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Sri Lanka

native

trivial namelatin name
Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
Common or African Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
Common Teal Anas crecca
Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
Common Barn-owl Tyto alba
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Sanderling Calidris alba
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Montagu`s Harrier Circus pygargus
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Brown wood owl Strix leptogrammica
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Blue-breasted Quail Synoicus chinensis
Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Western Great Egret Ardea alba
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Black-winged Stilt, Common Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Black-tailed Godwid Limosa limosa
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Corn Crake Crex crex
Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Ruff Calidris pugnax
Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Whiskered tern Chlidonias hybrida
Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Plum-headed parakeet Himalayapsitta cyanocephala
Little green bee-eater Merops orientalis
Chestnut-headed bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Tufted duck Aythya fuligula
Eurasian coot Fulica atra
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
Oriental Scops-owl Otus sunia
Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata
Gadwall Mareca strepera
Pied kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Golden-fronted leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
White-breasted waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
Short-tailed shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
Garganey Spatula querquedula
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
Indian or Fairy Pitta Pitta brachyura
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
Jungle Bush-Quail Perdicula asiatica
Whimbrel or Hudsonian Curlew Numenius phaeopus
Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
Malabar Pied-Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
Little or House Swift Apus affinis
White-throated Munia Euodice malabarica
White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca
Lesser Crested-Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
House Crow Corvus splendens
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
Flame Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Bubo nipalensis
Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum
Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
Brown Fish-Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
Dimorphic Reef-Egret Egretta gularis
Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
Green Heron Butorides striata
Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus
Layard's Parakeet Nicopsitta calthrapae
Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
Alexandrine Parakeet Palaeornis eupatria
Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
Great Crested-Tern Thalasseus bergii
White-bellied Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera
Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Shikra Accipiter badius
Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
Oriental, Everett's or Japanese White-eye [s.l.] Zosterops palpebrosus
Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon Treron bicinctus
Mountain or Legge's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
Ring-necked Parakeet Alexandrinus krameri
Besra Accipiter virgatus
Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus
Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
Brown Hawk-owl Ninox scutulata
Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica
Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
Black-naped or Pacific Monarch Hypothymis azurea
Green Imperial-Pigeon Ducula aenea
African Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii
Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
Clamorous Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius
Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
Blue-breasted Quail Synoicus chinensis
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola

present - origin uncertain

trivial namelatin name
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
Cape Petrel Daption capense
White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii
Jouanin Petrel Bulweria fallax
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus

introduced

trivial namelatin name
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Java sparrow Padda oryzivora

vagrant

trivial namelatin name
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
Common Grasshopper-Warbler Locustella naevia
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Great Snipe Gallinago media
Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
Long-legged buzzard Buteo rufinus
Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus
Ruddy shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Common pochard Aythya ferina
Oriental turtle dove Streptopelia orientalis
Lesser kestrel Falco naumanni
Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
Solitary sandpiper Tringa solitaria
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
Slender-billed gull Larus genei
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii
Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

possibly extinct

trivial namelatin name
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos