eBird Field Checklist
Bundala NP (General)
Hambantota, Hambantota, LK
ebird.org/hotspot/L1078558
311 species (+39 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
Knob-billed Duck
Ruddy Shelduck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Eurasian Wigeon
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Sri Lanka Spurfowl
Sri Lanka Junglefowl
Blue-breasted Quail
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon
Green Imperial-Pigeon
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Sirkeer Malkoha
Blue-faced Malkoha
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Jungle Nightjar
Jerdon's Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Brown-backed Needletail
Indian Swiftlet
swiftlet sp.
Alpine Swift
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift
swift sp.
Treeswifts
Crested Treeswift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Slaty-breasted Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Slaty-legged Crake
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Baillon's Crake
Shorebirds
Great Thick-knee
Indian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Siberian/Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kentish Plover
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Asian Dowitcher
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling
Little Stint
peep sp.
Barred Buttonquail
Crab-Plover
Small Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
gull sp.
Brown Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Saunders's Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
tern sp.
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Tropicbirds
White-tailed Tropicbird
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Persian Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Storks
Asian Openbill
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Black-necked Stork
Lesser Adjutant
Painted Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Little/Indian Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Spot-billed Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Yellow Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Legge's Hawk-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Black Eagle
Booted Eagle
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Pied Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Shikra
Besra
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
hawk sp.
Owls
Indian Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
Brown Fish-Owl
Jungle Owlet
owl sp.
Trogons and Quetzals
Malabar Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
Sri Lanka Gray Hornbill
Malabar Pied-Hornbill
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Indian Roller
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Barbets and Toucans
Crimson-fronted Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet
Yellow-fronted Barbet
Woodpeckers
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Crimson-backed Flameback
White-naped Woodpecker
Rufous Woodpecker
Black-rumped Flameback
Red-backed Flameback
Black-rumped/Red-backed Flameback
Lesser Yellownape
Streak-throated Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Layard's Parakeet
Sri Lanka Hanging-Parrot
Old World Pittas
Indian Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
Small Minivet
Orange Minivet
Large Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Indian Golden Oriole
Black-hooded Oriole
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Sri Lanka Woodshrike
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Ioras
Common Iora
White-tailed Iora
Common/White-tailed Iora
Fantails
White-browed Fantail
Drongos
Ashy Drongo
White-bellied Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-naped Monarch
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Brown Shrike
Bay-backed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
Fairy Flycatchers
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Cinereous Tit
Larks
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Jerdon's Bushlark
Oriental Skylark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Gray-breasted Prinia
Jungle Prinia
Ashy Prinia
Plain Prinia
prinia sp.
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Black-browed Reed Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Bank Swallow/Pale Martin
Hill Swallow
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
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Sri Lanka Swallow
Streak-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Yellow-browed Bulbul
Square-tailed Bulbul
Black-capped Bulbul
White-browed Bulbul
Yellow-eared Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Green Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
Yellow-eyed Babbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Indian White-eye
Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies
Tawny-bellied Babbler
Dark-fronted Babbler
Sri Lanka Scimitar-Babbler
Ground Babblers and Allies
Brown-capped Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Orange-billed Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Sri Lanka Myna
Southern Hill Myna
Rosy Starling
Brahminy Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Common Myna
Thrushes
Spot-winged Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
White-rumped Shama
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Indian Blue Robin
Siberian Stonechat
Pied Bushchat
Isabelline Wheatear
Flowerpeckers
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
White-throated Flowerpecker
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
flowerpecker sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Leafbirds
Jerdon's Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Weavers and Allies
Streaked Weaver
Baya Weaver
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Lonchura sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
pipit sp.
Old World Buntings
Gray-necked Bunting
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