Field checklist
Birds of Maldives
151 species with profiles on The Ornithology. Tick what you see; E = found only here.
| Species | Scientific name | Family | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | Falconidae | LC | |
| Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | Cuculidae | NE | |
| Atlantic White Tern | Gygis alba | Laridae | LC | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Black Bittern | Botaurus flavicollis | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | Laridae | LC | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Recurvirostridae | NE | |
| Blue-and-yellow Macaw | Ara ararauna | Psittacidae | LC | |
| Blue-billed White Tern | Gygis candida | Laridae | LC | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | Meropidae | LC | |
| Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | Meropidae | LC | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Laridae | LC | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Sulidae | NE | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Laridae | LC | |
| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | Laniidae | LC | |
| Bulwer’s Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Botaurus cinnamomeus | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Falconidae | NE | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Rallidae | LC | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | Apodidae | LC | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Laridae | LC | |
| Crab-plover | Dromas ardeola | Dromadidae | LC | |
| Crested Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Ardea coromanda | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Columbidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Falconidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Upupidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Scolopacidae | NE | |
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Coraciidae | LC | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Anatidae | LC | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Pelecanidae | LC | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Laridae | LC | |
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | Phoenicopteridae | LC | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | Anatidae | NE | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Charadriidae | VU | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Laridae | LC | |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Numididae | LC | |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | Corvidae | LC | |
| Indian Golden Oriole | Oriolus kundoo | Oriolidae | LC | |
| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Indian Pond Heron | Ardeola grayii | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Indian Swiftlet | Aerodramus unicolor | Apodidae | LC | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Jouanin’s Petrel | Bulweria fallax | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | Corvidae | NE | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Laridae | LC | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Laridae | LC | |
| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Falconidae | LC | |
| Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | Laridae | LC | |
| Lesser Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | Anatidae | LC | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | Apodidae | LC | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Laridae | LC | |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Anatidae | LC | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Sulidae | LC | |
| Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Hydrobatidae | VU | |
| Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Mongolian Short-toed Lark | Calandrella dukhunensis | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Montagu’s Harrier | Circus pygargus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Anatidae | LC | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Anatidae | LC | |
| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | Glareolidae | LC | |
| Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Accipitridae | NT | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Falconidae | LC | |
| Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | Jacanidae | LC | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | Columbidae | LC | |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Sulidae | LC | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Laridae | LC | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Saunders’s Tern | Sternula saundersi | Laridae | LC | |
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Strigidae | LC | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Laridae | LC | |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis | Pelecanidae | NT | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | Hydrobatidae | NT | |
| Temminck’s Stint | Calidris temminckii | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Procellariidae | VU | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Anatidae | LC | |
| Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | Rallidae | LC | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Western House Martin | Delichon urbicum | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Laridae | LC | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Motacillidae | LC | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | Rallidae | LC | |
| White-faced Storm Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Oceanitidae | LC | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Apodidae | LC | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Laridae | LC | |
| Wilson’s Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Oceanitidae | LC | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Yellow Bittern | Botaurus sinensis | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Zebra Finch | Taeniopygia guttata | Estrildidae | NE |
This checklist lists the species that have profiles on this site, not every species ever recorded in the country. Taxonomy: AviList. Status: IUCN Red List category.