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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
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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusRare/Accidental
Greylag GooseAnser anserRare/Accidental
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaRare/Accidental
Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GadwallMareca streperaRare/Accidental
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhyncha
MallardAnas platyrhynchosRare/Accidental
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostrisRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaRare/Accidental
Common PochardAythya ferinaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaRare/Accidental

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Sri Lanka SpurfowlGalloperdix bicalcarataEndemic
Sri Lanka JunglefowlGallus lafayettiiEndemic
Grey FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianus
Painted FrancolinFrancolinus pictus
King QuailSynoicus chinensis
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixRare/Accidental
Rain QuailCoturnix coromandelica
Jungle Bush QuailPerdicula asiatica

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Great Eared NightjarLyncornis macrotisRare/Accidental
Jungle NightjarCaprimulgus indicus
Jerdon's NightjarCaprimulgus atripennis
Indian NightjarCaprimulgus asiaticus

 
PODARGIFORMES: Podargidae

Sri Lanka FrogmouthBatrachostomus moniliger

 
APODIFORMES: Hemiprocnidae

Crested TreeswiftHemiprocne coronata

 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae

Indian SwiftletAerodramus unicolor
Himalayan SwiftletAerodramus brevirostrisRare/Accidental
White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutusRare/Accidental
Brown-backed NeedletailHirundapus giganteus
Asian Palm SwiftCypsiurus balasiensis
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
Common SwiftApus apusRare/Accidental
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusRare/Accidental
Blyth's SwiftApus leuconyxRare/Accidental
Dark-rumped SwiftApus acuticaudaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Little SwiftApus affinis

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Green-billed CoucalCentropus chlororhynchosEndemic Vulnerable
Greater CoucalCentropus sinensisRare/Accidental
Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensisRare/Accidental
Sirkeer MalkohaTaccocua leschenaultii
Red-faced MalkohaPhaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalusEndemic Vulnerable
Blue-faced MalkohaPhaenicophaeus viridirostris
Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandus
Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
Asian KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
Asian Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx maculatusRare/Accidental
Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratii
Grey-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinus
Fork-tailed Drongo-CuckooSurniculus dicruroides
Common Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx varius
Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
Common CuckooCuculus canorus

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock DoveColumba livia
Sri Lanka Wood PigeonColumba torringtoniaeEndemic Vulnerable
Pale-capped PigeonColumba puniceaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebaricaRare/Accidental
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
Orange-breasted Green PigeonTreron bicinctus
Sri Lanka Green PigeonTreron pompadoraEndemic
Yellow-footed Green PigeonTreron phoenicopterus
Green Imperial PigeonDucula aeneaNear-threatened

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Water RailRallus aquaticusRare/Accidental
Brown-cheeked RailRallus indicusRare/Accidental
Corn CrakeCrex crexRare/Accidental
Slaty-breasted RailLewinia striata
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleniRare/Accidental
Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
Ruddy-breasted CrakeZapornia fusca
Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
Slaty-legged CrakeRallina eurizonoides
WatercockGallicrex cinerea
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis

 
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae

Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorRare/Accidental Near-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae

Barred ButtonquailTurnix suscitator
Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticusRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Great Stone-curlewEsacus recurvirostrisNear-threatened
Indian Stone-curlewBurhinus indicus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVulnerable
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Long-billed PloverCharadrius placidusRare/Accidental
Yellow-wattled LapwingVanellus malabaricus
Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereusRare/Accidental
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Sociable LapwingVanellus gregariusRare/Accidental Critically endangered
Caspian PloverAnarhynchus asiaticusRare/Accidental
Oriental PloverAnarhynchus veredusRare/Accidental
Tibetan Sand PloverAnarhynchus atrifrons
Siberian Sand PloverAnarhynchus mongolusRare/Accidental Endangered
Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae

Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Little CurlewNumenius minutusRare/Accidental
Slender-billed CurlewNumenius tenuirostrisRare/Accidental Critically endangered
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNear-threatened
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaNear-threatened
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNear-threatened
Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Wood SnipeGallinago nemoricolaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Great SnipeGallinago mediaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megalaRare/Accidental
Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorRare/Accidental
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusRare/Accidental
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusRare/Accidental
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaRare/Accidental
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Nordmann's GreenshankTringa guttiferRare/Accidental Endangered
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusRare/Accidental
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNear-threatened
Great KnotCalidris tenuirostrisEndangered
Red KnotCalidris canutusNear-threatened
RuffCalidris pugnax
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVulnerable
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVulnerable
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Spoon-billed SandpiperCalidris pygmaeaRare/Accidental Critically endangered
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
SanderlingCalidris alba
DunlinCalidris alpinaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Little StintCalidris minuta
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae

