Checklist for Sri Lanka

eBird Field Checklist

Sri Lanka

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449 species (+127 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Waterfowl

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Lesser Whistling-Duck

Fulvous/Lesser Whistling-Duck

whistling-duck sp.

Bar-headed Goose

Graylag Goose

Knob-billed Duck

Ruddy Shelduck

Muscovy Duck

Cotton Pygmy-Goose

Garganey

Northern Shoveler

Eurasian Wigeon

Indian Spot-billed Duck

Mallard

Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Ferruginous Duck

Tufted Duck

duck sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Indian Peafowl

Sri Lanka Spurfowl

Sri Lanka Junglefowl

Gray Francolin

Painted Francolin

Blue-breasted Quail

Rain Quail

old world quail sp.

Jungle Bush-Quail

Jungle/Rock Bush-Quail

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Sri Lanka Wood-Pigeon

Oriental Turtle-Dove

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Red Collared-Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Spotted Dove

Asian Emerald Dove

Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon

Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon

Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon

green-pigeon sp.

Green Imperial-Pigeon

pigeon/dove sp.

Cuckoos

Green-billed Coucal

Greater Coucal

coucal sp.

Sirkeer Malkoha

Red-faced Malkoha

Blue-faced Malkoha

Chestnut-winged Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Asian Koel

Banded Bay Cuckoo

Gray-bellied Cuckoo

Plaintive/Gray-bellied Cuckoo

Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo

Common Hawk-Cuckoo

Lesser Cuckoo

Indian Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

Cuculus sp.

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Frogmouths

Sri Lanka Frogmouth

Nightjars

Jungle Nightjar

Jungle/Gray Nightjar

Jerdon's Nightjar

Indian Nightjar

Caprimulgus sp.

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Brown-backed Needletail

Indian Swiftlet

swiftlet sp.

Alpine Swift

Common Swift

Blyth's Swift

Little Swift

Little/House Swift

Apus/Tachymarptis sp.

Asian Palm Swift

large swift sp.

small swift sp.

swift sp.

Treeswifts

Crested Treeswift

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Corn Crake

Slaty-breasted Rail

Eurasian Moorhen

Eurasian Coot

Allen's Gallinule

Gray-headed Swamphen

Watercock

White-breasted Waterhen

Slaty-legged Crake

Ruddy-breasted Crake

Baillon's Crake

rail/crake sp.

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

Gray-headed Lapwing

Red-wattled Lapwing

lapwing sp.

Caspian Plover

Oriental Plover

Tibetan Sand-Plover

Siberian/Tibetan Sand-Plover

Greater Sand-Plover

sand-plover sp.

Kentish Plover

plover sp.

Greater Painted-Snipe

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Whimbrel

Eurasian Curlew

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

godwit sp.

Asian Dowitcher

Jack Snipe

Eurasian Woodcock

Swinhoe's Snipe

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

Tringa sp.

Ruddy Turnstone

Great Knot

Red Knot

Great/Red Knot

Ruff

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper

Temminck's Stint

Long-toed Stint

Red-necked Stint

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Sanderling

Dunlin

Little Stint

Pectoral Sandpiper

peep sp.

Calidris sp.

large shorebird sp.

Barred Buttonquail

Crab-Plover

Indian Courser

Small Pratincole

Oriental Pratincole

Black-winged Pratincole

Collared Pratincole

pratincole sp.

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger

South Polar Skua

jaeger sp.

skua sp.

jaeger/skua sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Slender-billed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Brown-headed Gull

Pallas's Gull

Sooty Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

gull sp.

Brown Noddy

Lesser Noddy

Sooty Tern

Bridled Tern

Sooty/Bridled Tern

Little Tern

Saunders's Tern

Little/Saunders's Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

Black Tern

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias sp.

Common Tern

Roseate Tern

Sterna sp.

Sandwich Tern

Lesser Crested Tern

Great Crested Tern

large tern sp.

tern sp.

Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird

Red-billed Tropicbird

tropicbird sp.

Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel

Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel

storm-petrel sp. (dark-rumped)

storm-petrel sp.

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Cape Petrel

Barau's Petrel

Bulwer's Petrel

Jouanin's Petrel

Streaked Shearwater

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater

Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater

Tropical Shearwater

Persian Shearwater

black-and-white shearwater sp.

shearwater sp.

Storks

Asian Openbill

Black Stork

Asian Woolly-necked Stork

White Stork

Black-necked Stork

Lesser Adjutant

Painted Stork

stork sp.

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Lesser Frigatebird

Great Frigatebird

frigatebird sp.

Red-footed Booby

Brown Booby

Masked Booby

booby sp.

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

Schrenck's Bittern

Yellow Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Malayan Night Heron

Little Egret

Western Reef-Heron

Little Egret x Western Reef-Heron (hybrid)

Striated Heron

Indian Pond-Heron

Chinese Pond-Heron

Eastern Cattle Egret

Western/Eastern Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Medium Egret

Great/Medium Egret

Gray Heron

Purple Heron

Goliath Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

Glossy Ibis

Black-headed Ibis

Red-naped Ibis

Eurasian Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

European Honey-buzzard

Oriental Honey-buzzard

European x Oriental Honey-buzzard (hybrid)

European/Oriental Honey-buzzard

Jerdon's Baza

Crested Serpent-Eagle

Legge's Hawk-Eagle

Changeable Hawk-Eagle

Rufous-bellied Eagle

Black Eagle

Greater Spotted Eagle

Booted Eagle

Western Marsh Harrier

Eastern Marsh Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Pied Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

harrier sp.

