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List of birds of the Maldives
The following is a list of birds recorded in the Maldives. The small size and isolation of this Indian Ocean republic means that its avifauna is extremely restricted. Most of the species are characteristic of Eurasian migratory birds, only a few being typically associated with the Indian sub-continent.
ORDER: ANSERIFORMES
ORDER: UPUPIFORMES
ORDER: CORACIIFORMES
ORDER: CUCULIFORMES
ORDER: APODIFORMES
ORDER: STRIGIFORMES
ORDER:COLUMBIFORMES
ORDER: GRUIFORMES
ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family: Scolopacidae
- Pintail Snipe, Gallinago stenura
- Swinhoe's Snipe , Gallinago megala
- Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago
- Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa
- Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica
- Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew, Numenius arquata
- Common Redshank, Tringa totanus
- Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis
- Greenshank, Tringa nebularia
- Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola
- Terek Sandpiper, Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
- Ruddy Turnstone, Arenaria interpres
- Sanderling, Calidris alba
- Little Stint, Calidris minuta
- Temminck's Stint, Calidris temminckii
- Long-toed Stint, Calidris subminuta
- Dunlin, Calidris alpina
- Curlew Sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea
- Ruff, Philomachus pugnax
- Family: Recurvirostridae
- Family: Charadriidae
- Family: Dromadidae
- Family: Glareolidae
- Family: Laridae
- Family: Sternidae
- Gull-billed Tern, Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern, Sterna caspia
- Lesser Crested Tern, Sterna bengalensis
- Great Crested Tern, Sterna bergii
- Roseate Tern, Sterna dougallii
- Black-naped Tern , Sterna sumatrana
- Common Tern, Sterna hirundo
- Little Tern, Sterna albifrons
- Saunders's Tern , Sterna saundersi
- Bridled Tern, Sterna anaethetus
- Sooty Tern, Sterna fuscata
- White-winged Black Tern, Chlidonias leucopterus
- Brown Noddy , Anous stolidus
- White Tern, Gygis alba
ORDER: ACCIPITRIIFORMES
ORDER: PELECANIFORMES
ORDER: CICONIIFORMES
- Family: Ardeidae
- Little Egret, Egretta garzetta
- Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron, Ardea purpurea
- Great Egret, Casmerodius albus
- Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis
- Indian Pond Heron, Ardeola grayii
- Striated Heron, Butorides striatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow Bittern, Ixobrychus sinensis
- Cinnamon Bittern, Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
- Black Bittern, Dupetor flavicollis
- Great Bittern, Botaurus stellaris
- Family: Threskiornithidae
ORDER: PROCELLARIIFORMES
ORDER: PASSERIFORMES
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