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Sri Lanka

native

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

present - origin uncertain

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

introduced

trivial namelatin name
Java sparrow Padda oryzivora
Rock Pigeon Columba livia

vagrant

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

possibly extinct

trivial namelatin name
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos