Sri Lanka List (Country List) of bird species
The Sri Lanka List of bird species (the Country List of bird species for Sri Lanka) is compiled by the Ceylon Bird Club (CBC). Its basis is explained in The Avifauna of Sri Lanka: An overview of the current status, 2009, D. Warakagoda and U. Sirivardana, Taprobanica. Vol. 1 (1), pp. 28-35), and the section ‘The CBCRRC List Categories’ in the document ‘The Ceylon Bird Club Rarities and Records Committee’.
The current List records 441 species of birds of which 238 breed in the country. A number of further species is under evaluation by the Ceylon Bird Club Rarities and Records Committee (CBCRRC), and those ratified will be added to the list.
The taxonomy and sequence followed in this List are as in Birds of South Asia: the Ripley Guide, Vols. 1 and 2, 2005, P. C. Rasmussen and J. C. Anderton, and subsequent revisions of species status effected by: The great tit (Parus major) – a misclassified ring species, 2005, M. Packert et al., Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 86: 153-174, A partial revision of the Asian babblers (Timaliidae), 2006, N. J. Collar, Forktail. Journal of Asian Ornithology, 22: 85-112 and An overlooked threatened species of eagle: Legge’s Hawk Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti (Aves: Accipitriformes), 2008, J. O. Gjershaug et al., 2008, Zootaxa 1792: 54-66.
When two subspecies occurring within Sri Lanka are conspicuously distinct in plumage from each other they are both listed.
The common or English names given are those used by the CBC, followed by alternatives (with a ‘/’ before each) when these: differ significantly and may be more familiar to many readers and (a) refer to the same species or (b) conform to the taxonomy of the species prior to the above-listed works, or (c) are used in the above or later works to conform to taxonomic change made or suggested in the above works.
E : indicates that the species is endemic to Sri Lanka.
R : indicates that the species or subspecies listed is a breeding resident in Sri Lanka.
M : indicates that the species or subspecies listed is a migrant or vagrant to Sri Lanka.
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis r
- Cape Petrel Daption capense m
- Barau's Petrel Pterodroma baraui m
- Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii m
- Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax m
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas m
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus m
- Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes m
- Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus m
- Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris m
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus m
- Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis m
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus m
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus m
- Spotted-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis r
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra m
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster m
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula m
- Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger r
- Indian Shag Phalacrocorax fuscicollis r
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo r
- Indian Darter Anhinga melanogaster r
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel m
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor m
- Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi m
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta r
- Indian Reef HeronEgretta gularis m
- Large Egret Egretta alba r
- Median Egret Egretta intermedia r
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea r
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath m
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea r
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus r/m
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii r/m
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus m
- Little Green Heron Butorides striatus r
- Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax r
- Malay Bittern Gorsachius melanolophus m
- Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis r/m
- Chestnut Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus r
- Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis r/m
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris m
- Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala r
- Openbill Anastomus oscitans r
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra m
- White-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus r
- White StorkCiconia ciconia m
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus r
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus r
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus m
- White Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus r
- Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia r
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus m
- Large Whistling Teal Dendrocygna bicolor m
- Lesser Whistling Teal Dendrocygna javanica r
- Greylag Goose Anser anser m
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea m
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos m
- Cotton Teal Nettapus coromandelianus r
- Gadwall Anas strepera m
- Wigeon Anas penelope m
- Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha r/m
- Shoveller Anas clypeata m
- Pintail Anas acuta m
- Garganey Anas querquedula m
- Common Teal Anas crecca m
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula m
- Brown Baza Aviceda jerdoni r
