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177 Species Observed
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Native and Naturalized (177)

  1. Last observed by Ankush Khanna on 8 Jan 2024
  2. Last observed by Terry Blows on 31 Dec 2023
  3. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 28 Mar 2024
  4. Last observed by Ankush Khanna on 18 Feb 2024
  5. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 26 Apr 2024
  6. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 22 Apr 2024
  7. Last observed by Robin Wolfsperger on 20 Aug 2018
  8. Last observed by Pranav Pula on 4 Jan 2023
  9. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 18 Apr 2024
  10. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 18 Apr 2024
  11. Last observed by Sujit Nair on 23 Nov 2023
  12. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 24 Apr 2024
  13. Last observed by Nate Dunning on 24 Feb 2024
  14. Last observed by Sindoopa Seneviratne on 18 Apr 2023
  15. Last observed by Girish Vijayaraghavan on 26 Feb 2024
  16. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 1 Apr 2024
  17. Last observed by Robert Parsons on 1 Nov 2016
  18. Last observed by Hidde Bult on 13 Nov 2004
  19. Last observed by Lasse Olsson on 2 Jan 1982
  20. Last observed by Peter mcclelland on 16 Feb 2024
  21. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 18 Apr 2024
  22. Last observed by Gary Allport on 21 Nov 2020
  23. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 10 May 2023
  24. Last observed by Nate Dunning on 24 Feb 2024
  25. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 30 Sep 2022
  26. Last observed by Ravi Darshana on 11 Jan 2024
  27. Last observed by Ravi Darshana on 21 Apr 2024
  28. Last observed by Ravi Darshana on 3 Dec 2023
  29. Last observed by Ashan Tharaka Piyasinghe on 9 Oct 2023
  30. Last observed by Rumeth Jayasinghe on 22 Sep 2023
  31. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 18 Aug 2022
  32. Last observed by Ravi Darshana on 25 Sep 2023
  33. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 18 Jan 2024
  34. Last observed by Lasse Olsson on 2 Jan 1982
  35. Last observed by Ankush Khanna on 10 Dec 2023
  36. Last observed by kasun Gonagala on 11 Sep 2022
  37. Last observed by Ashan Tharaka Piyasinghe on 24 Sep 2023
  38. Last observed by Gary Allport on 20 Oct 2022
  39. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 30 Sep 2022
  40. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 30 Sep 2022
  41. Last observed by Shyam Sivasuthan on 1 Dec 2021
  42. Last observed by Historical and Rare Bird Records of Sri Lanka on 15 Nov 2017
  43. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 20 Oct 2022
  44. Last observed by Charuka Abhayawickrama on 23 Jun 2023
  45. Last observed by Ankush Khanna on 10 Dec 2023
  46. Last observed by Inuka Abayaratna on 17 Sep 2023
  47. Last observed by Dinidu Jayathilake on 17 Sep 2023
  48. Last observed by Ashan Tharaka Piyasinghe on 9 Oct 2023
  49. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 8 Apr 2024
  50. Last observed by Peter mcclelland on 16 Feb 2024
  51. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 30 Sep 2023
  52. Last observed by Rob Elvish on 29 Dec 2016
  53. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 3 Nov 2023
  54. Last observed by Ravi Darshana on 21 Apr 2024
  55. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 6 Sep 2022
  56. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 6 Sep 2022
  57. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 13 Oct 2023
  58. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 18 Apr 2024
  59. Last observed by Don-Jean Léandri-Breton on 23 Jan 2015
  60. Last observed by Gary Allport on 30 Sep 2022
  61. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 10 Apr 2024
  62. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 18 Apr 2024
  63. Last observed by Andrew Sides on 19 Dec 2023
  64. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 24 Apr 2024
  65. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 26 Apr 2024
  66. Last observed by Nadun Weerappulige on 20 Sep 2023
  67. Last observed by Ankush Khanna on 8 Jan 2024
  68. Last observed by Taraneh Amini on 29 Mar 2023
  69. Last observed by mohammad vatankhah on 21 Mar 2024
  70. Last observed by michael carmody on 11 Nov 2017
  71. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 26 Apr 2024
  72. Last observed by Marian Blake on 5 Dec 2023
  73. Last observed by Terry Blows on 31 Dec 2023
  74. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 24 Apr 2024
  75. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 26 Apr 2024
  76. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 26 Apr 2024
  77. Last observed by Klaus & Jean Schaefer on 28 Mar 2024
  78. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 26 Apr 2024
  79. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 15 Feb 2024
  80. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 13 Oct 2023
  81. Last observed by Tom Ewert on 24 Nov 2018
  82. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 22 Apr 2024
  83. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 7 Dec 2023
  84. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 10 Nov 2023
  85. Last observed by denise sigworth on 11 Mar 2023
  86. Last observed by Rob Woods on 15 Feb 2024
