English Name: - Oriental Darter

BIRDS IN SRI LANKA

Sinhala Name: - Ahikava

English Name: - Spot Billed Pelican
Scientific Name: - Anhinga melanogaster
Sinhala Name: - Alu Pasthuduwa
Common / Breeding resident / Low country
Scientific Name: - Pelecanus philippensis
Very common / Breeding resident / Low country
Dry zone
English Name: - Little Grebe
Sinhala Name: - Heen Gembithuruwa
English Name: - Little Cormorant
Scientific Name: - Tachybaptus ruficollis
Sinhala Name: - Punchi Diyakawa
Common / Breeding resident / Low country
/Rare in Hill Country

Scientific Name: - Phalacrocorax niger

Very common / Breeding resident / Low country
Dry zone, occasionally in the Hill Country

English Name: - Intermediate Egret

Sinhala Name: - Sudu Madi-koka
English Name: - Great Cormorant
Scientific Name: - Mesophoyx intermedia
Sinhala Name: - Maha Diyakawa
Very common / Breeding resident / Low country
Scientific Name: - Phalacrocorax carbo
Rare/Breeding resident/ Low country Dry zone

English Name: - Little Egret

Sinhala Name: - Kuda Ali-koka

English Name: - Indian Cormorant

Scientific Name: - Egretta garzetta

Sinhala Name: - Hadapalu Diyakawa

Very common / Breeding resident / Low country

Scientific Name: - Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

Very common / Breeding resident / Low country

EnglishName:PurpleHeron

SinhalaName:Karavalkoka

ScientificName:Ardeapurpurea

Common/Breedingresident/Lowcountry

English Name: - Great Egret

Sinhala Name: - Maha Sudu Koka
Scientific Name: - Casmerodius albus
Common / Breeding resident / Low country

English Name: - Cattle Egret

EnglishName:StriatedHeron

Sinhala Name: - Gawa Koka

SinhalaName:KudaPalaKanakoka

Scientific Name: - Bubulcus ibis

Very common / Breeding resident / Low
country

ScientificName:Butoridesstriatus

Common/Breedingresident/Lowcountry

English Name: - Western Reef Egret

EnglishName:IndianPondHeron

Sinhala Name: - Muhudupara Ali-koka

SinhalaName:Kanakoka

Scientific Name: - Egretta gularis

ScientificName:Ardeolagrayii

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Allzone

Very rare / Breeding resident / Low country

EnglishName:BlackcrownedNightHeron

EnglishName:GreyHeron

SinhalaName:Alukoka

ScientificName:Ardeacinerea

Common/Breedingresident/Lowcountry

SinhalaName:Rakoka
ScientificName:Nycticoraxnycticorax

Common/Breedingresident/Lowcountry

EnglishName:BlackwingedStilt

SinhalaName:PiyapathKaluipalava
Scientific Name: Himantopus himantopus

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Lowcountry

EnglishName:AsianOpenbill
SinhalaName:Vivarathuduva

Name:
Anastomus
oscitans
Scientific

Common/Breedingresident/Lowcountry

EnglishName:PheasanttailedJacana
SinhalaName:SavulpendaDiyasana

Scientific Name: Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Lowcountry

English Name: - Greater Flamingo

EnglishName:LesserAdjutant

Sinhala Name: - Seeyakkaraya

SinhalaName:Bahurumanawa
Name:
Leptoptilos
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/Lowcountry

Scientific Name: - Phoenicopterus ruber

javanicus

Common /Migrant /Low country Dry zone

English Name: - Black-necked Stork

English Name: - Cotton Pygmy-goose

Sinhala Name: - Ali-manawa

Sinhala Name: - Mal Sera

Scientific Name: - Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

Scientific Name: - Nettapus coromandelianus

Very rare/Breeding resident /Low country Dry

zone

Common /Breeding resident /Low country

English Name: - Lesser Whistling Duck

English Name: - Malayan Night-heron

Sinhala Name: - Kuda Thumba-seruwa

Sinhala Name: - Malayanu Thamba-koka

Scientific Name: - Dendrocygna javanica

Scientific Name: - Gorsachius melanolophus

Very common /Breeding resident /Low country

Rare / Migrant / All zones

English Name: - Northern Pintail

English Name: - Fulvous Whistling Duck

Sinhala Name: - Ul-penda Seruwa

Sinhala Name: - Maha Thumba Seruwa

Scientific Name: - Anas acuta

Scientific Name: - Dendrocygna bicolour

Very common /Migrant /Low country

Very rare / Migrant / Low country

English Name: - Gargeny

English Name: - Ruddy Shelduck

Sinhala Name: - Gargeni Seruwa

Sinhala Name: - Chakravakaya

Scientific Name: - Anas querquedula

Scientific Name: - Tadorna ferruginea

Very common /Migrant /Low country

Very rare / Migrant / Low country Dry zone

English Name: - Eurasian Wigeon

English Name: - Black-winged Kite

Sinhala Name: - Wijaniya Seruwa

Sinhala Name: - Pathanukussa

Scientific Name: - Anas penelope

Scientific Name: - Elanus caeruleus

Very rare / Migrant / Low country Dry zone

Common /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - Spot-billed Duck

English Name: - Crested Serpant Eagle

Sinhala Name: - Tith-hota Seruwa

Sinhala Name: - Sarpakussa

Scientific Name: - Anas poecilorhyncha

Scientific Name: - Spilornis cheela

Very rare /Migrant / Low country Dry zone

Very common / Breeding resident / All zones

English Name: - Oriental Honey-Buzzard

English Name: - Northern Shoveler

Sinhala Name: - Siluvathi-bambarukussa

Sinhala Name: - Shavala Seruwa

Scientific Name: - Pernis ptilorhyncus

Scientific Name: - Anas clypeata

Very rare/ Migrant/ Low country Dry zone

Rare / Migrant / Low country

English Name: - Changeable Hawk-eagle

English Name: - Shikra
Sinhala Name: - Kondakussa
Sinhala Name: - Kurulugoya
Scientific Name: - Spizaetus cirrhatus
Scientific Name: - Accipiter badius
Common / Breeding resident / All zones
Very common /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - Mountain Hawk Eagle

