eBird Field Checklist
Maldives
ebird.org/region/MV
155 species (+31 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Tufted Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Red Junglefowl
Common Quail
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Zebra Dove
Turacos
Livingstone's Turaco
Cuckoos
Asian Koel
Common Cuckoo
Swifts
White-throated Needletail
Indian Swiftlet
dark swiftlet sp.
swiftlet sp.
Common Swift
Common/Pallid Swift
Blyth's Swift
Little Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Shorebirds
Black-winged Stilt
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
sand-plover sp.
Kentish Plover
plover sp.
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint
peep sp.
Oriental Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Sooty Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
White Tern
Brown Noddy
Lesser Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Sooty/Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Saunders's Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
Black-naped Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Tropicbirds
White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-billed Tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird
tropicbird sp.
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Bulwer's Petrel
Jouanin's Petrel
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Tropical Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Lesser Frigatebird
Great Frigatebird
frigatebird sp.
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Little Cormorant
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Glossy Ibis
Black Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Yellow Bittern
small bittern sp.
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
Eastern Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Shikra
Western Marsh Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Pallid/Montagu's Harrier
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
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Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Bee-eaters
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Rollers and Allies
European Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Coppersmith Barbet
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Papuan Eclectus
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Crimson Rosella
Budgerigar
Red Lory
Rainbow Lorikeet
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Fischer's Lovebird
Domestic lovebird sp. (Domestic type)
Monk Parakeet
Turquoise-fronted Amazon
Sun Parakeet
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Scarlet Macaw
White-eyed Parakeet
parakeet sp.
Shrikes
Brown Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
House Crow
Martins and Swallows
Barn Swallow
Western House-Martin
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Starlings and Mynas
Rosy Starling
Common Myna
Javan Myna
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Blue Rock-Thrush
Isabelline Wheatear
Weavers and Allies
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Red-collared Widowbird
Estrildids
Zebra Finch
Java Sparrow
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Rosefinch
Others
passerine sp.
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