Crab-ploverDromas ardeola

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Indian CourserCursorius coromandelicus
Small PratincoleGlareola lactea
Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanniRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

White TernGygis albaRare/Accidental
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
Black NoddyAnous minutusRare/Accidental
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
Little TernSternula albifrons
Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Black TernChlidonias nigerRare/Accidental
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaRare/Accidental
Common TernSterna hirundo
White-cheeked TernSterna repressaRare/Accidental
Black-naped TernSterna sumatranaRare/Accidental
Roseate TernSterna dougallii
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichiiRare/Accidental
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae

Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusRare/Accidental
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusRare/Accidental
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticusRare/Accidental
South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormickiRare/Accidental

 
PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae

Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae

Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
Black-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta tropica

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae

Grey-headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostomaRare/Accidental Endangered

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae

Swinhoe's Storm PetrelHydrobates monorhisNear-threatened

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Pintado PetrelDaption capenseRare/Accidental
White-headed PetrelPterodroma lessoniiRare/Accidental
Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollisRare/Accidental
Barau's PetrelPterodroma barauiRare/Accidental Endangered
Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelasRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Short-tailed ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostrisRare/Accidental
Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipesNear-threatened
Persian ShearwaterPuffinus persicusRare/Accidental
Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloniRare/Accidental
Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
Jouanin's PetrelBulweria fallaxNear-threatened

 
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

Asian OpenbillAnastomus oscitans
Lesser AdjutantLeptoptilos javanicusNear-threatened
Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala
Black-necked StorkEphippiorhynchus asiaticusNear-threatened
Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopusNear-threatened
Black StorkCiconia nigraRare/Accidental
White StorkCiconia ciconiaRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Fregatidae

Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
Christmas FrigatebirdFregata andrewsiRare/Accidental Vulnerable

 
SULIFORMES: Sulidae

Red-footed BoobySula sula
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Masked BoobySula dactylatra

 
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae

Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

Black-headed IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
Red-naped IbisPseudibis papillosaRare/Accidental
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisRare/Accidental
Black BitternBotaurus flavicollis
Cinnamon BitternBotaurus cinnamomeus
Von Schrenck's BitternBotaurus eurhythmusRare/Accidental
Yellow BitternBotaurus sinensis
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Malayan Night HeronGorsachius melanolophus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchusRare/Accidental
Great EgretArdea alba
Medium EgretArdea intermedia
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Goliath HeronArdea goliathRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalusRare/Accidental
Spot-billed PelicanPelecanus philippensisNear-threatened
Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusRare/Accidental Near-threatened

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusRare/Accidental Endangered
Jerdon's BazaAviceda jerdoni
Black BazaAviceda leuphotesRare/Accidental
European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorusRare/Accidental
Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
Legge's Hawk-EagleNisaetus kelaarti
Changeable Hawk-EagleNisaetus cirrhatus
Rufous-bellied EagleLophotriorchis kieneriiNear-threatened
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensis
Greater Spotted EagleClanga clangaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataRare/Accidental
Crested GoshawkLophospiza trivirgata
BesraTachyspiza virgata
ShikraTachyspiza badia
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusRare/Accidental
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNear-threatened
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucosRare/Accidental
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Eastern Marsh HarrierCircus spilonotusRare/Accidental
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
White-bellied Sea EagleIcthyophaga leucogaster
Grey-headed Fish EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetusNear-threatened
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinusRare/Accidental
Himalayan BuzzardButeo refectusRare/Accidental
Eastern BuzzardButeo japonicus

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
Sri Lanka Bay OwlPhodilus assimilis

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Brown BoobookNinox scutulata
Jungle OwletGlaucidium radiatum
Chestnut-backed OwletGlaucidium castanotumEndemic Near-threatened
Serendib Scops OwlOtus thilohoffmanniEndemic Endangered
Oriental Scops OwlOtus sunia
Indian Scops OwlOtus bakkamoena
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Brown Fish OwlKetupa zeylonensis
Spot-bellied Eagle-OwlKetupa nipalensis
Brown Wood OwlStrix leptogrammica

