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 Clements, version 2022. 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
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Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
Lesser Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | |
Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | Rare/Accidental |
Graylag 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 | |
Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
Marbled Teal | Marmaronetta angustirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | Rare/Accidental |
Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Rare/Accidental |
Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Rare/Accidental |
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 |
Gray Francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | |
Painted Francolin | Francolinus pictus | |
Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | Rare/Accidental |
Rain Quail | Coturnix coromandelica | |
Jungle Bush-Quail | Perdicula asiatica | |
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Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Rare/Accidental |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
Sri Lanka Wood-Pigeon | Columba torringtoniae | Endemic |
Pale-capped Pigeon | Columba punicea | Rare/Accidental |
Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | Rare/Accidental |
Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | |
Asian 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 | |
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Green-billed Coucal | Centropus chlororhynchos | Endemic |
Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
Sirkeer Malkoha | Taccocua leschenaultii | |
Red-faced Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus | Endemic |
Blue-faced Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | |
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | |
Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
Asian Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx maculatus | Rare/Accidental |
Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | |
Gray-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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Sri Lanka Frogmouth | Batrachostomus moniliger | |
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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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White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Rare/Accidental |
Brown-backed Needletail | Hirundapus giganteus | |
Indian Swiftlet | Aerodramus unicolor | |
Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | Rare/Accidental |
White-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus | Rare/Accidental |
Alpine Swift | Apus 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 |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
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Crested Treeswift | Hemiprocne coronata | |
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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 | |
Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
Gray-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus | |
Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides | |
Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
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Indian Thick-knee | Burhinus indicus | |
Great Thick-knee | Esacus recurvirostris | |
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Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | |
Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |
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Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
Yellow-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus malabaricus | |
Gray-headed Lapwing | Vanellus cinereus | Rare/Accidental |
Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | Rare/Accidental |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Long-billed Plover | Charadrius placidus | Rare/Accidental |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Oriental Plover | Charadrius veredus | Rare/Accidental |
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Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | Rare/Accidental |
Slender-billed Curlew | Numenius tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Rare/Accidental |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
Spoon-billed Sandpiper | Calidris pygmaea | Rare/Accidental |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Rare/Accidental |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental |
Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
Wood Snipe | Gallinago nemoricola | Rare/Accidental |
Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Rare/Accidental |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | Rare/Accidental |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Rare/Accidental |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Nordmann's Greenshank | Tringa guttifer | Rare/Accidental |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
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Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | Rare/Accidental |
Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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Crab-Plover | Dromas ardeola | |
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Indian Courser | Cursorius coromandelicus | |
Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Rare/Accidental |
Small Pratincole | Glareola lactea | |
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South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | Rare/Accidental |
Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
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Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Brown-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | |
Sooty Gull | Ichthyaetus hemprichii | Rare/Accidental |
Pallas's Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
Black Noddy | Anous minutus | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | |
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 | |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | Rare/Accidental |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa | Rare/Accidental |
Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
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White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
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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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Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | |
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Cape Petrel | Daption capense | Rare/Accidental |
Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | Rare/Accidental |
Barau's Petrel | Pterodroma baraui | Rare/Accidental |
White-headed Petrel | Pterodroma lessonii | Rare/Accidental |
Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
Jouanin's Petrel | Bulweria fallax | |
Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Rare/Accidental |
Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Rare/Accidental |
Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Rare/Accidental |
Persian Shearwater | Puffinus persicus | Rare/Accidental |
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Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | |
Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Rare/Accidental |
Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | Rare/Accidental |
Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | |
Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus | |
Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala | |
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Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
Christmas Island Frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi | Rare/Accidental |
Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
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Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
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Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger | |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
Indian Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | |
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Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Rare/Accidental |
Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis | |
Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | Rare/Accidental |
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Great Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
Schrenck's Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | Rare/Accidental |
Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | Rare/Accidental |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | |
Chinese Pond-Heron | Ardeola bacchus | Rare/Accidental |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Malayan Night-Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus | |
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Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | |
Red-naped Ibis | Pseudibis papillosa | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Rare/Accidental |
European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | Rare/Accidental |
Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
Jerdon's Baza | Aviceda jerdoni | |
Black Baza | Aviceda leuphotes | Rare/Accidental |
Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
Legge's Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus kelaarti | |
Changeable Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus | |
Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | |
Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Rare/Accidental |
Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
Eastern Marsh-Harrier | Circus spilonotus | Rare/Accidental |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos | Rare/Accidental |
Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | Rare/Accidental |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus ichthyaetus | |
Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
Himalayan Buzzard | Buteo refectus | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | |
Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | Rare/Accidental |
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Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
Sri Lanka Bay-Owl | Phodilus assimilis | |
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Serendib Scops-Owl | Otus thilohoffmanni | Endemic |
Indian Scops-Owl | Otus bakkamoena | |
Oriental Scops-Owl | Otus sunia | |
Brown Fish-Owl | Ketupa zeylonensis | |
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl | Ketupa nipalensis | |
Jungle Owlet | Glaucidium radiatum | |
Chestnut-backed Owlet | Glaucidium castanotum | Endemic |
Brown Wood-Owl | Strix leptogrammica | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
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Malabar Trogon | Harpactes fasciatus | |
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Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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Sri Lanka Gray Hornbill | Ocyceros gingalensis | Endemic |
Malabar Pied-Hornbill | Anthracoceros coronatus | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | |
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca | |
Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | |
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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Asian Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | |
Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti | |
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European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Rare/Accidental |
Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | |
Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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Crimson-fronted Barbet | Psilopogon rubricapillus | Endemic |
Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
Brown-headed Barbet | Psilopogon zeylanicus | |
Yellow-fronted Barbet | Psilopogon flavifrons | Endemic |
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Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | Rare/Accidental |
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus nanus | |
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker | Leiopicus mahrattensis | |
Crimson-backed Flameback | Chrysocolaptes stricklandi | Endemic |
White-naped Woodpecker | Chrysocolaptes festivus | |
Rufous Woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus | |
Black-rumped Flameback | Dinopium benghalense | |
Red-backed Flameback | Dinopium psarodes | Endemic |
Lesser Yellownape | Picus chlorolophus | |
Streak-throated Woodpecker | Picus xanthopygaeus | |
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Black-thighed Falconet | Microhierax fringillarius | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian 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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Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | |
Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
Plum-headed Parakeet | Psittacula cyanocephala | |
Layard's Parakeet | Psittacula calthrapae | Endemic |
Sri Lanka Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus beryllinus | Endemic |
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Indian Pitta | Pitta brachyura | |
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Small Minivet | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus | |
Orange Minivet | Pericrocotus flammeus | |
Large Cuckooshrike | Coracina macei | |
Black-headed Cuckooshrike | Lalage melanoptera | |
Indochinese Cuckooshrike | Lalage polioptera | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | Rare/Accidental |
Indian Golden Oriole | Oriolus kundoo | |
Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | Rare/Accidental |
Slender-billed Oriole | Oriolus tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Black-hooded Oriole | Oriolus xanthornus | |
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Ashy Woodswallow | Artamus fuscus | |
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Sri Lanka Woodshrike | Tephrodornis affinis | Endemic |
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus | |
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Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
White-tailed Iora | Aegithina nigrolutea | |
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White-browed Fantail | Rhipidura aureola | |
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Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
White-bellied Drongo | Dicrurus caerulescens | |
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus | |
Sri Lanka Drongo | Dicrurus lophorinus | Endemic |
