BIRDS OF THE MALDIVES, CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE MALDIVES, ITS COMPLETE BIRDLIST

The units are rather poor in terrestrial species, but have rich marine life. There are over 100 species of birds reported from the units but very few native mammals (only two bats are native to the Maldives). A few mice and shrews have been introduced by Man. Laccadive species are closely related to mainland India but the Maldives show some local endemism, including 5 endemic species of Pandanus (Adams, 1983), two endemic subspecies of bat and a few endemic sub-species of birds.

Thank you for visiting Nature Worldwide on Maldives. In this linked net of country pages you can find lists of birds, nature, mammals and national parks. Birds of Maldives provides a checklist of the birds of Maldives. It is a complete birdlist or bird list listing all the birds of Maldives in ornithological taxonomic order. In Nature of Maldives you can find nature related websites, like on birding, birdwatching, general ornithology, nature, nature conservation, national parks, protected areas, nature reserves, etc. In Mammals of Maldives you can find the list of the mammals of Maldives in taxonomic order. National parks, Nature reserves and Protected areas of Maldives provides you with list of all the national parks and other protected areas of Maldives.  Click on the following links for our web pages on Maldives. http://www.birdlist.org/maldives.htm http://www.nature-worldwide.info/maldives.htm http://www.mammals-worldwide.info/maldives.htm http://www.nationalparks-worldwide.info/maldives.htm