Birds of Sri Lanka - Species Directory

All different bird species are grouped on to different plates. This page identifies different plates. Select a plate of a bird species from the list below and you will be directed to the page containing all different species for the specific plate.

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Endemic Birds of Sri Lanka	Critically Endangered, Endangered, Near Threatened and Vulnerable Birds of Sri Lanka	Petrels, Shearwaters and Storm Petrels
Tropicbirds, Boobies and Frigatebirds	Pelicans, Cormorants, Darter and Flamingoes	Larger Herons, Eurasian Bittern, and White Egrets
Smaller Herons and Bitterns	Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills	Grebes, Goose and Ducks
Birds of Prey	Harriers	Eagles and Vulture
Falcons	Game-Birds and Buttonquails	Rails, Crakes, Coot and Jacana
Crab-Plover, Oystercatcher, Stilt, Avocet and Thick-knees	Courser, Pratincoles, Lapwings and Pluvialis Plovers	Charadrius Plovers
Dowitcher, Godwits and Curlews	Redshanks, Greenshanks and Marsh Sandpiper	Smaller Tringa Sandpipers, Ruff, Turnstone and Phalarope
Woodcock and Snipes	Knots, Sanderling, Sharp-tailed and Curlew Sanpipers and Dunlin	Stints, White-Rumped, Spoonbill and Broad-billed Sandpipers
Skuas and Larger Gulls	Smaller Gulls and Noddies	Larger Terns
Medium-Sized Terns	Marsh Terns, Little and Saunder's Terns	Pigeons and Doves
Parrots, Koel, Malkohas and Coucals	Cuckoos	Smaller Owls, Nightjars and Frogmouth
Larger Owls, Hornbills and Crows	Trogan, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Rollers and Hoopoe	Barbets and Woodpeckers
Larks, Wagtails and Pipits	Treeswift, Swifts, Martins and Swallows	Shrikes, Cuckooshrikes and Minivets
Bulbuls, Leafbirds, Iora and Orioles	Chats, Robins and Wheatears	Thrushes and Pitta
Babblers and Warblers	Warblers	Monarchs, Paradise-flycatcher and Flycatchers
Tit, Nuthatch, Flowerpeckers, Sunbirds and White-eyes	Munias, Sparrows and Weavers	Drongos, Starlings, Mynas and Magpie
Recent and Pending Additions to the Official List

Endemic Birds of Sri Lanka

Critically Endangered, Endangered, Near Threatened and Vulnerable Birds of Sri Lanka

Petrels, Shearwaters and Storm Petrels

Tropicbirds, Boobies and Frigatebirds

Pelicans, Cormorants, Darter and Flamingoes

Larger Herons, Eurasian Bittern, and White Egrets

Smaller Herons and Bitterns

Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills

Grebes, Goose and Ducks

Birds of Prey

Harriers

Eagles and Vulture

Falcons

Game-Birds and Buttonquails

Rails, Crakes, Coot and Jacana

Crab-Plover, Oystercatcher, Stilt, Avocet and Thick-knees

Courser, Pratincoles, Lapwings and Pluvialis Plovers

Charadrius Plovers

Dowitcher, Godwits and Curlews

Redshanks, Greenshanks and Marsh Sandpiper

Smaller Tringa Sandpipers, Ruff, Turnstone and Phalarope

Woodcock and Snipes

Knots, Sanderling, Sharp-tailed and Curlew Sanpipers and Dunlin

Stints, White-Rumped, Spoonbill and Broad-billed Sandpipers

Skuas and Larger Gulls

Smaller Gulls and Noddies

Larger Terns

Medium-Sized Terns

Marsh Terns, Little and Saunder's Terns

Pigeons and Doves

Parrots, Koel, Malkohas and Coucals

Cuckoos

Smaller Owls, Nightjars and Frogmouth

Larger Owls, Hornbills and Crows

Trogan, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Rollers and Hoopoe

Barbets and Woodpeckers

Larks, Wagtails and Pipits

Treeswift, Swifts, Martins and Swallows

Shrikes, Cuckooshrikes and Minivets

Bulbuls, Leafbirds, Iora and Orioles

Chats, Robins and Wheatears

Thrushes and Pitta

Babblers and Warblers

Warblers

Monarchs, Paradise-flycatcher and Flycatchers

Tit, Nuthatch, Flowerpeckers, Sunbirds and White-eyes

Munias, Sparrows and Weavers

Drongos, Starlings, Mynas and Magpie

Recent and Pending Additions to the Official List