Birds in Maldives
Our list for Maldives has 21 bird species recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 4 winter visitors, 10 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
The list comes from 5,869 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
- Species on our list
- 21
- In October
- 4
- Common
- 19
- Busiest month
- Mar
This month: October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Maldives in October, 2019–2024. “Arriving now” are the birds whose share rises most from last month. Each month links to that month’s page.
The bird calendar for Maldives
Month by monthWhen each bird is around, through the year. The darker the square, the closer that month is to the bird’s busiest. Filter by summer or winter visitors to see the seasons turn over.
| Bird | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grey Heron | ||||||||||||
| Common Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Rock Dove | ||||||||||||
| Lesser Noddy | ||||||||||||
| Whimbrel | ||||||||||||
| Greenshank | ||||||||||||
| Ruddy Turnstone | ||||||||||||
| Sanderling | ||||||||||||
| Little Egret | ||||||||||||
| Pacific Golden-Plover | ||||||||||||
| House Sparrow | ||||||||||||
| Black-crowned Night-heron | ||||||||||||
| Great White Egret | ||||||||||||
| Common Tern | ||||||||||||
| Grey Plover | ||||||||||||
| Barn Swallow | ||||||||||||
| Roseate Tern | ||||||||||||
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | ||||||||||||
| Curlew | ||||||||||||
| Kentish Plover | ||||||||||||
| Curlew Sandpiper |
The year in Maldives
Records by month| January | 631 |
|---|---|
| February | 596 |
| March | 848 |
| April | 557 |
| May | 361 |
| June | 119 |
| July | 299 |
| August | 292 |
| September | 304 |
| October | 535 |
| November | 715 |
| December | 612 |
March has the most records (848). Records follow birdwatchers as well as birds: a busy month means more people out looking, as well as more birds passing through.
By family
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All 21 birds, A to Z
Questions
3How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Maldives?
21 species, each recorded regularly in Maldives (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 1 resident, 4 winter visitors, 10 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Maldives, and rarer vagrants are not listed.
What birds can I see in Maldives in October?
4 species on our list for Maldives are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Grey Heron, Common Sandpiper, Rock Dove and Common Tern.
What are the most common birds in Maldives?
Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Maldives are Grey Heron, Common Sandpiper, Rock Dove, Lesser Noddy and Greenshank.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made