eBird Field Checklist
Horton Plains National Park (General)
Nuwara Eliya, Nuwara, LK
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191 species (+17 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Sri Lanka Spurfowl
Sri Lanka Junglefowl
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Sri Lanka Wood-Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon
Green Imperial-Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Green-billed Coucal
Greater Coucal
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Frogmouths
Sri Lanka Frogmouth
Nightjars
Jerdon's Nightjar
Swifts
Brown-backed Needletail
Indian Swiftlet
Alpine Swift
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Gray-headed Swamphen
White-breasted Waterhen
Slaty-legged Crake
Shorebirds
Great Thick-knee
Red-wattled Lapwing
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
Storks
Asian Openbill
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Oriental Darter
Little Cormorant
Indian Cormorant
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black Bittern
Little Egret
Indian Pond-Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Jerdon's Baza
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Legge's Hawk-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Black Eagle
Booted Eagle
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Crested Goshawk
Shikra
Besra
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Brown Fish-Owl
Chestnut-backed Owlet
Brown Wood-Owl
Trogons and Quetzals
Malabar Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
Sri Lanka Gray Hornbill
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Indian Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Crimson-fronted Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet
Yellow-fronted Barbet
Woodpeckers
Crimson-backed 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
Layard's Parakeet
Sri Lanka Hanging-Parrot
Old World Pittas
Indian Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
Small Minivet
Orange Minivet
Old World Orioles
Black-hooded Oriole
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Sri Lanka Woodshrike
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Fantails
White-browed Fantail
Drongos
Ashy Drongo
White-bellied Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-naped Monarch
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Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Brown Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Sri Lanka Blue-Magpie
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
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Sri Lanka Bush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Hill Swallow
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Sri Lanka 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
Greenish Warbler
Green/Greenish Warbler
Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
Yellow-eyed Babbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Sri Lanka White-eye
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
Nuthatches
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Starlings and Mynas
Sri Lanka Myna
Southern Hill Myna
Rosy Starling
Common Myna
Thrushes
Sri Lanka Thrush
Pied Thrush
Spot-winged Thrush
Indian Blackbird
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Dull-blue Flycatcher
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Indian Blue Robin
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush
Kashmir Flycatcher
Pied Bushchat
Flowerpeckers
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
White-throated Flowerpecker
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Pale-billed Flowerpecker
flowerpecker sp.
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
Leafbirds
Jerdon's Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Estrildids
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
Black-throated Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
pipit sp.
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