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes m
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus r/m
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus r
- Black Kite Milvus migrans r
- Brahminy Kite Haliaster indus r
- White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster r
- Grey-headed Fishing Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus r
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus m
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela r
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus m
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus m
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos m
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus m
- Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus r
- Shikra Accipiter badius r
- Besra Sparrowhawk Accipiter virgatus r
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus m
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo burmanicus M
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus m
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis r
- Bonelli's Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus m
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus m
- Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus kienerii r
- Crested Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus r
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti r
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus m
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni m
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus r/m
- Red-headed Merlin Falco chicquera m
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis m
- Indian Hobby Falco severus m
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus calidus m
- Painted Partridge Francolinus pictus r
- Indian Grey Partridge Francolinus pondicerianus r
- Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica m
- Blue-breasted Quail Coturnix chinensis r
- Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica r
- Ceylon Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata E
- Ceylon Junglefowl Gallus lafayetii E
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus r
- Small Button Quail Turnix sylvaticus m
- Bustard-Quail Turnix suscitator r
- Banded Crake Rallina eurizonoides R/m
- Blue-breasted Banded Rail Rallus striatus r/m
- Eastern Water Rail Rallus indicus m
- Corn Crake Crex crex m
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus r
- Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla M
- Ruddy Crake Porzana fusca r/m
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea r
- Purple Coot Porphyrio [porphyrio] poliocephalus r
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus r
- Common Coot Fulica atra r/m
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus r
- Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis r
- Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus m
- Asiatic Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva m
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola m
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula m
- Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius r/m
- Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus r/m
- Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus m
- Large Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii m
- Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus m
- Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus m
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus r
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus m
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus r
- Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius m
- Woodcock Scolopax rusticola m
- Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola m
- Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura m
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala m
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago m
- Great Snipe Gallinago media m
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus m
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa m
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica m
- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus m
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata m
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus m
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus m
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia m
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis m
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus m
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola m
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus m
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos m
- Turnstone Arenaria interpres m
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus m
- Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris m
- Red Knot Calidris canutus m
- Sanderling Calidris alba m
- Little Stint Calidris minuta m
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis m
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii m
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta m
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata m
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos m
- Dunlin Calidris alpina m
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea m
- Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus m
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis m
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus m
- Ruff Philomachus pugnax m
