eBird Field Checklist
Weligama County, Matara, LK
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208 species (+24 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Indian Peafowl
Sri Lanka Junglefowl
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Sri Lanka Wood-Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon
Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon
Green Imperial-Pigeon
Cuckoos
Greater Coucal
Blue-faced Malkoha
Asian Koel
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Swifts
Brown-backed Needletail
Indian Swiftlet
swiftlet sp.
Alpine Swift
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift
swift sp.
Treeswifts
Crested Treeswift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Gray-headed Swamphen
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Shorebirds
Great Thick-knee
Indian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pacific Golden-Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Kentish Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Pin-tailed Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Brown-headed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
gull sp.
Brown Noddy
Lesser Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Sooty/Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Little/Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
tern sp.
Tropicbirds
White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-billed Tropicbird
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp. (dark-rumped)
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Barau's Petrel
Streaked Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Persian Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Storks
Asian Openbill
Black-necked Stork
Painted Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Brown Booby
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
Malayan Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Striated Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Booted Eagle
Western Marsh Harrier
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Shikra
Besra
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Owls
Indian Scops-Owl
Jungle Owlet
Brown Boobook
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Hornbills
Sri Lanka Gray Hornbill
Malabar Pied-Hornbill
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Asian Green Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Barbets and Toucans
Crimson-fronted Barbet
Coppersmith Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet
Yellow-fronted Barbet
Woodpeckers
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Crimson-backed Flameback
Red-backed Flameback
Lesser Yellownape
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Amur Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Layard's Parakeet
Sri Lanka Hanging-Parrot
parakeet sp.
Old World Pittas
Indian Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
Small Minivet
Orange Minivet
Large Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Black-hooded Oriole
Woodswallows
Ashy Woodswallow
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Sri Lanka Woodshrike
Ioras
Common Iora
Fantails
White-browed Fantail
Drongos
Ashy Drongo
White-bellied Drongo
Sri Lanka Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Brown Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Sri Lanka Blue-Magpie
House Crow
Large-billed Crow
Larks
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Cisticolas and Allies
Common Tailorbird
Plain Prinia
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Hill Swallow
Barn Swallow
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Red-rumped Swallow
Sri Lanka Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Yellow-browed Bulbul
Black-capped Bulbul
White-browed Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
Yellow-eyed Babbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Indian White-eye
Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies
Sri Lanka Scimitar-Babbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Yellow-billed Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Sri Lanka Myna
Southern Hill Myna
Rosy Starling
Common Myna
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Indian Robin
Oriental Magpie-Robin
White-rumped Shama
Flowerpeckers
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Purple Sunbird
Loten's Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Leafbirds
Jerdon's Leafbird
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Estrildids
Scaly-breasted Munia
Black-throated Munia
White-rumped Munia
Tricolored Munia
Lonchura sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Paddyfield Pipit
Others
passerine sp.
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