little SwiftApus affinis
• Javan MynaAcridotheres javanicus
• Common SwiftApus apus
• Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Amur FalconFalco amurensis
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
• Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
• Little StintCalidris minuta
• Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
• BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
• Masked BoobySula dactylatra
• Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• Common HoopoeUpupa epops
• Blue-and-yellow MacawAra ararauna
• Indian SwiftletAerodramus unicolor
• Javan Pond HeronArdeola speciosa
• WatercockGallicrex cinerea

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
• Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
• Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
• GarganeySpatula querquedula
• Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
• Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
• Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
• Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
• Fischer's LovebirdAgapornis fischeri
• Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
• Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
• Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
• Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
• Purple HeronArdea purpurea
• Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
• Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
• Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
• White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
• Scarlet MacawAra macao
• Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
• Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
• Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanus
• Medium EgretArdea intermedia
• Papuan EclectusEclectus polychloros
• Blue-billed White TernGygis candida