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus r/m
- Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta m
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus m
- Crab Plover Dromas ardeola r
- Indian Stone Curlew Burhinus indicus r
- Great Stone Plover Esacus recurvirostris r
- Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus r
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola m
- Large Pratincole Glareola maldivarum r
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea r
- Brown Skua Catharacta antarctica m
- Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus m
- Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus m
- Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii m
- Heuglin’s Gull Larus heuglini m
- Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus m
- Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus m
- Common Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus m
- Slender-billed Gull Larus genei m
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica r/m
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia r/m
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis m
- Large Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii r
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis m
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii r/m
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana m
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo r/m
- Little Tern Sterna albifrons r
- Saunders's Tern Sterna saundersi r
- Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus r/m
- Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata R/m
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida m
- White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus m
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus m
- Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris m
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia r
- Ceylon Wood Pigeon Columba torringtonii E
- Purple Wood Pigeon Columba punicea m
- Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis m
- Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis r
- Red Turtle Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica m
- Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto r
- Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica r
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicincta r
- Pompadour Green Pigeon Treron pompadora E
- Yellow-legged Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus r
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea r
- Ceylon Lorikeet Loriculus beryllinus E
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria r
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri r
- Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala r
- Layard's Parakeet Psittacula calthropae E
- Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos E
- Common Coucal Centropus [sinensis] parroti r
- Sirkeer Taccocua leschenaultii r
- Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus E
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris r
- Red-winged Crested Cuckoo Clamator coromandus m
- Pied Crested Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus r
- Indian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus r
- Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus m
- Bay-banded Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii r
- Indian Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus m
- Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus [lugubris] dicruroides r
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius r/m
- Small Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus m
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus r/m
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus m
- Barn Owl Tyto alba r
- Ceylon Bay Owl Phodilus assimilis r
- Serendib Scops Owl Otus thilohoffmanni E
- Little Scops Owl Otus sunia r
- Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena r
- Forest Eagle-Owl Bubo nipalensis r
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis r
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica r
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum r
- Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanonotum E
- Brown Hawk-Owl Ninox scutulata r
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus m
- Ceylon Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger r
- Great Eared Nightjar Eurostopodus macrotis m
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus r
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis r
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus r
- Edible-nest Swift Aerodramus unicolor r
- Brown-throated Spinetail Swift Hirundapus giganteus r
- Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis r
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba r
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus m
- House Swift Apus affinis r
- Crested Tree Swift Hemiprocne coronata r
- Ceylon TrogonHarpactes fasciatus r
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis r
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting r
- Indian Three-toed Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca r
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis r
- White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis r
- Black-capped Purple Kingfisher Halcyon pileata m
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis r
- Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis r
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus r/m
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster m
