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Birds protected under the Environment Protection and Preservation Act, (4/93)

Local Name

Common Name

Scientific Name

Bulhithunbi

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Kalhu Bulhithunbi

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellis

Fenfoah Dhooni

Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flava

Dhon Fenfoah dhooni

Tree Pipit

Anthus trivialis

Mushi Fenfoah Dhooni

Red-Throated Pipit

Anthus cervinus

Iruvaihudhu

Catlle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

Rathafai

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Alaka

Grey Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

Angoti Bondana

Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Kiru Bondana

Kentish Plover

Charadrius alexandrinus

Kuda Bondana

Lesser Sand Plover

Charadrius mongolus

Valu Bondana

Greater Sand Plover

Charadrius leschenaultii

Bileymaa Dhushin

Pacific Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva

Boakalhu Gohorukey

Black-Headed Gull

Larus ridibundus

Gohorukey

Pallas's Gull

Larus ichthyaetus

Bondana Ilolhi

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

Chon Chon Ilolhi

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Eshunga Ilolhi

Black-Tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa

Furedhdhe Ilolhi

Marsh Sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis

Onna Ilolhi

Jack Snipe

Lymnocryptes minimus

Theyravaa Ilolhi

Black-Winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Theyravaa/Moalha Lunbo

Crab Plover

Dromas ardeola

Bodu Raabondhi

Western Reef Egret

Egretta gularis

Kalhu Raabondhi

Black Bittern

Dupetor flavicollis

Dhon Raabondhi

Yellow Bittern

Ixobrychus sinensis

Raabondhi

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Dhivehi Raabondhi

Maldivian Little Heron

Butorides striatus albidulusi

Huvadhoo Raabondhi

Maldivian Pond Heron

Ardeola grayii phillipsi

Medhuraajjethere Raabondhi

Central Maldivian Heron

Butorides striatus didii phillipsi

Hudhumaa Dhooni

Masked Booby

Sula dactylatra

Kalhu Maadhooni

Brown Booby

Sula leucogaster

Maa Dhooni

Red-footed Booby

Sula sula

Kunburu Reyru

Garganey

Anas querquedula

Rathu Reyru

Ferruginous Pochard

Aytha nyroca

Reyru

Northern Shoveler

Anas clypeata

Dhanbu Maakanaa

Purple Heron

Ardea pupurea

Noo Maakanaa

Black Headed Heron

Ardea melanocephala

Dheyfaiy Dhooni

Eurasian Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

Funamaa Dhushin

Lesser Golden Plover

Pluvialis dominica

Girubaa Dhooni

Spot-billed Pelican

Pelecanus philippensis

Gudugudaa Dhooni

Greater Flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber

Kandu Kanbaa

Wilson 's Storm-petrel

Oceanites oceanicus

Kulhee Kukulhu

Watercock

Gallicrex cinerea

Kurulla Dhooni

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Lagnaa

Great Egret

Casmerodius albus

Miyaremu Dhooni

Caspian Tern

Sterna caspia

Olhuvalu Kanbili/Kulhee Kanbili

Common Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Dhivehi Kanbili

Maldivian Water Hen

Amaurornis phoenicurus maldivus

Rahmathee forike

Northern House Martin

Delichon urbica

Salvaa Dhooni

Common Coot

Fulica atra

Valhoa Dhooni

Whiskered Tern

Chlidonias hybridus

Ainmathee Gaadhooni

Lesser Crested Tern

Sterna bengalensis

Great Crested Tern

Bodu Gaadhooni

Sterna bergii

Beyndu

Sooty Tern

Sterna fuscata

Bodu Hoagulhaa

Wedge-Tailed Shearwater

Puffinus pacificus

Dhivehi Hoagulhaa

Audubon's Shearwater

Puffinus lherminieri

Maa Hoagulhaa

Flesh-Footed Shearwater

Puffinus carneipes

Bondhu Dhooni

Saunders's Tern

Sterna saundersi

Dhandifulhu Dhooni

White-Tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon lepturus

Dhivehi Koveli

Asian Koel

Eudynamys scolopacea scolopacea

Hoara

Lesser Frigatebird

Fregata ariel

Maahoara

Great Frigatebird

Fregata minor

Kanifulhu Dhooni

Gull-Billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Kirudhooni

Black-Naped Tern

Sterna sumatrana

Kurangi

Lesser Noddy

Anous tenuirostris

Maaranga

Brown Noddy

Anous stolidus

Vaali

Bridled Tern

Sterna anaethetus

Valla

Roseate Tern

Sterna dougallii

Valla

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

Dondheeni

White Tern

Gygis alba