English Name: - Black Kite

Sinhala Name: - Kandukara Bondakussa

Sinhala Name: - Kalu Parakussa

Scientific Name: - Spizaetus nipalensis

Scientific Name: - Milvus migrans

Rare/ Breeding resident / Hill country

Very common / Breeding resident / Low country

Dry zone

English Name: - Black Eagle

English Name: - Pallid Harrier

Sinhala Name: - Kalukussa

Sinhala Name: - Sudumali Harikussa

Scientific Name: - Ictinaetus malayenisis

Scientific Name: - Circus macrourus

Rare / Breeding resident /Hill country & Low

country Dry zone

Rare / Migrant / All zones

English Name: - Osprey

English Name: - Montagus Harrier

Sinhala Name: - Uthuru Lihiniya

Sinhala Name: - Montagu Harikussa

Scientific Name: - Pandien haliaetus

Scientific Name: - Circus macpugargus

Rare / Migrant / Low country Dry zone

Rare / Migrant / All zones

English Name: - Black Baza

English Name: - Crested Goshawk

Sinhala Name: - Kalu Saratukussa

Sinhala Name: - Siluvathi Kurulugoya

Scientific Name: - Aviceda leuphotes

Scientific Name: - Accipter trivirgatus

Very rare / Migrant

Rare / Breeding resident / All zones

English Name: - Besra

English Name: - Oriental Hobby

Sinhala Name: - Besra Kurulugoya

Sinhala Name: - Hobby Parisarikussa

Scientific Name: - Accipter virgatus

Scientific Name: - Falco severus

Rare / Breeding resident / All zones

Very rare / Migrant / Hill country

English Name: - Common Buzzard

English Name: - Peregrine

Sinhala Name: - Podhu Lassikussa

Sinhala Name: - Peradige Parisarikussa

Scientific Name: - Buteo buteo

Scientific Name: - Falco peregrinus

Migrant / All zones

Rare / Breeding resident / All zones

English Name: - Common Krestal

English Name: - Booted Eagle

Sinhala Name: - Parisarikussa

Sinhala Name: - Kesarupa Rajaliya

Scientific Name: - Falco tinnunculus

Scientific Name: - Hieraaetus pennatus

Very Rare/Breeding resident /Hill country

Very rare / Migrant / All zones

English Name: - Rufous-bellied Eagle

English Name: - Brahminy Kite

Sinhala Name: - Rathodara Rajaliya

Sinhala Name: - Bamunu Piyakussa

Scientific Name: - Hieraaetus kienerii

Scientific Name: - Haliastur indus

Rare / Breeding resident / All zones

Very common /Breeding resident /Low country

English Name: - Grey Headed Fish-eagle

English Name: - Sri Lanka Jungle Fowl

Sinhala Name: - Waw Masukussa

Sinhala Name: - Lanka Wali Kukula

Scientific Name: - Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus

Scientific Name: - Gullus lafayetii

Rare/Breeding resident /Low country Dry zone

Common /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - White-bellied Fish Eagle

English Name: - Barred Button-quail

Sinhala Name: - Sethodara Diyakussa

Sinhala Name: - Bola-watuwa

Scientific Name: - Haliaeetus leucogaster

Scientific Name: - Turnix suscitator

Common /Breeding resident /Low country Dry

zone & mid- country

Common /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - Pied Harrier

English Name: - Blue-breasted Quail

Sinhala Name: - Kalu-sudu Harikussa

Sinhala Name: - Laya Nilwatuwa

Scientific Name: - Circus melanoleucos

Scientific Name: - Coturnix chinensis

Rare/Migrant /All zones

Common /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - Western Marsh Harrier

English Name: - Indian Peafowl

Sinhala Name: - Waguru Harikussa

Sinhala Name: - Monara

Scientific Name: - Circus aeruginosus

Scientific Name: - Pavo cristatus

Common /Migrant /All zones

Very common /Breeding resident /Low country

Dry zone

English Name: - Sri Lanka Spur Fowl

English Name: - Pacific Golden Plover

Sinhala Name: - Lanka Haban Kukula

Sinhala Name: - Ran Maha-oleviya

Scientific Name: - Galloperdix bicalcarata

Scientific Name: - Pluvialis fulva

Rare/Breeding resident /Wet zones & Dry zone

Very common /Migrant /Low country

English Name: - Eurasian Thick-knee

English Name: - Greater Sand Plover

Sinhala Name: - Kuda Golu-kalikaya

Sinhala Name: - Maha Vali-oleviya

Scientific Name: - Burhinus oedicnemus

Scientific Name: - Charadrius leschenaultii

Common /Breeding resident /Low country

Common /Migrant /Low country Dry zone

English Name: - Great Thick-knee

English Name: - Lesser Sand Plover

Sinhala Name: - Maha Golu-kalikaya

Sinhala Name: - Kuda Vali-oleviya

Scientific Name: - Burhinus recurvirostris

Scientific Name: - Charadrius mongolus

Very common /Breeding resident /Low country

Dry zone

Rare/Migrant /Low country Dry zone

English Name: - Grey Plover

English Name: - Kentish Plover

Sinhala Name: - Alu Maha-oleviya

Sinhala Name: - Kentiya Oleviya

Scientific Name: - Pluvialis squatarola

Scientific Name: - Charadrius alexandrinus

Common /Migrant /Low country

Very common /Migrant /Low country

English Name: - Little Ringed Plover

EnglishName:PintailSnipe

Sinhala Name: - Heen Mala-oleviya

SinhalaName:PendaulKaswatuwa

Scientific Name: - Charadrius dubius

Name:
Gallinago
Scientific

Common/Migrant/Allzones

Common /Migrant /Low country

English Name: - Eurasian Curlew

EnglishName:RedwattledLapwing

Sinhala Name: - Kalikaya

SinhalaName:RathkaramalKirala

Scientific Name: - Numenius arquata

stenura

Name:
Vanellus
indicus
Scientific

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Lowcountry

Migrant/Low country

English
Name:
Whimbrel

Sinhala
Name:
Vimburaliya

Name:
Numenius
phaeopus
Scientific

Verycommon/LowcountryDryzone

EnglishName:YellowwattledLapwing
SinhalaName:KahakaramalKirala
Name:
Vanellus
malabaricus
Scientific

Common /Breeding resident /Low country Dry

zone

English
Name:
Pied
Avocet

Sinhala
Name:
Avasaththa

Scientific
Name:
Recurvirostra
avosetta

Rare/Migrant/LowcountryDryzone

EnglishName:OrientalPratincole
SinhalaName:PeradigeJavalihiniya
Name:
Glareola
maldivarum
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/LowcountryDryzone

EnglishName:SmallPratincole

English Name: - Bar-tailed Godwit

SinhalaName:KudaJavalihiniya

Sinhala Name: - Iri-penda Gohoduviththa

Scientific Name: - Limosa lapponica

Name:
Glareola
lactea
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/LowcountryDryzone