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti r
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis r
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus orientalis r
- Hoopoe Upupa epops r/m
- Ceylon Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis E
- Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus r
- Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica r
- Yellow-fronted Barbet Megalaima flavifrons E
- Ceylon Small Barbet Megalaima rubricapillus E
- Crimson-breasted Barbet Megalaima haemacephala r
- Wryneck Jynx torquila m
- Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos nanus r
- Yellow-fronted Pied WoodpeckerDendrocoposmahrattensis r
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus r
- Lesser Yellow-naped Woodpecker Picus chlorolophus r
- Scaly-bellied Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus r
- Golden-backed Woodpecker Dinopiumbenghalensejaffnensisr
- Crimson-backed Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes stricklandi E
- Black-backed Yellow WoodpeckerChrysocolaptesfestivusr
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura m
- Jerdon’s Bushlark Mirafra affinis r
- Ashy-crowned Finch-Lark Eremopterix griseus r
- Indian Skylark Alauda gulgula r
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia m
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor m
- Common Swallow Hirundo rustica m
- Hill Swallow Hirundo domicola r
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii m
- Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica m
- Ceylon Swallow Hirundo hyperythra E
- Indian Cliff Swallow Hirundo fluvicola m
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus m
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba m
- Large Pied Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis m
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola m
- Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava m
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea m
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi m
- Indian Pipit Anthus rufulus r
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris m
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii m
- Indian Tree Pipit Anthus hodgsoni m
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus m
- Large Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina macei r
- Black-headed Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina melanoptera r
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus r
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus r
- Pied Flycatcher-Shrike Hemipus picatus r
- Ceylon Wood Shrike Tephrodornis affinis E
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi paradisim
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea r
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola r
- Black-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus E
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer r
- Yellow-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus E
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus r
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Iole indica r
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa r
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia r
- Marshall’s Iora Aegithina nigrolutea r
- Gold-fronted Chloropsis Chloropsis aurifrons r
- Jerdon's Chloropsis Chloropsis jerdoni r
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus cristatus m
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus m
- Rufous-rumped Shrike Lanius schach r
- Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis m
- Pied Ground Thrush Zoothera wardii m
- Orange-headed Ground Thrush Zoothera citrina m
- Spotted-winged Thrush Zoothera spiloptera E
- Ceylon Scaly Thrush Zoothera imbricata E
- Blackbird Turdus simillimus r
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus m
- Ceylon Whistling Thrush Myophonus blighi E
- Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica m
- Layard’s Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui m
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia m
- Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra m
- Dusky-blue Flycatcher Eumyias sordidus E
- Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides m
- Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae r
- Grey-headed Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis r
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius m
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica m
- Indian Blue Chat Luscinia brunnea m
- Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes m
- Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis r
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus r
- Black Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus r
- Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata r
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka m
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti m
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina m
- Ashy-headed Laughing Thrush Garrulax cinereifrons E
- Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus E
- Ceylon Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus E
- White-throated Babbler Dumetia hyperythra r
- Black-fronted Babbler Rhopocichla atriceps r
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense r
- Rufous Babbler Turdoides rufescens E
- Southern Common Babbler Turdoides affinis r
- Streaked Fantail Warbler Cisticola juncidis r
- Franklin’s Prinia Prinia hodgsonii r
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis r
- Large Prinia Prinia sylvatica r
