Birds to See in Maldives in January
11 bird species on our list for Maldives are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Grey Heron, Common Sandpiper, Rock Dove, Lesser Noddy and Whimbrel. New this month: Greenshank, Ruddy Turnstone, Pacific Golden-Plover and Great White Egret and 2 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Maldives’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 11 birds in January
11 birds
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 13.63% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 8.40% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.38% in Jan
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostrisWinter visitorCommon30–34 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 2.22% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.43% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jan · 1.11% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.11% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.95% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan · 0.63% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jan · 0.63% in Jan
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.63% in Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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