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Maldives
This checklist includes all bird species found in Maldives , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Maldives [map]
Other names: Republic of Maldives
Number of globally threatened species: 4
Number of introduced species: 6
Date last reviewed: 2022-01-12
Last modified: 2022-10-22
See also: http://orientalbirdclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Ash-Maldives.pdf
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| Lesser Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | Rare/Accidental |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Asian Pygmy Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | Introduced species |
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| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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| Grey Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Indian Swiftlet | Aerodramus unicolor | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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| Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| Grey-bellied Cuckoo | Cacomantis passerinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| White-faced Storm-petrel | Pelagodroma marina | |
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| Madeiran Storm-petrel | Hydrobates castro | Rare/Accidental |
| Matsudaira's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | |
| Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental |
| Swinhoe's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | |
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| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
| Jouanin's Petrel | Bulweria fallax | |
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| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis | |
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| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Rare/Accidental |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Indian Pond Heron | Ardeola grayii | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Reef Egret | Egretta gularis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Abbott's Booby | Papasula abbotti | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger | Rare/Accidental |
| Indian Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
| Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | Introduced species |
| Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Rare/Accidental |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
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| Crab-plover | Dromas ardeola | |
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| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | |
| Atoll Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Brown-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-eyed Gull | Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Gull | Ichthyaetus hemprichii | Rare/Accidental |
| Pallas's Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Saunders's Tern | Sternula saundersi | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | Rare/Accidental |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pallid Scops Owl | Otus brucei | Rare/Accidental |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Rare/Accidental |
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| Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | Rare/Accidental |
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| Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | Rare/Accidental |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
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| Large Cuckooshrike | Coracina javensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Indian Golden Oriole | Oriolus kundoo | |
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| Ashy Woodswallow | Artamus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | Rare/Accidental |
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| House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
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| Indian Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Rare/Accidental |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Rosefinch | Erythrina erythrina | Rare/Accidental |
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| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | Rare/Accidental |
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| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
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| Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | Rare/Accidental |
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| Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Streak-throated Swallow | Petrochelidon fluvicola | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Rare/Accidental |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | Rare/Accidental |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
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| Indian Robin | Saxicoloides fulicatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Rare/Accidental |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
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| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | Rare/Accidental |
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