- White-browed Prinia Prinia inornata r
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius r
- Ceylon Warbler Elaphrornis palliseri E
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata m
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia m
- Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola m
- Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum m
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus[stentoreus] brunnescens r
- Sykes’s Warbler Hippolais rama m
- Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata m
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus m
- Greenish Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides m
- Green Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus m
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris m
- Broad-tailed Grass Warbler Schoenicola platyurus m
- Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca m
- Hume’s Whitethroat Sylvia althaea m
- Grey Tit Parus cinereus r
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis r
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile r
- Legge’s Flowerpecker Dicaeum vincens E
- Tickell’s Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos r
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica r
- Purple Sunbird Cynnyris asiaticus r
- Loten’s Sunbird Cynnyris lotenius r
- Ceylon Hill White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis E
- Small White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus r
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala m
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps m
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus m
- White-throated Munia Euodice malabarica r
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata r
- Ceylon Hill Munia Lonchura kelaarti r
- Spotted Munia Lonchura punctulata r
- Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca r
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus r
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Petronia xanthcollis m
- Striated Weaver Ploceus manyar r
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus r
- Ceylon White-headed Starling Sturnia albofrontata E
- Grey-headed Starling Sturnia malabarica m
- Daurian Starling Sturnia sturnina m
- Brahminy Myna Temenuchus pagodarum m
- Rosy Starling Sturnus roseus m
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis r
- Ceylon Hill Myna Gracula ptilogenys E
- Common Hill Myna Gracula indica r
- European Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus m
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo m
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis m
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus xanthornus r
- Fairy Bluebird Irena puella m
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus r/m
- Grey Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus m
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens insularisr
- Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus r
- Ceylon Crested Drongo Dicrurus lophorinus E
- Ashy Swallow-Shrike Artamus fuscus r
- Ceylon Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata E
- House Crow Corvus splendens r
- Jungle Crow Corvus [macrorhyncos] culminatus r
GREBES PODICIPEDIDAE
PETRELS AND SHEARWATERS PROCELLARIIDAE
STORM PETRELS HYDROBATIDAE
TROPICBIRDS PHAETHONTIDAE
PELICANS PELECANIDAE
/ Spot-billed Pelican
GANNETS AND BOOBIES SULIDAE
CORMORANTS AND SHAGS PHALACROCORACIDAE
/ Indian Cormorant
DARTERS ANHINGIDAE
/ Oriental Darter
FRIGATEBIRDS FREGATIDAE
/ Christmas Frigatebird
HERONS AND EGRETS ARDEIDAE
/ Western Reef Heron / Western Reef Egret
/ Great Egret
/ Intermediate Egret
/ Eastern Cattle Egret
/ Striated Heron / Little Heron
/ Black-crowned Night Heron
/ Malayan Night Heron
/ Cinnamon Bittern
/ Great Bittern
STORKS CICONIIDAE
/ Asian Openbill
/ Woolly-necked Stork
IBISES AND SPOONBILLS THRESKIORNITHIDAE
/ Black-headed Ibis
/ Eurasian Spoonbill
FLAMINGOS PHOENICOPTERIDAE
GEESE AND DUCKS ANATIDAE
/ Fulvous Whistling Duck
/ Lesser Whistling Duck
/ Cotton Pygmy Goose
/ Eurasian Wigeon
/ Indian Spot-billed Duck
/ Northern Shoveler
/ Northern Pintail
HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES AND VULTURES ACCIPITRIDAE
/ Jerdon’s Baza
/ Oriental Honey Buzzard
/ Black-shouldered Kite
/ Eurasian Marsh Harrier
/ Common Buzzard
/ Rufous-bellied Eagle
/ Changeable Hawk-Eagle
/ Legge’s Hawk-Eagle
OSPREYPANDIONIDAE
FALCONS FALCONIDAE
/ Red-necked Falcon
/ Oriental Hobby
Shaheen Falcon Falco peregrinus pregrinator r
PARTRIDGES, QUAILS AND PHEASANTS PHASIANIDAE
/ Painted Francolin
/ Grey Francolin
/ Sri Lanka Spurfowl
/ Sri Lanka Junglefowl
BUTTON QUAILS TURNICIDAE
/ Barred Buttonquail
RAILS, CRAKES, GALLINULES AND COOTS RALLIDAE
/ Slaty-legged Crake
/ Slaty-breasted Rail
/ Water Rail
/ Ruddy-breasted Crake
/ Purple Swamphen
/ Eurasian Coot
JACANAS JACANIDAE
PAINTED SNIPES ROSTRATULIDAE
/ Greater Painted Snipe
OYSTERCATCHERS HAEMATOPODIDAE
/ Eurasian Oystercatcher
PLOVERS CHARADRIIDAE
/ Pacific Golden Plover
/ Mongolian Plover
/ Greater Sand Plover
SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES SCOLOPACIDAE
/ Eurasian Woodcock
/ Western Black-tailed Godwit
/ Ruddy Turnstone
/ Rufous-necked Stint
STILTS AND AVOCETS RECURVIROSTRIDAE
/ Pied Avocet
PHALAROPES PHALAROPODIDAE
CRAB PLOVER DROMADIDAE
STONE CURLEWS AND STONE PLOVERS BURHINIDAE
/ Eurasian Thick-knee
/ Great Thick-knee
COURSERS AND PRATINCOLES GLAREOLIDAE
/ Oriental Pratincole
SKUAS STERCORARIIDAE
/ Pomarine Jaeger
/ Parasitic Jaeger
GULLS LARIDAE
/ Pallas’s Gull
TERNS STERNIDAE
/ Great Crested Tern
/ White-winged Tern
PIGEONS AND DOVES COLUMBIDAE
/ Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon
/ Pale-capped Pigeon / Pale-capped Wood Pigeon
/ Oriental Turtle Dove
/ Red Collared Dove
/ Eurasian Collared Dove
/ Ceylon Green Pigeon / Sri Lanka Green Pigeon
/ Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
PARROTS PSITTACIDAE
/ Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot
/ Plum-headed Parakeet
CUCKOOS CUCULIDAE
/ Greater Coucal / ‘Southern’ Coucal
/ Sirkeer Malkoha
/ Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
/ Pied Cuckoo / Jacobin Cuckoo
/ Asian Koel
/ Asian Emerald Cuckoo
/ Banded Bay Cuckoo
/ Grey-bellied Cuckoo
/ ‘Fork-tailed’ Drongo-Cuckoo
/ Lesser Cuckoo
/ Eurasian Cuckoo
BARN OWLS AND BAY OWLS TYTONIDAE
OWLS STRIGIDAE
/ Oriental Scops Owl
/ Indian Scops Owl
/ Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
FROGMOUTHS PODARGIDAE
/ Sri Lanka Frogmouth
NIGHTJARS CAPRIMULGIDAE
/ Highland Nightjar/ Indian Jungle Nightjar
/ Jerdon’s Nightjar
/ Indian Little Nightjar
SWIFTS APODIDAE
/ Indian Swiftlet
/ Brown-backed Needletail
/ Asian Palm Swift
/ Fork-tailed Swift
/ Little Swift
TREE SWIFTS HEMPROCNIDAE
/ Grey-rumped Tree Swift
TROGONS TROGONIDAE
/ Malabar Trogon
KINGFISHERS ALCEDINIDAE
/ Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher / Black-backed Kingfisher
/ White-throated Kingfisher
/ Black-capped Kingfisher
/ Lesser Pied Kingfisher
BEE-EATERS MEROPIDAE
/ Green Bee-eater
ROLLERS CORCIIDAE
/ Dollarbird
HOOPOES UPUPIDAE
/ Eurasian Hoopoe / Common Hoopoe
HORNBILLS BUCEROTIDAE
/ Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill
BARBETS CAPITONIDAE
/ Crimson-fronted Barbet / Sri Lanka Small Barbet
/ Coppersmith Barbet
WOODPECKERS PICIDAE
/ Eurasian Wryneck
/ Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker / Indian Pygmy Woodpecker
/ Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
/ Lesser Yellownape
/ Streak-throated Woodpecker
Red-backed Woodpecker Dinopium benghalense psarodesr
/ Black-rumped Flameback (both subspecies)
/ Greater Flameback / Crimson-backed Flameback
/ White-naped Woodpecker
PITTAS PITTIDAE
LARKS ALAUDIDAE
/ Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
/ Oriental Skylark
SWALLOWS AND MARTINS HIRUNDINIDAE
/ Common Sand Martin
/ Barn Swallow
/ Pacific Swallow
/ Red-rumped Swallow / Sri Lanka Swallow
/ Streak-throated Swallow
PIPITS AND WAGTAILS MOTACILLIDAE
/ White-browed Wagtail
/ Paddyfield Pipit
/ Olive-backed Pipit
CUCKOO-SHRIKES AND MINIVETS CAMPEPHAGIDAE
/ Scarlet Minivet / Flame Minivet
/ Bar-winged Flycatcher-Shrike
/ Common Wood Shrike / Sri Lanka Wood Shrike
MONARCHS MONARCHIDAE
Ceylon Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi ceylonensis r
/ Asian Paradise Flycatcher (both subspecies)
/ Black-naped Flycatcher / Black-naped Blue Monarch
FANTAILS RHIPIDURIDAE
/ White-browed Fantail Flycatcher
BULBULS PYCNONOTIDAE
/ Black-crested Bulbul / Black-headed Yellow Bulbul
/ Square-tailed Black Bulbul
IORAS AEGITHINIDAE
LEAFBIRDS CHLOROPSEIDAE
/ Gold-fronted Leafbird
/ Blue-winged Leafbird / Jerdon's Leafbird
SHRIKES LANIIDAE
Philippine Shrike Lanius cristatus lucionensis m
/ Long-tailed Shrike / Rufous-backed Shrike
THRUSHES TURDIDAE
/ Pied Thrush
/ Orange-headed Thrush
/ Spot-winged Thrush / Spot-winged Ground Thrush
/ Scaly Thrush / Sri Lanka Scaly Thrush
/ Eurasian Blackbird/ Indian Blackbird
/ Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush
OLD-WORLD FLYCATCHERS AND CHATS MUSCICAPIDAE
/ Asian Brown Flycatcher
/ Brown-breasted Flycatcher
/ Dull-blue Flycatcher
/ Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher
/ Indian Blue Robin
/ Oriental Magpie-Robin
/ Indian Robin / Black-backed Robin
BABBLERS TIMALIIDAE
/ Indian Scimitar Babbler / Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler
/ Tawny-bellied Babbler
/ Dark-fronted Babbler
/ Orange-billed Babbler / Ceylon Rufous Babbler
/ Yellow-billed Babbler
CISTICOLAS, PRINIAS AND TAILORBIRDS CISTICOLIDAE
/ Zitting Cisticola
/ Grey-breasted Prinia
/ Jungle Prinia
/ Plain Prinia
OLD-WORLD WARBLERS SYLVIIDAE
/ Sri Lanka Bush Warbler
/ Grasshopper Warbler
/ Rusty-rumped Warbler
/ Indian Great Reed Warbler / Indian Reed Warbler
/ Booted Warbler
/ Greenish Warbler
/ Greenish Warbler / Bright-green Warbler
/ Broad-tailed Grassbird / Indian Broad-tailed Grass Warbler
/ Lesser Whitethroat
TITMICE PARIDAE
/ Great Tit / Asian Grey Tit
NUTHATCHES SITTIDAE
FLOWERPECKERS DICAEIDAE
/ White-throated Flowerpecker
/ Pale-billed Flowerpecker
SUNBIRDS NECTARINIIDAE
/ Long-billed Sunbird
WHITE-EYES ZOSTEROPIDAE
/ Sri Lanka White-eye / Ceylon White-eye
/ Oriental White-eye
BUNTINGS EMBERIZIDAE
FINCHES FRINGILLIDAE
WAXBILLS ESTRILDIDAE
/ Indian Silverbill / White-throated Silverbill
/ White-backed Munia
/ Black-throated Munia
/ Scaly-breasted Munia
/ Tricoloured Munia
OLD-WORLD SPARROWS PASSERIDAE
/ Chestnut-shouldered Petronia
WEAVERS PLOCEIDAE
/ Streaked Weaver
STARLINGS AND MYNAS STURNIDAE
/ White-faced Starling
/ Chestnut-tailed Starling
/ Purple-backed Starling
/ Brahminy Starling
/ Sri Lanka Myna
/ Hill Myna / Lesser Hill Myna
ORIOLES ORIOLIDAE
/ Eurasian Golden Oriole
/ Eurasian Golden Oriole
/ Black-hooded Oriole
FAIRY BLUEBIRDS IRENIDAE
/ Asian Fairy Bluebird
DRONGOS DICRURIDAE
/ Ashy Drongo
White-vented Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens leucopygialisr
/ White-bellied Drongo
/ Greater Racket-tailed Drongo / Sri Lanka Crested Drongo
WOODSWALLOWS ARTAMIDAE
/ Ashy Woodswallow
CROWS AND MAGPIES CORVIDAE
/ Sri Lanka Blue Magpie
/ Large-billed Crow/ Indian Jungle Crow
Citation
Ceylon Bird Club. 2011. Sri Lanka List (Country List) of bird species.
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