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Sri Lanka
This checklist includes all bird species found in Sri Lanka , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Sri Lanka [map]
Other names: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Date last reviewed: 2021-04-25
Last modified: 2024-12-25
See also: http://www.ceylonbirdclub.org/sri-lanka-bird-list.php
Last modified: 2024-12-25
See also: http://www.ceylonbirdclub.org/sri-lanka-bird-list.php
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| Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| Lesser Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | |
| Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | Rare/Accidental |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | Rare/Accidental |
| Cotton Pygmy Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| Indian Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Eurasian Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Marbled Duck | Marmaronetta angustirostris | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Rare/Accidental |
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| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | |
| Sri Lanka Spurfowl | Galloperdix bicalcarata | Endemic |
| Sri Lanka Junglefowl | Gallus lafayettii | Endemic |
| Grey Francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | |
| Painted Francolin | Francolinus pictus | |
| King Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | Rare/Accidental |
| Rain Quail | Coturnix coromandelica | |
| Jungle Bush Quail | Perdicula asiatica | |
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| Great Eared Nightjar | Lyncornis macrotis | Rare/Accidental |
| Jungle Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus | |
| Jerdon's Nightjar | Caprimulgus atripennis | |
| Indian Nightjar | Caprimulgus asiaticus | |
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| Sri Lanka Frogmouth | Batrachostomus moniliger | |
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| Crested Treeswift | Hemiprocne coronata | |
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| Indian Swiftlet | Aerodramus unicolor | |
| Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown-backed Needletail | Hirundapus giganteus | |
| Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | Rare/Accidental |
| Blyth's Swift | Apus leuconyx | Rare/Accidental |
| Dark-rumped Swift | Apus acuticauda | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
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| Green-billed Coucal | Centropus chlororhynchos | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Sirkeer Malkoha | Taccocua leschenaultii | |
| Red-faced Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Blue-faced Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | |
| Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | |
| Jacobin Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| Asian Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx maculatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | |
| Grey-bellied Cuckoo | Cacomantis passerinus | |
| Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus dicruroides | |
| Common Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx varius | |
| Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
| Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
| Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon | Columba torringtoniae | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Pale-capped Pigeon | Columba punicea | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | |
| Common Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Orange-breasted Green Pigeon | Treron bicinctus | |
| Sri Lanka Green Pigeon | Treron pompadora | Endemic |
| Yellow-footed Green Pigeon | Treron phoenicopterus | |
| Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea | Near-threatened |
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| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown-cheeked Rail | Rallus indicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex | Rare/Accidental |
| Slaty-breasted Rail | Lewinia striata | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus | |
| Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
| Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides | |
| Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
| Common Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Great Stone-curlew | Esacus recurvirostris | Near-threatened |
| Indian Stone-curlew | Burhinus indicus | |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Near-threatened |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Long-billed Plover | Charadrius placidus | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus malabaricus | |
| Grey-headed Lapwing | Vanellus cinereus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
| Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Plover | Anarhynchus veredus | Rare/Accidental |
| Tibetan Sand Plover | Anarhynchus atrifrons | |
| Siberian Sand Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Greater Sand Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | |
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| Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | |
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| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Slender-billed Curlew | Numenius tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Wood Snipe | Gallinago nemoricola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | Rare/Accidental |
| Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Rare/Accidental |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Nordmann's Greenshank | Tringa guttifer | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Endangered |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Vulnerable |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Spoon-billed Sandpiper | Calidris pygmaea | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Crab-plover | Dromas ardeola | |
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| Indian Courser | Cursorius coromandelicus | |
| Small Pratincole | Glareola lactea | |
| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
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| White Tern | Gygis alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Saunders's Tern | Sternula saundersi | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | Rare/Accidental |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
| Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Brown-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | |
| Pallas's Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
| Sooty Gull | Ichthyaetus hemprichii | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | Rare/Accidental |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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| Wilson's Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| White-faced Storm Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | |
| Black-bellied Storm Petrel | Fregetta tropica | |
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| Grey-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
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| Swinhoe's Storm Petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | Near-threatened |
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| Pintado Petrel | Daption capense | Rare/Accidental |
| White-headed Petrel | Pterodroma lessonii | Rare/Accidental |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Barau's Petrel | Pterodroma baraui | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Near-threatened |
| Persian Shearwater | Puffinus persicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Rare/Accidental |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
| Jouanin's Petrel | Bulweria fallax | Near-threatened |
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| Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | |
| Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus | Near-threatened |
| Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala | |
| Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | Near-threatened |
| Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | Near-threatened |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Rare/Accidental |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | Rare/Accidental |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