  87. Last observed by Ankush Khanna on 18 Feb 2024
  88. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 8 Dec 2023
  89. Last observed by mohammad vatankhah on 21 Mar 2024
  90. Last observed by Pranav Pula on 4 Jan 2023
  91. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 22 Apr 2024
  92. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 1 Mar 2024
  93. Last observed by Dharshana Ranatunga on 9 Mar 2019
  94. Last observed by Gregory de Klerk on 22 Nov 2023
  95. Last observed by Nick Hobgood on 14 May 2022
  96. Last observed by Sheryl Pavony on 15 Apr 2024
  97. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 4 Nov 2023
  98. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 26 Apr 2024
  99. Last observed by Roy Ting Therrien Chang on 10 Mar 2019
  100. Last observed by Eric Finley on 4 Mar 2022
  101. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 5 Apr 2024
  102. Last observed by Gary Allport on 2 Jan 2021
  103. Last observed by Andrew Pierce on 3 Nov 1991
  104. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 18 Apr 2024
  105. Last observed by Sushil Kumar on 7 Mar 2023
  106. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 26 Apr 2024
  107. Last observed by Peter mcclelland on 16 Feb 2024
  108. Last observed by Bob Rigter on 25 Feb 2018
  109. Last observed by John McRae on 25 Jun 2022
  110. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 4 Apr 2024
  111. Last observed by Nate Dunning on 30 Mar 2024
  112. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 15 Mar 2024
  113. Last observed by Don-Jean Léandri-Breton on 23 Jan 2015
  114. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 26 Apr 2024
  115. Last observed by Charles Ford on 25 Mar 2011
  116. Last observed by David Henderson on 25 Dec 1981
  117. Last observed by Sindoopa Seneviratne on 13 Feb 2024
  118. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 11 Apr 2023
  119. Last observed by Hidde Bult on 13 Nov 2004
  120. Last observed by Joseph Bourget on 29 Mar 2019
  121. Last observed by amy silver on 15 Dec 2023
  122. Last observed by Lasse Olsson on 2 Jan 1982
  123. Last observed by Praveen H N on 17 Oct 2019
  124. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 22 Jan 2024
  125. Last observed by Andrew Goodall on 16 Jan 2024
  126. Last observed by Nimali Seneviratne on 15 Jan 2024
  127. Last observed by Amanda Johnston on 29 Dec 2023
  128. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 26 Apr 2024
  129. Last observed by Ravi Darshana on 21 Apr 2024
  130. Last observed by Lasse Olsson on 2 Jan 1982
  131. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 18 Apr 2024
  132. Last observed by Rob Woods on 15 Feb 2024
  133. Last observed by Ankush Khanna on 10 Dec 2023
  134. Last observed by Pranav Pula on 4 Jan 2023
  135. Last observed by Klaus & Jean Schaefer on 28 Mar 2024
  136. Last observed by Hidde Bult on 13 Nov 2004
  137. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 4 Nov 2023
  138. Last observed by Phil Dargue on 4 Feb 2018
  139. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 16 Feb 2024
  140. Last observed by Rob Woods on 15 Feb 2024
  141. Last observed by SIDDHARTHA Sharma on 5 Apr 2024
  142. Last observed by Pranav Pula on 4 Jan 2023
  143. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 8 Feb 2021
  144. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 22 Apr 2024
  145. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 11 Jan 2022
  146. Last observed by Don-Jean Léandri-Breton on 23 Jan 2015
  147. Last observed by Pranav Pula on 4 Jan 2023
  148. Last observed by Andrew Camp on 2 Jan 2006
  149. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 24 Apr 2024
  150. Last observed by Andrew Camp on 2 Jan 2006
  151. Last observed by Arthur Laing on 14 Dec 2023
  152. Last observed by Dharshana Ranatunga on 9 Mar 2019
  153. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 3 Nov 2023
  154. Last observed by Athula Edirisinghe on 1 Mar 2018
  155. Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 26 Apr 2024
  156. Last observed by Amila S. Fernando on 5 Feb 2024
  157. Last observed by Ashan Tharaka Piyasinghe on 24 Sep 2023
  158. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 18 Apr 2024
  159. Last observed by Pranav Pula on 4 Jan 2023
  160. Last observed by Rumeth Jayasinghe on 30 Sep 2023
  161. Last observed by Rangana Abeyrathne on 27 Nov 2022
  162. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 18 Apr 2024
  163. Last observed by SIDDHARTHA Sharma on 5 Apr 2024
  164. Last observed by Pranav Pula on 4 Jan 2023
  165. Last observed by SIDDHARTHA Sharma on 5 Apr 2024
  166. Last observed by Pranav Pula on 4 Jan 2023
  167. Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 13 Mar 2024
  168. Last observed by Amila S. Fernando on 6 Dec 2023
  169. Last observed by Pieter Vrey on 27 Apr 2011
  170. Last observed by Ravi Darshana on 21 Apr 2024
  171. Last observed by Ravi Darshana on 11 Jan 2024
  172. Last observed by Mohamed Inas Bilal on 15 Nov 2023
  173. Last observed by Vishwa Sankalana on 9 Jan 2024
  174. Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 3 Nov 2023
  175. Last observed by Paul Mulroney on 15 Jan 2024
  176. Last observed by Ravi Darshana on 21 Apr 2024
  177. Last observed by Susantha Weerappuli on 20 Oct 2023