Very rare / Migrant /Low country Dry zone

EnglishName:EurasianOystercatcher

English Name: - Greenshank

SinhalaName:Bolugulla

Sinhala Name: - Palapa Silibilla

Scientific Name: - Tringa nebularia

Scientific Name: Haematopus ostralegus

Veryrare/Migrant/LowcountryDryzone

Common / Migrant /Low country

EnglishName:Ruff

English Name: - Common Redshank

SinhalaName:Lovichchiya

Sinhala Name: - Rathpa Silibilla

Scientific Name: - Tringa totanus

Name:
Philomachus
pugnax
Scientific

Common/Migrant/LowcountryDryzone

Very common / Migrant /Low country

EnglishName:BlacktailedGodwit

English Name: - Ruddy Turnstone

SinhalaName:PendakaluGohodhuviththa

Sinhala Name: - Galharawanna

Scientific Name: - Arenaria interpres

Name:
Limosa
limosa
Scientific

Veryrare/Migrant/LowcountryDryzone

Very common / Migrant /Low country Dry zone

English Name: - Green Sandpiper

English Name: - Curlew-sandpiper

Sinhala Name: - Kola Silibilla

Sinhala Name: - Kalika Hinna

Scientific Name: - Tringa ochropus

Scientific Name: - Calidris ferruginea

Rare / Migrant /Low country

Very common /Migrant/Low country

English Name: - Wood Sandpiper

English Name: - Common Sandpiper

Sinhala Name: - Wana Silibilla

Sinhala Name: - Podhu Silibilla

Scientific Name: - Tringa glareola

Scientific Name: - Tringa hypoleucos

Very common / Migrant / All zones

Very common / Migrant / All zones

English Name: - Marsh Sandpiper

English Name: - Little Stint

Sinhala Name: - Waguru Silibilla

Sinhala Name: - Heen Hinna

Scientific Name: - Tringa stagnatilis

Scientific Name: - Calidris minuta

Very common / Migrant/Low country

Very common /Migrant /Low country

English Name: - Terek Sandpiper

English Name: - Long-toed stint

Sinhala Name: - Terek Silibilla

Sinhala Name: - Padangili-diga Hinna

Scientific Name: - Tringa cinerea

Scientific Name: - Calidris subminuta

Rare / Migrant /Low country Dry zone

Rare/Migrant /Low country Dry zone

English Name: - Temmincks Stint

English Name: - Great Crested Tern

Sinhala Name: - Temminck Hinna

Sinhala Name: - Maha Konda Muhudu-lihiniya

Scientific Name: - Calidris subminuta

Scientific Name: - Sterna bergii

Rare/Migrant /Low country Dry zone

Common /Breeding resident /Low country

English Name: - Brown-headed Gull

English Name: - Caspian Tern

Sinhala Name: - Hisa-dumburu Galuviya

Sinhala Name: - Caspiyanu-muhudu Lihiniya

Scientific Name: - Larus brunnicephalus

Scientific Name: - Sterna caspia

Common /Migrant /Low country Dry zone

Common /Migrant /Low country Dry zone

English Name: - Great Black-headed Gull

English Name: - Roseate Tern
Sinhala Name: - Maha Hisa-kalu Galuviya
Sinhala Name: - Arunuvan-muhudu Lihiniya
Scientific Name: - Larus ichthyaetus
Scientific Name: - Sterna dougallii
Rare/Migrant /Low country Dry zone
Common /Migrant

English Name: - Gull-billed Tern

English Name: - Whiskered Tern
Sinhala Name: - Galu-hota Muhudu Lihiniya
Sinhala Name: - Kangul Lihiniya
Scientific Name: - Sterna nilotica
Scientific Name: - Childonias hybridus
Common /Migrant /Low country
Very common /Migrant

English Name: - White-winged Tern

English Name: - Common Tern

Sinhala Name: - Piyapathsudu Kangul

Lihiniya

Sinhala Name: - Podhu Muhudu-lihiniya

Scientific Name: - Sterna hirundo

Scientific Name: - Childonias leucopterus

Rare / Migrant / Low country
Rare/Migrant /Low country

English Name: - Little Tern

English Name: - Black-shafted Little Tern

Sinhala Name: - Kuda Muhudu-Lihiniya

Sinhala Name: - Saundersge Muhudulihiniya

Scientific Name: - Sterna albifrons

Scientific Name: - Sterna saundersi
Common /Breeding resident /Low country
Dry zone

Rare / Migrant / Low country Dry zone

English Name: - Bridled Tern

English Name: - Sooty Tern

Sinhala Name: - Piyapath-dumburu

Muhudu Lihiniya

Sinhala Name: - Dumburuvan Muhudulihiniya

Scientific Name: - Sterna anaethetus

Scientific Name: - Sterna fuscata

Common /Migrant /Low country Dry zone

Very rare / Migrant / Low country

English Name: - Sandwich Tern

English Name: - Sri Lanka Wood-pigeon

Sinhala Name: - Sandwich Muhudulihiniya

Sinhala Name: - Lanka Maila Goya

Scientific Name: - Columba torringtoni

Scientific Name: - Sterna sandvicensis

Rare/Breeding resident /Hill country
Rare / Migrant / Low country Dry zone

English Name: - Orange-breasted Green

Pigeon

English Name: - Spotted Dove

Sinhala Name: - Alu Kobeiya

Sinhala Name: - Laya Ran Batagoya

Scientific Name: - Streptopelia chinensis
Scientific Name: - Treron bicincta
Very common /Breeding resident /All zones
Common /Breeding resident /Low country

English Name: - Pampadour Green Pigeon

English Name: - Rock Pigeon

Sinhala Name: - Pompadora Batagoya

Sinhala Name: - Gal Paraviya

Scientific Name: - Treron pompadora

Scientific Name: - Columba livia

Common /Breeding resident /All zones

Very rare / Breeding resident / Low country

Dry zone

English Name: - Green Imperial Pigeon

English Name: - Red Collared Dove

Sinhala Name: - Maha Neela Goya

Sinhala Name: - Rathu-tutura Kobeiya

Scientific Name: - Ducula aenea

Scientific Name: - Streptopelia

tranquebarica

Common /Breeding resident /Low country

Rare / Migrant / Low country Dry zone

English Name: - Emerald Dove

English Name: - Eurasian Collared Dove

Sinhala Name: - Neela Kobeiya

Sinhala Name: - Mala Kobeiya

Scientific Name: - Chalcophaps indica

Scientific Name: - Streptopelia decaocto

Very common /Breeding resident /All zones

Common / Breeding resident / Low country

Dry zone

English Name: - Plum Headed Parakeet

English Name: - Yellow Footed Green

Pigeon

Sinhala Name: - Pandu Girawa

Sinhala Name: - Seepadu Batagoya

Scientific Name: - Psittacula cyanocephala

Scientific Name: - Treron phoenicoptera

Common /Breeding resident /All zones

Rare / Breeding resident / Low country Dry

zone

English Name: - Little Green Bee-eater

English Name: - Sri Lanka Hanging Parakeet

Sinhala Name: - Palavan Binguharaya

Sinhala Name: - Lanka Giramaliththa

Scientific Name: - Merops orientalis

Scientific Name: - Loriculus beryllinus

Common /Breeding resident /All zones

Very common /Breeding resident /Low

country Dry zone

English Name: - Alexandrine Parakeet

English Name: - Blue-tailed Bee Eater
Sinhala Name: - Labu Girawa
Sinhala Name: - Pendanil Binguharaya
Scientific Name: - Psittacula eupatria
Scientific Name: - Merops philippinus
Common /Breeding resident /All zones
Very common /Migrant /All zones

