Birds to See in Maldives in March
11 bird species on our list for Maldives are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Grey Heron, Common Sandpiper, Rock Dove, Lesser Noddy and Whimbrel. New this month: Ruddy Turnstone, Pacific Golden-Plover, Black-crowned Night-heron and Common Tern and 1 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
Leaving soon
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 March
11 birds
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 10.73% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 6.96% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.83% in Mar
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostrisWinter visitorCommon30–34 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 2.59% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.48% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 2.00% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.18% in Mar
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.71% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar · 0.59% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar · 0.35% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.35% in Mar
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