Exotic: Escapee (3)

  1. Last observed by Andrew Ng on 12 May 2021
  2. Last observed by Andrey Vlasenko on 3 Oct 2017
  3. Last observed by Ashan D Fernando on 16 Mar 2018

Hybrids (1)

  1. House x Eurasian Tree Sparrow (hybrid) Passer domesticus x montanus
    Last observed by Gary Allport on 28 Aug 2022

Additional Taxa (24)

  1. cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.) Cuculidae sp.
    Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 27 Oct 2021
  2. swiftlet sp. Collocalia/Aerodramus sp.
    Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 22 Apr 2024
  3. swift sp. Apodidae sp.
    Last observed by Yashodya Vidyani on 25 Aug 2023
  4. Siberian/Tibetan Sand-Plover Anarhynchus mongolus/atrifrons
    Last observed by Supun Athukorala on 17 Sep 2023
  5. jaeger sp. Stercorarius sp. (jaeger sp.)
    Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 20 Oct 2022
  6. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    Last observed by Vishwa Sankalana on 9 Jan 2024
  7. Little/Saunders's Tern Sternula albifrons/saundersi
    Last observed by Dinidu Jayathilake on 17 Sep 2023
  8. Sterna sp. Sterna sp.
    Last observed by Gary Allport on 15 Nov 2020
  9. tern sp. Sterninae sp.
    Last observed by Ravi Darshana on 21 Apr 2024
  10. shearwater sp. Procellariidae sp. (shearwater sp.)
    Last observed by Moditha Kodikara Arachchi on 6 Sep 2022
  11. Little/Indian Cormorant Microcarbo niger/Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
    Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 22 Mar 2023
  12. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    Last observed by Marian Blake on 4 Dec 2023
  13. white egret sp. Egretta/Bubulcus/Ardea sp.
    Last observed by Chintan Sheth on 26 Nov 2023
  14. eagle sp. Accipitridae sp. (eagle sp.)
    Last observed by Amila S. Fernando on 25 Jul 2022
  15. bee-eater sp. Merops sp.
    Last observed by Sushil Kumar on 7 Mar 2023
  16. asian barbet sp. Megalaimidae sp.
    Last observed by 吳 致謙 on 27 Jan 2024
  17. diurnal raptor sp. Accipitriformes/Falconiformes sp.
    Last observed by Joseph Bourget on 28 Mar 2019
  18. parakeet sp. Psittaciformes sp. (parakeet sp.)
    Last observed by 吳 致謙 on 27 Jan 2024
  19. drongo sp. Dicrurus sp.
    Last observed by Yashar Sadafzadeh on 8 Mar 2023
  20. swallow sp. Hirundinidae sp.
    Last observed by Amila S. Fernando on 1 Nov 2023
  21. Lonchura sp. Lonchura sp.
    Last observed by Pavan Thilina Bopitiya Gamage on 12 Nov 2022
  22. Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava/tschutschensis
    Last observed by Klaus & Jean Schaefer on 28 Mar 2024
  23. wagtail sp. Motacilla sp.
    Last observed by Hemantha Seneviratne on 11 Dec 2022
  24. pipit sp. Anthus sp.
    Last observed by Susantha Weerappuli on 20 Oct 2023