English Name: - Layards Parakeet

English Name: - Chestnut Headed Bee-eater
Sinhala Name: - Lanka Alu Girawa
Sinhala Name: - Pinguhis Binguharaya
Scientific Name: - Psittacula calthorpae
Scientific Name: - Merops leschenaulti
Common /Breeding resident /All zones
Common /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - Rose-ringed Parakeet

English Name: - Asian Koel

Sinhala Name: - Rana Girawa

Sinhala Name: - Koha

Scientific Name: - Psittacula krameri

Scientific Name: - Eudynamys scolopacea

Very common / Breeding resident /All zones

Very common /Breeding resident / Low country

English Name: - Pied Cuckoo

English Name: - Blue-faced Malkoha

Sinhala Name: - Gomara Konda-koha

Sinhala Name: - Watha nil Malkoha

Scientific Name: - Oxylophus jacobinus

Scientific Name: - Phaenicophaeus viridirostris

Common /Breeding resident /All zones but

scarce in Wet zone

Common /Breeding resident / Low country Dry

zone

English Name: - Grey-bellied Cuckoo

English Name: - Chestnut-winged Cuckoo

Sinhala Name: - Lathoni Pingu Koha

Sinhala Name: - Path rathu Konda Koha

Scientific Name: - Cacomantis passerinus

Scientific Name: - Clamator coromandus

Common / Migrant /All zones

Rare / Migrant / Low country

English Name: - Red-faced Mal Koha

English Name: - Common Hawk Cuckoo

Sinhala Name: - Watha-rathu Malkoha

Sinhala Name: - Ukusu Kokilaya

Scientific Name: - Phaenicophaeus

pyrrhocephalus

Scientific Name: - Cuculus varius

Rare / Breeding resident / All zones

Rare / Breeding resident / All zones

English Name: - Indian Cuckoo

English Name: - Sirkeer Malkoha

Sinhala Name: - Indiyanu Kokilaya

Sinhala Name: - Pathan-atikukula

Scientific Name: - Cuculus micropterus

Scientific Name: - Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii

Common / Probably Breeding resident / Low

country Dry zone

Rare / Breeding resident / Low country Dry zone

Uva sub-montane to Maduru Oya

English Name: - Lesser Cuckoo

English Name: - Srilanka Green-billed Coucal

Sinhala Name: - Punchi Kokilaya

Sinhala Name: - Lanka Bata Ati Kukula

Scientific Name: - Cuculus poliocephalus

Scientific Name: - Centropus chlororhynchus

Rare / Migrant / All zones

Very rare /Breeding resident / Low country Wet

zone

English Name: - Banded-bay Cuckoo

English Name: - Greater Coucal

Sinhala Name: - Vaira Pingu-koha

Sinhala Name: - Ati Kukula

Scientific Name: - Cocomantis sonneratii

Scientific Name: - Centropus sinensis

Common / Breeding resident / All zones

Very common /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - Drongo Cuckoo

English Name: - Brown Fish Owl

Sinhala Name: - Kavudu Koha

Sinhala Name: - Dumburu Kevul Bakamuna

Scientific Name: - Surniculus lugubris

Scientific Name: - Ketupa zeylonensis

Rare / Breeding resident / Low country

Common /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - Indian Scops Owl

English Name: - Frogmouth

Sinhala Name: - Kan-diga Bassa

Sinhala Name: - Madi-muhuna

Scientific Name: - Otus bakkamoena

Scientific Name: - Batrachostomus monilieger

Common /Breeding resident /All zones

Rare /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - Srilanka Chestnut-backed

Owlet

English Name: - Barn Owl

Sinhala Name: - Atu-bakamuna

Sinhala Name: - Lanka Pitathambala Wanabassa

Scientific Name: - Tyto alba

Scientific Name: - Glaucidium castanonotus

Rare / Breeding resident / Low country Dry zone

Rare /Breeding resident /Low country Wet zone

& Hill country

English Name: - Oriental Scops-owl

English Name: - Oriental Bay Owl

Sinhala Name: - Singithi Bassa

Sinhala Name: - Mukalan Bassa

Scientific Name: - Otus sunia

Scientific Name: - Phodilus badius

Rare / Migrant / Low country Dry zone

English Name: - Spot-billed Eagle-owl

English Name: - Brown Wood-owl

Sinhala Name: - Ulama

Sinhala Name: - Dumburu Wana Bakamuna

Scientific Name: - Bubo nipalensis

Scientific Name: - Strix leptogrammica

Rare /Breeding resident /All zones

Common / Breeding resident / All zones

Rare / Breeding resident / Low country Wet zone

& Hill country

English Name: - Jungle Owlet

English Name: - Jerdons Nightjar

Sinhala Name: - Waira Wana Bassa

Sinhala Name: - Dikpenda Bimbassa

Scientific Name: - Glaucidium radiatum

Scientific Name: - Caprimulgus atripennis

Common / Breeding resident / Low country Dry

zone

Common / Breeding resident / All zones

mainly in the Dry zone

English Name: - Brown Hawk-owl

English Name: - Common Nightjar

Sinhala Name: - Dumburu Ukusu Bassa

Sinhala Name: - Podu Bimbassa

Scientific Name: - Nonox scutulata

Scientific Name: - Caprimulgus asiaticus

Common / Breeding resident / All zones

Common /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - Short-eared Owl

English Name: - Black-backed Kingfisher

Sinhala Name: - Kan kota Bakamuna

Sinhala Name: - Ran-pilihuduwa

Scientific Name: - Asio flammeus

Scientific Name: - Cexy erithacus

Rare / Migrant / All zones

Rare /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - Grey Nightjar

English Name: - Stork-billed Kingfisher

Sinhala Name: - Kandurata Bimbassa

Sinhala Name: - Manathudu Maha-pilihuduwa

Scientific Name: - Caprimulgus indicus

Scientific Name: - Pelargopsis capensis

Rare / Breeding resident / Hill country

Common /Breeding resident / Low country

English Name: - Black-capped Kingfisher

English Name: - Pied Kingfisher

Sinhala Name: - Hisa Kalu Dam-pilihuduwa

Sinhala Name: - Gomara Kalapu-pilihuduwa

Scientific Name: - Halcyon pileata

Scientific Name: - Ceryle rudis

Rare / Migrant / All zones

Common /Breeding resident / Low country

English Name: - Greater Painted-snipe

English Name: - White-throated Kingfisher

Sinhala Name: - Ulu-kaswatuwa

Sinhala Name: - Laya-sudu Pilihuduwa

Scientific Name: - Rostratula bengahalensis

Scientific Name: - Halcyon smyrnensis

Rare / Breeding resident / All zones

Very common /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - Red-backed Woodpecker