| Christmas Frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
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| Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger | |
| Indian Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | |
| Red-naped Ibis | Pseudibis papillosa | Rare/Accidental |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Bittern | Botaurus flavicollis | |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Botaurus cinnamomeus | |
| Von Schrenck's Bittern | Botaurus eurhythmus | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow Bittern | Botaurus sinensis | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Malayan Night Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef Heron | Egretta gularis | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | |
| Indian Pond Heron | Ardeola grayii | |
| Chinese Pond Heron | Ardeola bacchus | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Ardea coromanda | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | Rare/Accidental |
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| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis | Near-threatened |
| Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Jerdon's Baza | Aviceda jerdoni | |
| Black Baza | Aviceda leuphotes | Rare/Accidental |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | Rare/Accidental |
| Crested Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| Crested Serpent Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| Legge's Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus kelaarti | |
| Changeable Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus | |
| Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | Near-threatened |
| Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | Rare/Accidental |
| Crested Goshawk | Lophospiza trivirgata | |
| Besra | Tachyspiza virgata | |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Eastern Marsh Harrier | Circus spilonotus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | |
| Grey-headed Fish Eagle | Icthyophaga ichthyaetus | Near-threatened |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Himalayan Buzzard | Buteo refectus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | |
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| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | |
| Sri Lanka Bay Owl | Phodilus assimilis | |
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| Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
| Jungle Owlet | Glaucidium radiatum | |
| Chestnut-backed Owlet | Glaucidium castanotum | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Serendib Scops Owl | Otus thilohoffmanni | Endemic Endangered |
| Oriental Scops Owl | Otus sunia | |
| Indian Scops Owl | Otus bakkamoena | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Brown Fish Owl | Ketupa zeylonensis | |
| Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl | Ketupa nipalensis | |
| Brown Wood Owl | Strix leptogrammica | |
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| Malabar Trogon | Harpactes fasciatus | |
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| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Malabar Pied Hornbill | Anthracoceros coronatus | Near-threatened |
| Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill | Ocyceros gingalensis | Endemic |
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| Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | |
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
| White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | Vulnerable |
| Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca | Near-threatened |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| Asian Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
| Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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| Brown-headed Barbet | Psilopogon zeylanicus | |
| Yellow-fronted Barbet | Psilopogon flavifrons | Endemic |
| Crimson-fronted Barbet | Psilopogon rubricapillus | Endemic |
| Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
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| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus nanus | |
| Yellow-crowned Woodpecker | Leiopicus mahrattensis | |
| Lesser Yellownape | Picus chlorolophus | |
| Streak-throated Woodpecker | Picus xanthopygaeus | |
| Black-rumped Flameback | Dinopium benghalense | |
| Red-backed Flameback | Dinopium psarodes | Endemic |
| Crimson-backed Flameback | Chrysocolaptes stricklandi | Endemic |
| White-naped Woodpecker | Chrysocolaptes festivus | |
| Rufous Woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus | |
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| Black-thighed Falconet | Microhierax fringillarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | Rare/Accidental |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Plum-headed Parakeet | Psittacula cyanocephala | |
| Layard's Parakeet | Psittacula calthrapae | Endemic |
| Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | Near-threatened |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
| Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot | Loriculus beryllinus | Endemic |
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| Indian Pitta | Pitta brachyura | |
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| Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus | |
| Sri Lanka Woodshrike | Tephrodornis affinis | Endemic |
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| Ashy Woodswallow | Artamus fuscus | |
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| Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
| Marshall's Iora | Aegithina nigrolutea | |
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| Small Minivet | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus | |
| Orange Minivet | Pericrocotus flammeus | |
| Indian Cuckooshrike | Coracina macei | |
| Black-headed Cuckooshrike | Lalage melanoptera | |
| Indochinese Cuckooshrike | Lalage polioptera | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-hooded Oriole | Oriolus xanthornus | |
| Indian Golden Oriole | Oriolus kundoo | |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Slender-billed Oriole | Oriolus tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus | |
| Sri Lanka Drongo | Dicrurus lophorinus | Endemic |
| Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
| White-bellied Drongo | Dicrurus caerulescens | |
| Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
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| White-browed Fantail | Rhipidura aureola | |
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| Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
| Indian Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi | |
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| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | Rare/Accidental |
| Bay-backed Shrike | Lanius vittatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
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| Sri Lanka Blue Magpie | Urocissa ornata | Endemic Vulnerable |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
| Indian Jungle Crow | Corvus culminatus | |
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| Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
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| Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | |
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| Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix griseus | |
| Jerdon's Bush Lark | Plocealauda affinis | |
| Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | |
| Mongolian Short-toed Lark | Calandrella dukhunensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
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| Yellow-browed Bulbul | Acritillas indica | |
| Square-tailed Bulbul | Hypsipetes ganeesa | |
| Black-capped Bulbul | Rubigula melanictera | Endemic |
| White-browed Bulbul | Pycnonotus luteolus | |
| Yellow-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus penicillatus | Endemic |
| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | |
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| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
| Pale Martin | Riparia diluta | Rare/Accidental |