 
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae

Malabar TrogonHarpactes fasciatus

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae

Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae

Malabar Pied HornbillAnthracoceros coronatusNear-threatened
Sri Lanka Grey HornbillOcyceros gingalensisEndemic

 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

Indian RollerCoracias benghalensis
European RollerCoracias garrulusRare/Accidental
Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileataVulnerable
Blue-eared KingfisherAlcedo meninting
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Black-backed Dwarf KingfisherCeyx erithacaNear-threatened
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis

 
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae

Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicusRare/Accidental
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster

 
PICIFORMES: Megalaimidae

Brown-headed BarbetPsilopogon zeylanicus
Yellow-fronted BarbetPsilopogon flavifronsEndemic
Crimson-fronted BarbetPsilopogon rubricapillusEndemic
Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Eurasian WryneckJynx torquillaRare/Accidental
Brown-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus nanus
Yellow-crowned WoodpeckerLeiopicus mahrattensis
Lesser YellownapePicus chlorolophus
Streak-throated WoodpeckerPicus xanthopygaeus
Black-rumped FlamebackDinopium benghalense
Red-backed FlamebackDinopium psarodesEndemic
Crimson-backed FlamebackChrysocolaptes stricklandiEndemic
White-naped WoodpeckerChrysocolaptes festivus
Rufous WoodpeckerMicropternus brachyurus

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Black-thighed FalconetMicrohierax fringillariusRare/Accidental
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanniRare/Accidental
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Red-necked FalconFalco chicqueraRare/Accidental
Amur FalconFalco amurensis
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteoRare/Accidental
Oriental HobbyFalco severus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae

Plum-headed ParakeetPsittacula cyanocephala
Layard's ParakeetPsittacula calthrapaeEndemic
Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatriaNear-threatened
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Sri Lanka Hanging ParrotLoriculus beryllinusEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pittidae

Indian PittaPitta brachyura

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus picatus
Sri Lanka WoodshrikeTephrodornis affinisEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Artamidae

Ashy WoodswallowArtamus fuscus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Aegithinidae

Common IoraAegithina tiphia
Marshall's IoraAegithina nigrolutea

 
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae

Small MinivetPericrocotus cinnamomeus
Orange MinivetPericrocotus flammeus
Indian CuckooshrikeCoracina macei
Black-headed CuckooshrikeLalage melanoptera
Indochinese CuckooshrikeLalage poliopteraRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornus
Indian Golden OrioleOriolus kundoo
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusRare/Accidental
Black-naped OrioleOriolus chinensisRare/Accidental
Slender-billed OrioleOriolus tenuirostrisRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
Sri Lanka DrongoDicrurus lophorinusEndemic
Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
White-bellied DrongoDicrurus caerulescens
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Rhipiduridae

White-browed FantailRhipidura aureola

 
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorRare/Accidental
Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minorRare/Accidental
Bay-backed ShrikeLanius vittatusRare/Accidental
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioRare/Accidental
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Sri Lanka Blue MagpieUrocissa ornataEndemic Vulnerable
House CrowCorvus splendens
Indian Jungle CrowCorvus culminatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae

Grey-headed Canary-flycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

Cinereous TitParus cinereus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Ashy-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix griseus
Jerdon's Bush LarkPlocealauda affinis
Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
Mongolian Short-toed LarkCalandrella dukhunensisRare/Accidental
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Yellow-browed BulbulAcritillas indica
Square-tailed BulbulHypsipetes ganeesa
Black-capped BulbulRubigula melanicteraEndemic
White-browed BulbulPycnonotus luteolus
Yellow-eared BulbulPycnonotus penicillatusEndemic
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Pale MartinRiparia dilutaRare/Accidental
Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoletaRare/Accidental
Dusky Crag MartinPtyonoprogne concolorRare/Accidental
Hill SwallowHirundo domicola
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithiiRare/Accidental
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Asian House MartinDelichon dasypusRare/Accidental
Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Sri Lanka SwallowCecropis hyperythraEndemic
Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicolaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cettiidae

Pale-footed Bush WarblerHemitesia pallidipesRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatusRare/Accidental
Green-crowned WarblerPhylloscopus burkiiRare/Accidental
Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloidesRare/Accidental
Large-billed Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus magnirostris
Western Crowned WarblerPhylloscopus occipitalisRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigicepsRare/Accidental
Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
Booted WarblerIduna caligataRare/Accidental
Sykes's WarblerIduna rama