English Name: - Common Kingfisher
Sinhala Name: - Pita-rathu Rath-kerala
Sinhala Name: - Podhu-mal Pilihuduwa
Scientific Name: - Alcedo atthis

Scientific Name: - Dinopium benghalense

psarodes

Very common /Breeding resident /All zones

Common /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - Rufous Woodpecker

English Name: - Blue-eared Kingfisher

Sinhala Name: - Rathudumburu Koda-kerala

Sinhala Name: - Nila-karni Mal-pilihuduwa

Scientific Name: - Celeus brachyurus

Scientific Name: - Alcedo meninting

Rare / Breeding resident / All zones

Very rare / Breeding resident / Low country Dry

zone

English Name: - White-naped Woodpecker

English Name: - Lesser Yellownape

Sinhala Name: - Pita Kaha Maha-kerala

Sinhala Name: - Pita-pitakara Kola Kerala

Scientific Name: - Chrysocolaptes festivus

Scientific Name: - Picus chlorolophus

Rare / Breeding resident / Low country / Dry zo

Common /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - Yellow-crowned Woodpecker

English Name: - Black-rumped Flameback

Sinhala Name: - Pithagra Gomara Kerala

Sinhala Name: - Pita Ran Rath Kerala

Scientific Name: - Dendrocopos mahrattensis

Scientific Name: - Dinopium benghalense

jaffnense

Common /Breeding resident /Low country Dry

zone

Common /Breeding resident / Low country Dry

zone

English Name: - Brown-capped Woodpecker

English Name: - Greater Flameback

Sinhala Name: - Kuru Gomara Kerala

Sinhala Name: - Pita-levan Maha Kerala

Scientific Name: - Dendrocopos nanus

Scientific Name: - Chrysocolaptes lucidus

Common /Breeding resident /All zones

Rare /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - Indian Swiftlet

English Name: - Streak Throated Woodpecker

Sinhala Name: - Indiyanu Kadal Thurithaya

Sinhala Name: - Korala-udara Kola Kerala

Scientific Name: - Collocalia unicolor

Scientific Name: - Picus xanthopygaeus

Common /Breeding resident /All zones

Rare /Breeding resident /Low country Dry zone

& Hill country

EnglishName:BlackrumpedFlameback

SinhalaName:AluSabaraLihiniya

ScientificName:Artamusfuscus

Common/Breedingresident/Allzones

English Name: - Asian Palm-swift

Sinhala Name: - Thal Thurithaya
Scientific Name: - Cypsiurus balasiensis
Common /Breeding resident /All zones

EnglishName:BarnSwallow

SinhalaName:Wahilihiniya

ScientificName:Hirundorustica

Verycommon/Migrant/Allzones

English Name: - Little Swift

Sinhala Name: - Katiya-sudu Thurithaya
Scientific Name: - Apus affinis
Common /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - Brown-backed Needletail

EnglishName:HillSwallow

Sinhala Name: - Katupenda Thurithaya

SinhalaName:KandukaraWahilihiniya

Scientific Name: - Hirundapus gigantes

ScientificName:Hirundodomicola

Common / Breeding resident / Hill country &

visitortoLowcountryWetzone

Rare / Status uncertain / Breeding resident /

Lower Hill country

English Name: - Alpine Swift

EnglishName:CrestedTreeSwift

Sinhala Name: - Sethodara Thurithaya

SinhalaName:SiluRukThurithaya

Scientific Name: - Tachymarptis melba

ScientificName:Hemiprocnecoronate

Common/Breedingresident/Allzones

Rare / Breeding resident / Hill country visits Low

country

EnglishName:RedrumpedSwallow

EnglishName:CoppersmithBarbet

SinhalaName:RathukatiWahilihiniya

SinhalaName:BotuwaruthuKottoruwa

ScientificName:Herundodaurica

Common/Breedingresident/Allzones

ScientificName:Megalaimahaemacephala

Common /Breeding resident /Low country Dry

zone&LowerHillcountry

EnglishName:ScarletMinivet

EnglishName:CrimsonfrontedBarbet

SinhalaName:MahaMinivittha

SinhalaName:OluwarathuKottoruwa

ScientificName:Pericrocotusflammeus

Common/Breedingresident/Allzones

ScientificName:Megalaimarubricapilla

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:SmallMinivet

EnglishName:SriLankaYellowfrontedBarbet

SinhalaName:KudaMinivittha

SinhalaName:RannalalKottoruwa

ScientificName:Pericrocotuscinnamomeus

Common/Breedingresident/Allzones

ScientificName:Megalaimaflavifrons

Very common /Breeding resident / Wet zone &

mostlyHillcountry

English Name: Blue Winged Leaf Bird

Sinhala
Name:
Jerdonge
Kolarusiya

Scientific
Name:
Chloropsis
cochinchinensis

Common/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:BrownheadedBarbet
SinhalaName:PolosKottoruwa
ScientificName:Megalaimazeylanica

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

English
Name:
Common
Iora

Sinhala
Name:
Iorava

Name:
Aegithina
tiphia
Scientific

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:BlackDrongo
SinhalaName:KaluKauda
Name:
Dicrurus
macrocercus
Scientific

Common / Breeding resident / Low country Dry

zone

EnglishName:AshyDrongo

SinhalaName:PodhuKauda

SinhalaName:AlupahaKauda

Name:
Dicrurus
caerulescens
Scientific

Very common / Breeding resident / Low country

Wetzone

Name:
Dicrurus
Scientific

Rare/Migrant/Lowcountry

EnglishName:IndianRoller

SinhalaName:KaluSiluKauda

SinhalaName:Dumbonna

Name:
Coracias
bengalensis
Scientific

Common/Breedingresident/Lowcountry

EnglishName:Dollarbird

SinhalaName:PithipendaKauda

SinhalaName:Dumkawa

Name:
Eurystomus
orientalis
Scientific

VeryRare/Breedingresident/Lowcountry

EnglishName:MalabarPiedHornbill

English Name: - Malabar Trogon

SinhalaName:Porokandaththa

Sinhala Name: - Lohawannichchiya

Scientific Name: - Harpactes fasciatus
Common /Breeding resident /All zones

EnglishName:SrilankaGreyHornbill

English Name: - Srilanka Blue Magpie

SinhalaName:Alukandaththa

Sinhala Name: - Lanka Kahibella

Scientific Name: - Urocissa ornata

Name:
Ocyceros
gingalensis
Scientific

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Lowcountry&
visitortoHillcountry