| Pale Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne obsoleta | Rare/Accidental |
| Dusky Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne concolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Hill Swallow | Hirundo domicola | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | Rare/Accidental |
| Western House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Asian House Martin | Delichon dasypus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| Sri Lanka Swallow | Cecropis hyperythra | Endemic |
| Streak-throated Swallow | Petrochelidon fluvicola | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pale-footed Bush Warbler | Hemitesia pallidipes | Rare/Accidental |
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| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Green-crowned Warbler | Phylloscopus burkii | Rare/Accidental |
| Green Warbler | Phylloscopus nitidus | |
| Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Large-billed Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus magnirostris | |
| Western Crowned Warbler | Phylloscopus occipitalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
| Black-browed Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps | Rare/Accidental |
| Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
| Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | Rare/Accidental |
| Sykes's Warbler | Iduna rama | |
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| Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes certhiola | |
| Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | Rare/Accidental |
| Sri Lanka Bush Warbler | Elaphrornis palliseri | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Broad-tailed Grassbird | Schoenicola platyurus | Near-threatened |
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| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Rufescent Prinia | Prinia rufescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey-breasted Prinia | Prinia hodgsonii | |
| Jungle Prinia | Prinia sylvatica | |
| Ashy Prinia | Prinia socialis | |
| Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | |
| Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | |
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| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
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| Yellow-eyed Babbler | Chrysomma sinense | |
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| Sri Lanka White-eye | Zosterops ceylonensis | Endemic |
| Indian White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
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| Tawny-bellied Babbler | Dumetia hyperythra | |
| Dark-fronted Babbler | Dumetia atriceps | |
| Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler | Pomatorhinus melanurus | Endemic |
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| Brown-capped Babbler | Pellorneum fuscocapillus | Endemic |
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| Ashy-headed Laughingthrush | Argya cinereifrons | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Orange-billed Babbler | Argya rufescens | Endemic |
| Yellow-billed Babbler | Argya affinis | |
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| Asian Fairy-bluebird | Irena puella | |
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| Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | Sitta frontalis | |
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| Sri Lanka Hill Myna | Gracula ptilogenys | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Southern Hill Myna | Gracula indica | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
| Indian Pied Myna | Gracupica contra | Rare/Accidental |
| Daurian Starling | Agropsar sturninus | Rare/Accidental |
| Chestnut-tailed Starling | Sturnia malabarica | Rare/Accidental |
| Brahminy Starling | Sturnia pagodarum | |
| White-faced Starling | Sturnornis albofrontatus | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | |
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Sri Lanka Thrush | Zoothera imbricata | Endemic |
| Pied Thrush | Geokichla wardii | |
| Spot-winged Thrush | Geokichla spiloptera | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Orange-headed Thrush | Geokichla citrina | |
| Indian Blackbird | Turdus simillimus | |
| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
| Indian Robin | Copsychus fulicatus | |
| Sri Lanka Shama | Copsychus leggei | Endemic |
| White-rumped Shama | Copsychus malabaricus | Rare/Accidental |
| Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown-breasted Flycatcher | Muscicapa muttui | |
| Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | Rare/Accidental |
| Dull-blue Flycatcher | Eumyias sordidus | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Chinese Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis glaucicomans | |
| Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis rubeculoides | |
| White-bellied Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis pallidipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Tickell's Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis tickelliae | |
| Hill Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis whitei | Rare/Accidental |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | Rare/Accidental |
| Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush | Myophonus blighi | Endemic Endangered |
| Indian Blue Robin | Larvivora brunnea | |
| Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia | Rare/Accidental |
| Slaty-blue Flycatcher | Ficedula tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Kashmir Flycatcher | Ficedula subrubra | Vulnerable |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-and-orange Flycatcher | Ficedula nigrorufa | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Rare/Accidental |
| Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata | |
| Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Rare/Accidental |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | Rare/Accidental |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | Rare/Accidental |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | Rare/Accidental |
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| Jerdon's Leafbird | Chloropsis jerdoni | |
| Golden-fronted Leafbird | Chloropsis aurifrons | |
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| Legge's Flowerpecker | Pachyglossa vincens | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Pachyglossa agilis | |
| Pale-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum erythrorhynchos | |
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| Purple-rumped Sunbird | Leptocoma zeylonica | |
| Crimson-backed Sunbird | Leptocoma minima | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple Sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus | |
| Loten's Sunbird | Cinnyris lotenius | |
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| Yellow-throated Sparrow | Gymnoris xanthocollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Uncertain origin |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
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| Streaked Weaver | Ploceus manyar | |
| Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus | |
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| Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica | |
| Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| Black-throated Munia | Lonchura kelaarti | |
| White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | |
| Tricolored Munia | Lonchura malacca | |
| Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | Rare/Accidental |
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| Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| White-browed Wagtail | Motacilla maderaspatensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
| Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| Blyth's Pipit | Anthus godlewskii | |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | Rare/Accidental |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Rare/Accidental |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Grey-necked Bunting | Emberiza buchanani | Rare/Accidental |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-headed Bunting | Emberiza bruniceps | Rare/Accidental |
References (partial list)
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