 
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae

Pallas's Grasshopper WarblerHelopsaltes certhiola
Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolataRare/Accidental
Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaRare/Accidental
Sri Lanka Bush WarblerElaphrornis palliseriEndemic Near-threatened
Broad-tailed GrassbirdSchoenicola platyurusNear-threatened

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescensRare/Accidental
Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsonii
Jungle PriniaPrinia sylvatica
Ashy PriniaPrinia socialis
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paradoxornithidae

Yellow-eyed BabblerChrysomma sinense

 
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

Sri Lanka White-eyeZosterops ceylonensisEndemic
Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Timaliidae

Tawny-bellied BabblerDumetia hyperythra
Dark-fronted BabblerDumetia atriceps
Sri Lanka Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus melanurusEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae

Brown-capped BabblerPellorneum fuscocapillusEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Ashy-headed LaughingthrushArgya cinereifronsEndemic Vulnerable
Orange-billed BabblerArgya rufescensEndemic
Yellow-billed BabblerArgya affinis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Irenidae

Asian Fairy-bluebirdIrena puella

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae

Velvet-fronted NuthatchSitta frontalis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Sri Lanka Hill MynaGracula ptilogenysEndemic Near-threatened
Southern Hill MynaGracula indica
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Indian Pied MynaGracupica contraRare/Accidental
Daurian StarlingAgropsar sturninusRare/Accidental
Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabaricaRare/Accidental
Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
White-faced StarlingSturnornis albofrontatusEndemic Vulnerable
Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Sri Lanka ThrushZoothera imbricataEndemic
Pied ThrushGeokichla wardii
Spot-winged ThrushGeokichla spilopteraEndemic Near-threatened
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrina
Indian BlackbirdTurdus simillimus
Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotesRare/Accidental
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatus
Sri Lanka ShamaCopsychus leggeiEndemic
White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricusRare/Accidental
Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibiricaRare/Accidental
Brown-breasted FlycatcherMuscicapa muttui
Asian Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa dauurica
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataRare/Accidental
Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelanaRare/Accidental
Dull-blue FlycatcherEumyias sordidusEndemic Near-threatened
Chinese Blue FlycatcherCyornis glaucicomans
Blue-throated Blue FlycatcherCyornis rubeculoides
White-bellied Blue FlycatcherCyornis pallidipesRare/Accidental
Tickell's Blue FlycatcherCyornis tickelliae
Hill Blue FlycatcherCyornis whiteiRare/Accidental
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaRare/Accidental
Sri Lanka Whistling ThrushMyophonus blighiEndemic Endangered
Indian Blue RobinLarvivora brunnea
Yellow-rumped FlycatcherFicedula zanthopygiaRare/Accidental
Slaty-blue FlycatcherFicedula tricolorRare/Accidental
Kashmir FlycatcherFicedula subrubraVulnerable
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parvaRare/Accidental
Black-and-orange FlycatcherFicedula nigrorufaRare/Accidental
Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilisRare/Accidental
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraRare/Accidental
Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurusRare/Accidental
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenantheRare/Accidental
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellinaRare/Accidental
Desert WheatearOenanthe desertiRare/Accidental
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschankaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Chloropseidae

Jerdon's LeafbirdChloropsis jerdoni
Golden-fronted LeafbirdChloropsis aurifrons

 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicaeidae

Legge's FlowerpeckerPachyglossa vincensEndemic Near-threatened
Thick-billed FlowerpeckerPachyglossa agilis
Pale-billed FlowerpeckerDicaeum erythrorhynchos

 
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Purple-rumped SunbirdLeptocoma zeylonica
Crimson-backed SunbirdLeptocoma minimaRare/Accidental
Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
Loten's SunbirdCinnyris lotenius

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollisRare/Accidental
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusUncertain origin
House SparrowPasser domesticus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
Java SparrowPadda oryzivoraRare/Accidental Endangered
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Black-throated MuniaLonchura kelaarti
White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
Tricolored MuniaLonchura malacca
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaRare/Accidental
Red AvadavatAmandava amandavaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensisRare/Accidental
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
White WagtailMotacilla alba
White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensisRare/Accidental
Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskii
Tawny PipitAnthus campestrisRare/Accidental
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisRare/Accidental
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoniRare/Accidental
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

Grey-necked BuntingEmberiza buchananiRare/Accidental
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulanaRare/Accidental
Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephalaRare/Accidental
Red-headed BuntingEmberiza brunicepsRare/Accidental

 

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