Rare /Breeding resident / Low country Wet zone

& Hill country

EnglishName:EurasianHoopoe

English Name: - Hill Mynah

SinhalaName:Poroluwa

Sinhala Name: - Podhu Salalihiniya

Scientific Name: - Gracula religiosa

Name:
Upupa
epops
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/LowcountryDryzone

Common /Breeding resident /All zones

EnglishName:SrilankaWhitefacedStartling

English Name: - Srilanka Mynah

SinhalaName:LankaHisasuduSharikava

Sinhala Name: - Lanka Salalihiniya

Scientific Name: - Gracula ptilogenys

Name:
Sturnus
senex
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/LowcountryWetzone&
Hillcountry

Common /Breeding resident / Low country Wet

zone & Hill country

Scientific Name: Anthracoceros coronatus

Common /Breeding resident /Low country Dry

zone

EnglishName:RackettailDrongo

Scientific Name: Dicrurus paradiseus ceylonicus

Very common / Breeding resident / Low country

Wetzone&Hillcountry

leucophaus

EnglishName:CrestedDrongo

ScientificName:Dicrurusparadiseuslophorhinus

Very common / Breeding resident / Low country

Wetzone&Hillcountry

EnglishName:WhitebelliedDrongo

English Name: - Black-hooded Oriole

English Name: - Common Mynah

Sinhala Name: - Hisa-kalu Kaha kurulla

Sinhala Name: - Myna

Scientific Name: - Oriolus xanthornus

Scientific Name: - Acridotheres tristis

Very common /Breeding resident /All zones

Very common /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: - Eurasian Golden Oriole

English Name: - Long-tailed Shrike

Sinhala Name: - Ran Kaha kurulla

Sinhala Name: - Rathu Kati-Sabaritta

Scientific Name: - Oriolus oriolus

Scientific Name: - Lanius schach

Rare / Migrant / Low country mainly in Jaffna

Common /Breeding resident / Low country Dry

zone north of Puttalam

English Name: - Black-naped Oriole

English Name: - Large Cuckoo Shrike

Sinhala Name: - Pitihisa kalu Kaha Kurulla

Sinhala Name: - Maha Kovul-saratittha

Scientific Name: - Oriolus chinensis

Scientific Name: - Coracina macei

Very rare / Migrant / Low country

Common /Breeding resident / Low country Dry

zone & Hill country

English Name: - Indian Pitta

English Name: - Black-headed Cuckoo Shrike

Sinhala Name: - Awichchiya

Sinhala Name: - Hisa-kalu Kovul-saratittha

Scientific Name: - Pitta brachyuran

Scientific Name: - Coracina melanoptera

Common /Migrant /All zones

Rare /Breeding resident /All zones

English Name: Common Wood Shrike

Sinhala
Name:
Wana
Saratittha

Scientific
Name:
Tephrodornis
pondicerianus

Common/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:BlackBulbul
SinhalaName:KaluKondaya
Scientific Name: Hypsipetes leucocephalus

Common /Breeding resident / Low country Wet

zone&Hillcountry

English
Name:
Brown
Shrike

Sinhala
Name:
Dumburu
Sabariththa

Scientific
Name:
Lanius
Cristatus
Cristatus

Common/Migrant/Allzones

EnglishName:BlackcrestedBulbul
SinhalaName:HisakaluKaluKondaya
Scientific Name: Pycnonotus melanicterus

Common/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:WhitebrowedBulbul

SinhalaName:PhilipinaSabariththa

SinhalaName:BamasuduKondaya

Name:
Pycnonotus
luteolus
Scientific

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:BarwingedFlycatchershrike

EnglishName:SrilankaYellowearedBulbul

SinhalaName:Hemipuspictatus

SinhalaName:LankaPeethakanKondaya

Name:
Hemipus
Scientific

Common/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:PhilippineShrike

Scientific Name: Lanius Cristatus lucionensis

Veryrare/Migrant/Allzones

pictatus

Scientific Name: Pycnonotus penicillatus

Common/Breedingresident/Hillcountry

EnglishName:YellowbrowedBulbul

EnglishName:BlythsReedWarbler

SinhalaName:BamakahaGaluguduwa

SinhalaName:BlythgePanraviya

Name:
Iole
indica
Scientific

Common /Breeding resident / Low country Wet

zone

Scientific Name: Acrocephalus dumetorum

Common/Migrant/Allzones

EnglishName:ClamorousReedwarbler

SinhalaName:Kondaya

SinhalaName:MahaPanraviya

Name:
Pycnonotus
cafer
Scientific

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

Scientific Name: Acrocephalus stentoreus

Common/Breedingresident/Lowcountry

English Name: LargeBilled LeafWarbler

Sinhala
Name:
ThudaLoku
GasRaviya

Scientific Name: Phylloscopus Magnirostris

Common/Migrant/AllZones

SinhalaName:Rukraviya
Name:
Hippolais
caligata
Scientific

Veryrare/Migrant/LowcountryWetzone

SinhalaName:KolavanGasraviya
Scientific Name: Phylloscopus trochiloides

Veryrare/Migrant/LowcountryWetzone

EnglishName:YelloweyedBabbler

SinhalaName:Demalichcha
Name:
Turdoides
Scientific

Common/Breedingresident/Allzones

SinhalaName:PeethakshiThanademalichcha
affinis

Name:
Chrysomma
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:TawnybelliedBabbler

SinhalaName:Aludemalichcha

SinhalaName:GelaSuduLandudemalichcha

Name:
Dumetia
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:DarkfrontedBabbler

SinhalaName:RathuDemalichcha

SinhalaName:HisaKaluPandurudemalichcha

Name:
Rhopocichla
Scientific

Common/Breedingresident/Wetzone

atriceps

EnglishName:ScimitarBabbler

EnglishName:SrilankaBrowncappedBabbler

SinhalaName:Dademalichcha

SinhalaName:LankaMudunBorademalichcha

Scientific Name: Pomatorhinus horsfieldii

Common /Breeding resident / Low country Wet

zone

hyperythra

EnglishName:SrilankaOrangebilledBabbler

Name:
Turdoides
rufescens
Scientific

Common /Breeding resident / Low country Wet

zone&Hillcountry

sinensis

EnglishName:AshyheadedLaughingThrush

Name:
Garrulax
cinereifrons
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/LowcountryWetzone&
Hillcountry

