Talk:List of birds of the Maldives

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House Sparrow[edit]

The house sparrow is not native to the Maldives it was introduced as a pet somewhere around 1960-1970 or earlier, it has not successfully been bred in the Maldives on a large scale in the wild or in captivity, i should know i have a friend who tried, we have since decided the Maldives is not a suitable habitat for House Sparrows and given up, although we love Sparrows the cost was becoming too great so we moved on to other birds, there were several people who tried to introduce sparrows in to the Maldives, but when the government included the House Sparrow onto its list of protected birds in the Maldives, making it illegal to own sparrows, most of these populations have been released and subsequently died off, there are no wild sparrows in the Maldives as they do not breed in sustainable numbers in the Maldives, the two colonies that still survive¹ are intensively cared for by their owners, who no longer have any legal claim to them. One colony is in the capital island Male¹, the other is in the island of Thulhaidhoo¹.

How the Sparrow came to be identified as native and protected in the Maldives is a mystery to me, and all inquiries into the matter were met with anger from officials² rather than a scientific explanation. I have yet to see any documented evidence of their existence outside of captivity in the Maldives.

Any clarifications would be welcome.

In 2003, I have not personally seen either of the colonies since then, maybe they died off too, haven't had the heart to ask the owners.

Most were amused that I would bother to question a government decision, and some told me that by protecting them it would help the wild populations to prosper, I reminded them that there are no wild Sparrows in the Maldives, at which point they asked me if i had conducted a thorough survey, I asked them if they had, obviously the discussion went south from there.

202.21.176.44 (talk) 19:12, 21 April 2008 (UTC) bird lover 202.21.176.44 (talk) 19:12, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(94.25.229.130 (talk) 15:37, 5 November 2016 (UTC))Maldivian avifauna is extremely defective variety of that of India and so it actually NEEDS serious ENRICHMENT. House sparrow is native to India, all birds (and most species of other organisms), native to Maldives, are also native to India. So, if Indian species establish population in Maldives, it can be considered native there.:) I think it is need not only help sparrows spread in Maldives, but also it is need to introduce some other Indian birds (such as red-whiskered bulbul, paradise flycather, oriental white-eye, chestnut munia and other). Some birds from other countries also can be introduced, because size of islands is too small for living of all Indian species, and introduction of African, Indonesian, Australian, South American birds in addition to Indian can create unique bird mix in Maldives.(94.25.229.130 (talk) 15:37, 5 November 2016 (UTC))[reply]

Inaccuracies in the listing...[edit]

What is the exact source for this listing? I notice that there are a number of birds listed that I do not believe are present in the Maldives, such as the Great White Pelican, (Pelecanus onocrotalu) and the entire gull (Laridae) section, as I've been told that there are in fact no gulls in the Maldives. Would be nice to know where the reference source came from (exactly which source), and whether or not these birds are indicated to be simply passing through on migratory routes, native, or introduced to Maldives. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stiofanoriain (talk • contribs) 08:57, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Inadequate reference[edit]

The sole reference has very limited information. No source of the list as a whole is provided nor is a source of the taxonomic system used. Craigthebirder (talk) 20:40, 17 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]