Birds of the Maldives
The Maldives hosts 64 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Asian KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- 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