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Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi | |
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Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | Rare/Accidental |
Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
Bay-backed Shrike | Lanius vittatus | Rare/Accidental |
Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | Rare/Accidental |
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Sri Lanka Blue-Magpie | Urocissa ornata | Endemic |
House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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Gray-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 Bushlark | Mirafra affinis | |
Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
Mongolian Short-toed Lark | Calandrella dukhunensis | Rare/Accidental |
Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | |
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Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | |
Rufescent Prinia | Prinia rufescens | Rare/Accidental |
Gray-breasted Prinia | Prinia hodgsonii | |
Jungle Prinia | Prinia sylvatica | |
Ashy Prinia | Prinia socialis | |
Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | |
Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | Rare/Accidental |
Sykes's Warbler | Iduna rama | |
Black-browed Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps | Rare/Accidental |
Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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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 |
Broad-tailed Grassbird | Schoenicola platyurus | |
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Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
Pale Sand Martin | Riparia diluta | Rare/Accidental |
Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | Rare/Accidental |
Dusky Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne concolor | Rare/Accidental |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | Rare/Accidental |
Hill Swallow | Hirundo domicola | |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
Sri Lanka Swallow | Cecropis hyperythra | Endemic |
Streak-throated Swallow | Petrochelidon fluvicola | Rare/Accidental |
Common House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | Rare/Accidental |
Asian House-Martin | Delichon dasypus | Rare/Accidental |
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Black-capped Bulbul | Rubigula melanicterus | Endemic |
Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | |
Yellow-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus penicillatus | Endemic |
White-browed Bulbul | Pycnonotus luteolus | |
Yellow-browed Bulbul | Iole indica | |
Square-tailed Bulbul | Hypsipetes ganeesa | |
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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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Pale-footed Bush Warbler | Urosphena pallidipes | Rare/Accidental |
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Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
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 |
Orange-billed Babbler | Argya rufescens | Endemic |
Yellow-billed Babbler | Argya affinis | |
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Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | Sitta frontalis | |
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Sri Lanka Myna | Gracula ptilogenys | Endemic |
Southern Hill Myna | Gracula indica | |
European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Rare/Accidental |
Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | |
Daurian Starling | Agropsar sturninus | Rare/Accidental |
Indian Pied Starling | Gracupica contra | Rare/Accidental |
White-faced Starling | Sturnornis albofrontatus | Endemic |
Brahminy Starling | Sturnia pagodarum | |
Chestnut-tailed Starling | Sturnia malabarica | Rare/Accidental |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
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Sri Lanka Thrush | Zoothera imbricata | Endemic |
Pied Thrush | Geokichla wardii | |
Spot-winged Thrush | Geokichla spiloptera | Endemic |
Orange-headed Thrush | Geokichla citrina | |
Indian Blackbird | Turdus simillimus | |
Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | Rare/Accidental |
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Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
Brown-breasted Flycatcher | Muscicapa muttui | |
Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | Rare/Accidental |
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | Rare/Accidental |
Indian Robin | Copsychus fulicatus | |
Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
White-rumped Shama | Copsychus malabaricus | |
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis pallidipes | Rare/Accidental |
Blue-throated Flycatcher | Cyornis rubeculoides | |
Hill Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis whitei | Rare/Accidental |
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis tickelliae | |
Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | Rare/Accidental |
Dull-blue Flycatcher | Eumyias sordidus | Endemic |
Indian Blue Robin | Larvivora brunnea | |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | Rare/Accidental |
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush | Myophonus blighi | Endemic |
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia | Rare/Accidental |
Black-and-orange Flycatcher | Ficedula nigrorufa | Rare/Accidental |
Slaty-blue Flycatcher | Ficedula tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
Kashmir Flycatcher | Ficedula subrubra | |
Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | Rare/Accidental |
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | Rare/Accidental |
Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Rare/Accidental |
Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | Rare/Accidental |
Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | |
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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Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum agile | |
White-throated Flowerpecker | Dicaeum vincens | Endemic |
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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Asian Fairy-bluebird | Irena puella | Rare/Accidental |
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Jerdon's Leafbird | Chloropsis jerdoni | |
Golden-fronted Leafbird | Chloropsis aurifrons | |
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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 |
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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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-throated Sparrow | Gymnoris xanthocollis | Rare/Accidental |
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Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | |
Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | Rare/Accidental |
Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | |
White-browed Wagtail | Motacilla maderaspatensis | Rare/Accidental |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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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Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
Red-headed Bunting | Emberiza bruniceps | Rare/Accidental |
Gray-necked Bunting | Emberiza buchanani | Rare/Accidental |
Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | Rare/Accidental |
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