EnglishName:YellowbilledBabbler

EnglishName:GreenishWarbler

EnglishName:BootedWarbler

English Name: Yellowbreasted Warbler

Sinhala
Name:
Kola
Gasraviya

Scientific
Name:
Phylloscopus
nitidus

Common/Migrant/Allzones

EnglishName:RedventedBulbul

Scientific Name: Pellorneum fuscocapillum

Common /Breeding resident / Low country Wet

zone&southwestHills

English Name: Asian Brown Flycatcher

Sinhala
Name:
Dumburu
Masimara

Name:
Muscicapa
dauurica
Scientific

Common/Migrant/Allzones

EnglishName:AsianParadiseFlycatcher
SinhalaName:Rahanmara
Name:
Terpsiphone
paradisi
Scientific

Common /Breeding resident / Low country Dry

zone&Hillcountry

English Name: Brownbreasted Flycatcher

Sinhala Name: Laya Dumburu Masimara

Name:
Muscicapa
muttui
Scientific

Rare/Migrant/Allzones

EnglishName:TickellsBlueFlycatcher
SinhalaName:LayaThambilivanNilmasimara
Name:
Cyornis
tickelliae
Scientific

Common/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:KashmirFlycatcher

SinhalaName:HisaaluMasimara

SinhalaName:KashmiraLayaRathumasimara

Name:
Ficedula
Scientific

Common/Migrant/Hillcountry

EnglishName:SrilankaDullblueFlycatcher
SinhalaName:LankaAndurunilmasimara

Name:
Eumiyas
sordid
Scientific

Common/Breedingresident/HillcountryEndemic
species

English
Name:
Greybreasted
Prinia

Sinhala
Name:
Franklinge
Prinia

Scientific
Name:
Prinia
hodgsonii

Common/Breedingresident/Allzones

SinhalaName:NilRadamara
Name:
Hypothymis
Scientific

Common/Breedingresident/Allzones

azurea

EnglishName:WhitebrowedFantail

EnglishName:AshyPrinia

SinhalaName:SuduAvanpendamara

SinhalaName:AlupahaPriniya

Name:
Rhipidura
aureola
Scientific

Common/Breedingresident/Lowcountry&Hills
upto1500metres

Name:
Prinia
Scientific

Common/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:JunglePrinia

SinhalaName:Battichcha

SinhalaName:MahaPrinia

Name:
Prinia
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/Allzones

English
Name:
Zitting
Cisticola

Sinhala Name: Rekhankitha Avanraviya

Name:
Cisticola
juncidis
Scientific

Common /Breeding resident /Low country Wet

zones&Hillcountry

socialis

EnglishName:CommonTailorbird

Name:
Orthotomus
sutorius
Scientific

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Hillcountry

EnglishName:BlacknapedMonarch

SinhalaName:GelanilMasimara

subrubra

EnglishName:BluethroatedFlycatcher

Scientific Name: Cyornis rebuceculoides

Veryrare/Migrant/LowcountryDryzone

EnglishName:GreyheadedCanaryFlycatcher

Scientific Name: Culicicapa ceylonensis

Common /Breeding resident / Hill country & Low

countryWetzone

sylvatica

EnglishName:PlainPrinia
SinhalaName:BamasuduPrinia
Name:
Prinia
inornata
Scientific

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:SrilankaBushWarbler

EnglishName:ScalyThrush

SinhalaName:LankaRusiraviya

SinhalaName:PethigomaraThirasikaya

Name:
Bradypterus
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/Hillcountry

palliseri

Name:
Zoothera
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/Hillcountry

EnglishName:IndianBlueRobin

EnglishName:OrangeheadedGroundThrush

SinhalaName:NeelaSitibichcha
Name:
Erithacus
Scientific

Common/Migrant/Allzones

SinhalaName:HisaThambiliThirasikaya
brunneus

Name:
Zoothera
Scientific

Veryrare/Migrant/Allzones

EnglishName:BlueRockthrush

SinhalaName:LankaArangaya
Name:
Myiophoneus
Scientific

Veryrare/Breedingresident/Hillcountry

SinhalaName:NilGalthirasikaya
blighi

Name:
Monticola
solitarius
Scientific

Rare / Migrant / Low country Dry zone & Hill

country

English
Name:
Pied
Thrush

Sinhala
Name:
Gomara
Thirasikaya

Scientific
Name:
Zoothera
wardii

Rare/Migrant/Hillcountry

EnglishName:SrilankaSpotwingedThrush
SinhalaName:LankaThithpiyaThirasikaya
Name:
Zoothera
spilopetera
Scientific

Common/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:IndianRobin
SinhalaName:Kalukichcha
Name:
Saxicoloides
fulicata
Scientific

VeryCommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:GreyWagtail

SinhalaName:GomaraSitibichcha

SinhalaName:AluHelapenda

Name:
Motacilla
Scientific

VeryCommon/Migrant/Allzones

EnglishName:WhiteWagtail

SinhalaName:VanaPolkichcha

SinhalaName:SuduHelapenda

Name:
Motacilla
Scientific

Veryrare/Migrant/Lowcountry

EnglishName:WhitebrowedWagtail

SinhalaName:Polkichcha

SinhalaName:MahaGomarahelapenda

alba

EnglishName:OrientalMagpieRobin

Name:
Copsychus
saularis
Scientific

VeryCommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

cinerea

EnglishName:WhiterumpedShama

Scientific Name: Copsychus malabaricus

VeryCommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:PiedBushChat

Name:
Saxicola
caprata
Scientific

VeryCommon/Breedingresident/Hillcountry

English
Name:
Black
Bird

Sinhala
Name:
Kalu
Thirasikaya

Scientific
Name:
Turdus
merula

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Hillcountry

citrina

EnglishName:SrilankaWhistlingThrush

dauma

Scientific Name: Motacilla maderaspatensis

Veryrare/Migrant/LowcountryDryzone&Hill
country

EnglishName:YellowWagtail

EnglishName:RufouswingedLark

SinhalaName:KahaHelapenda

SinhalaName:AkulThulikava

Name:
Motacilla
Scientific

Common/Migrant/Allzones

flava

Name:
Mirafra
assamica
Scientific

VeryCommon/Breedingresident/Lowcountry

EnglishName:ForestWagtail

EnglishName:OrientalSkylark

SinhalaName:KalaHelapenda
Scientific Name: Dendronanthus

VeryCommon/Migrant/Allzones

SinhalaName:GuvanThulikava
indicus

Name:
Alauda
gulgula
Scientific

Common / Breeding resident / Low country Dry

zone
&
Hill
country
Twosubspecies/Rare/Migrant/Lowcountry

EnglishName:AshycrownedSparrowLark

EnglishName:RichardsPipit

SinhalaName:KaluUdaraSalikaThulikawa

SinhalaName:RichardgeVaratichcha
Name:
Anthus
Scientific

VeryCommon/Migrant/Allzones

Name:
Eremopterix
grisea
Scientific

Common / Breeding resident / Low country Dry

zone

richardi

English
Name:
Purple
Sunbird

Sinhala
Name:
Dam
Sutikka

Scientific
Name:
Nectarinia
asiatica

VeryCommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:PaddyfieldPipit
SinhalaName:IndiyanuVaratichcha
Name:
Anthus
rufulus
Scientific

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

English
Name:
Purplerumped
Sunbird

Sinhala
Name:
Dam
Kati
Sutikka

Scientific
Name:
Nectarinia
zeylonica

VeryCommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:SrilankaWhiteeye
SinhalaName:LankaSithasiya
Name:
Zosterops
ceylonensis
Scientific

Very Common /Breeding resident /Low country

Dry
zone
Endemicspecies

EnglishName:LongbilledSunbird

EnglishName:OrientalWhiteeye

SinhalaName:LotengeSutikka

SinhalaName:KudaSithasiya

Name:
Nectarinia
lotenia
Scientific

VeryCommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

Name:
Zosterops
palpebrosa
Scientific

VeryCommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

English Name: Srilanka White Throated Flower

Pecker

EnglishName:PalebilledPilalichcha
SinhalaName:KudaPilalichcha

SinhalaName:LankaPilalichcha

Scientific Name: Dicaecum erythrorhynchos

VeryCommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

Scientific
Name:
Dicaeum
vincens

Common /Breeding resident /Low country Dry

zone

EnglishName:VelvetfrontedBlueNuthatch

SinhalaName:ThudamahathaPilalichcha

SinhalaName:ViludaalikaYatikirittha

Name:
Dicaeum
agile
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/LowcountryDryzone

EnglishName:ThickbilledFlowerpecker

Name:
Sitta
frontalis
Scientific

VeryCommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:GreatTit

EnglishName:WhiterumpedMunia

SinhalaName:AluTikirittha

SinhalaName:PitasuduWeeKurulla

Name:
Parus
Scientific

Common/Breedingresident/Allzones

major

Name:
Lonchra
striata
Scientific

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

English
Name:
Streaked
Weaver

Sinhala
Name:
Pan
Wadukurulla

Name:
Ploceus
manyar
Scientific

VeryCommon/Breedingresident/Lowcountry

EnglishName:WhitethroatedSilverbill
SinhalaName:GelaSuduWeeKurulla
Name:
Lonchra
malabarica
Scientific

Common/Breedingresident/LowcountryDryzone

English
Name:
Baya
Weaver

Sinhala
Name:
Ruk
Wadukurulla

Name:
Ploceus
philippinus
Scientific

VeryCommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

SinhalaName:KandukaraWeeKurulla
Name:
Lonchra
kelaarti
Scientific

Common/Breedingresident/Hillcountry

EnglishName:HouseSparrow

SinhalaName:ThithWeekurulla

SinhalaName:Gekurulla

Name:
Passer
domesticus
Scientific

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

EnglishName:BlackheadedMunia

EnglishName:SlatyleggedCrake

SinhalaName:HisakaluWeeKurulla

SinhalaName:PatiKeraliya

Name:
Rallina
Scientific

Common/Migrant/Allzones

SinhalaName:LayaNilreluwa
Name:
Gallirllus
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/Allzones

striatus

EnglishName:BaillonsCrake

English
Name:
Rain
Quail

Sinhala
Name:
Laya
Kalu
Watuwa

Scientific
Name:
Francolinus
pondicerianus

Veryrare/Migrant/Allzones

SinhalaName:MitivilKeraliya
Name:
Porzana
Scientific

Veryrare/Migrant/Low&Midcountry

pusilla

EnglishName:RuddybreastedCrake

EnglishName:JungleBushQuail

SinhalaName:RathuvilKeraliya

SinhalaName:Panduruwatuwa

Name:
Porzana
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/Allzones

Name:
Perdicula
asiatica
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/Lowcountrydryzone&
Hillcountry

eurizonoides

EnglishName:SlatybreastedRail
English
Name:
Painted
Francolin

Sinhala
Name:
Tith
Vatukukula

Name:
Francolinus
pictus
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/Dryzone

Name:
Lonchura
malacca
Scientific

Verycommon/Breedingresident/Allzonesmostly
inDryzone

EnglishName:ScalybreastedMunia

EnglishName:BlackthroatedMunia

Name:
Lonchra
punctulata
Scientific

VeryCommon/Breedingresident/Allzones

fusca

English
Name:
Wood
Snipe

Sinhala
Name:
Wana
Kaswatuwa

Name:
Gallinago
nemoricola
Scientific

Veryrare/Migrant/Hillcountry

EnglishName:WaterCock
SinhalaName:Kora
Name:
Gallicrex
Scientific

Rare/Breedingresident/Lowcountry

cinerea

EnglishName:CommonSnipe

SinhalaName:KaluKithala

SinhalaName:AvanPendaKaswatuwa

Name:
Fulicia
atra
Scientific

Very rare / Breeding resident / Low country Dry

zone

Name:
Gallinago
gallinago
Scientific

Rare / Migrant / Wet zone & Northwestern Dry

zone

EnglishName:CaspianPlover

Name:
Charadrius
Scientific

Rare/Migrant/LowcountryDryzone

SinhalaName:HeenKawatuwa
asiaticus

Scientific Name: Lymnocryptes

Rare/Migrant/Lowcountry

English
Name:
Eurasian
Woodcock

Sinhala
Name:
Badi
Kukula

Scientific
Name:
Scolopax
rusticola

Veryrare/Migrant/Hillcountry

Name:
Tringa
erythropus
Scientific

Rare/Migrant/LowcountryDryzone

Name:
Calidris
Scientific

Rare/Migrant/LowcountryDryzone

EnglishName:LesserCrestedTern
SinhalaName:KudakondaMuhudulihiniya
alba

EnglishName:BroadbilledSandpiper

Name:
Sterna
Scientific

Common/Migrant/Lowcountry

SinhalaName:PalalthuduHinna
Name:
Limicola
falcinellus
Scientific

Veryrare/Migrant/LowcountryDryzone

EnglishName:CrabPlover
SinhalaName:KakuluOlevia
Name:
Dromas
ardeola
Scientific

Veryrare/ProbablybreedingresidentDryzone

EnglishName:IndianCourser
SinhalaName:IndiyanuJavasariya
Scientific Name: Cursorius coromandelicus

Rare/Breedingresident/LowcountryDryzone

SinhalaName:Walihinna

SinhalaName:ThithRathpaSilibilla

EnglishName:Sanderling

minimus

EnglishName:SpottedRedShank

EnglishName:JackSnipe

SinhalaName:CaspiyanauOleviya

EnglishName:CommonCoot

bengalensis