Crested Goshawk

Shikra

Besra

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter sp.

Black Kite

Brahminy Kite

Black/Brahminy Kite

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Gray-headed Fish-Eagle

Common Buzzard

Himalayan Buzzard

Common/Himalayan Buzzard

Long-legged Buzzard

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Sri Lanka Bay-Owl

Serendib Scops-Owl

Indian Scops-Owl

Oriental Scops-Owl

scops-owl sp.

Brown Fish-Owl

Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl

Jungle Owlet

Chestnut-backed Owlet

Brown Wood-Owl

Brown Boobook

owl sp.

Trogons and Quetzals

Malabar Trogon

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Hornbills

Sri Lanka Gray Hornbill

Malabar Pied-Hornbill

Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher

Blue-eared Kingfisher

Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher

Stork-billed Kingfisher

White-throated Kingfisher

Black-capped Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

kingfisher sp.

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

Asian Green Bee-eater

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

bee-eater sp.

European Roller

Indian Roller

roller sp.

Dollarbird

Barbets and Toucans

Crimson-fronted Barbet

Coppersmith Barbet

Brown-headed Barbet

Yellow-fronted Barbet

asian barbet sp.

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck

Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

Yellow-crowned Woodpecker

Crimson-backed Flameback

White-naped Woodpecker

Rufous Woodpecker

Black-rumped Flameback

Red-backed Flameback

Black-rumped x Red-backed Flameback (hybrid)

Black-rumped/Red-backed Flameback

flameback sp.

Lesser Yellownape

Streak-throated Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Eurasian Kestrel

Amur Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

Peregrine Falcon

small falcon sp.

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Alexandrine Parakeet

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Plum-headed Parakeet

Layard's Parakeet

Sri Lanka Hanging-Parrot

lovebird sp.

parakeet sp.

parrot sp.

Old World Pittas

Indian Pitta

Cuckooshrikes

Small Minivet

Orange Minivet

minivet sp.

Large Cuckooshrike

Black-headed Cuckooshrike

cuckooshrike sp.

Old World Orioles

Indian Golden Oriole

Eurasian/Indian Golden Oriole

Black-naped Oriole

Black-hooded Oriole

old world oriole sp.

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

Black Drongo

Ashy Drongo

Black/Ashy Drongo

White-bellied Drongo

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

Sri Lanka Drongo

drongo sp.

Monarch Flycatchers

Black-naped Monarch

Indian Paradise-Flycatcher

Blyth's/Indian Paradise-Flycatcher

Amur/Blyth's/Indian Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Brown Shrike

Bay-backed Shrike

Long-tailed Shrike

shrike sp.

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Sri Lanka Blue-Magpie

House Crow

Large-billed Crow

crow sp.

Fairy Flycatchers

Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Cinereous Tit

Larks

Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark

Jerdon's Bushlark

Mongolian Short-toed Lark

Greater/Mongolian Short-toed Lark

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

Booted Warbler

Hippolais sp.

Black-browed Reed Warbler

Blyth's Reed Warbler

Clamorous Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus sp.

Grassbirds and Allies

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler

Helopsaltes/Locustella sp.

Sri Lanka Bush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

Bank Swallow

Bank Swallow/Pale Martin

Dusky Crag-Martin

Hill Swallow

Barn Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

Asian House-Martin

house-martin sp.

Red-rumped Swallow

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

Dusky Warbler

Green Warbler

Greenish Warbler

Green/Greenish Warbler

Large-billed Leaf Warbler

Western Crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus sp.

Sylviid Warblers

Lesser Whitethroat

old world warbler sp.

Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies

Yellow-eyed Babbler

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Sri Lanka White-eye

Indian White-eye

white-eye sp.

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

Ashy-headed Laughingthrush

Orange-billed Babbler

Yellow-billed Babbler

White-crested Laughingthrush

Nuthatches

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

Starlings and Mynas

Sri Lanka Myna

Southern Hill Myna

European Starling

Rosy Starling

Daurian Starling

White-faced Starling

Brahminy Starling

Chestnut-tailed Starling

Common Myna

myna/starling sp.

Thrushes

Sri Lanka Thrush

Pied Thrush

Spot-winged Thrush

Orange-headed Thrush

Indian Blackbird

Eyebrowed Thrush

thrush sp.

Old World Flycatchers

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Brown-breasted Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin

Indian Robin

Oriental Magpie-Robin

White-rumped Shama

Blue-and-white Flycatcher

Dull-blue Flycatcher

Blue-throated Flycatcher

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

Indian Blue Robin

Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher

Kashmir Flycatcher

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Blue Rock-Thrush

Whinchat

Siberian Stonechat

Pied Bushchat

Northern Wheatear

Isabelline Wheatear

wheatear sp.

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

leafbird sp.

Weavers and Allies

Streaked Weaver

Baya Weaver

Estrildids

Indian Silverbill

Scaly-breasted Munia

Black-throated Munia

White-rumped Munia

Tricolored Munia

Lonchura sp.

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

House x Eurasian Tree Sparrow (hybrid)

Yellow-throated Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Forest Wagtail

Gray Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Citrine Wagtail

White-browed Wagtail

White Wagtail

wagtail sp.

Richard's Pipit

Paddyfield Pipit

Richard's/Paddyfield Pipit

Blyth's Pipit

Richard's/Blyth's Pipit

Tree Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

pipit sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Common Rosefinch

Old World Buntings

Black-headed Bunting

Red-headed Bunting

Gray-necked Bunting

Ortolan Bunting

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.