Dennis Woodward: Sri Lanka Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 233 of 233 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica 2 Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus 3 Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata 4 Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii 5 Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis 6 Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus 7 Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger 8 Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata 9 Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor 10 Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus 11 Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis 12 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 13 Little Swift Apus affinis 14 Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos 15 Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis 16 Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus 17 Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris 18 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus 19 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus 20 Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus 21 Rock Dove Columba livia 22 Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon Columba torringtoniae 23 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis 24 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 25 Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis 26 Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica 27 Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus 28 Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora 29 Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea 30 Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus 31 Watercock Gallicrex cinerea 32 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus 33 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 34 Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator 35 Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris 36 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 37 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 38 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 39 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 40 Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus 41 Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus 42 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 43 Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus 44 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 45 Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura 46 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 47 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 48 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 49 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 50 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 51 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 52 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 53 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 54 Ruff Calidris pugnax 55 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 56 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 57 Little Stint Calidris minuta 58 Small Pratincole Glareola lactea 59 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 60 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 61 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 62 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 63 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 64 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis 65 Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 66 Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus 67 Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans 68 Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus 69 Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala 70 Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus 71 Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus 72 Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster 73 Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger 74 Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis 75 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 76 Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus 77 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 78 Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis 79 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis 80 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 81 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 82 Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii 83 Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus 84 Great Egret Ardea alba 85 Medium Egret Ardea intermedia 86 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 87 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 88 Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis 89 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 90 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus 91 Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus 92 Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela 93 Legge's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti 94 Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus 95 Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis 96 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 97 Shikra Accipiter badius 98 Besra Accipiter virgatus 99 Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus 100 White-bellied Sea Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster 101 Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus 102 Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica 103 Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum 104 Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum 105 Serendib Scops Owl Otus thilohoffmanni 106 Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena 107 Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis 108 Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica 109 Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus 110 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 111 Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus 112 Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis 113 Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis 114 Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis 115 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 116 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 117 Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca 11/02/2020 118 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 119 Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis 120 Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus 121 Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti 122 Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus 123 Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons 124 Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus 125 Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus 126 Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis 127 Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus 128 Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes 129 Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi 130 Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala 131 Layard's Parakeet Psittacula calthrapae 132 Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria 133 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 134 Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus 135 Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura 136 Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus 137 Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis 138 Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus 139 Common Iora Aegithina tiphia 140 Marshall's Iora Aegithina nigrolutea 141 Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus 142 Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus 143 Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera 144 Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus 145 Sri Lanka Drongo Dicrurus lophorinus 146 White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens 147 White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola 148 Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea 149 Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi 150 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus 151 Sri Lanka Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata 152 House Crow Corvus splendens 153 Indian Jungle Crow Corvus culminatus 154 Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis 155 Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus 156 Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus 157 Jerdon's Bush Lark Mirafra affinis 158 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula 159 Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica 160 Square-tailed Bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa 161 Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera 162 White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus 163 Yellow-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus 164 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer 165 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 166 Hill Swallow Hirundo domicola 167 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 168 Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra 169 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus 170 Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris 171 Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus 172 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 173 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama 174 Sri Lanka Bush Warbler Elaphrornis palliseri 175 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 176 Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii 177 Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica 178 Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis 179 Plain Prinia Prinia inornata 180 Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius 181 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 182 Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense 183 Sri Lanka White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis 184 Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus 185 Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra 186 Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps 187 Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus 188 Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus 189 Ashy-headed Laughingthrush Argya cinereifrons 190 Orange-billed Babbler Argya rufescens 191 Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis 192 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis 193 Sri Lanka Hill Myna Gracula ptilogenys 194 Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica 195 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 196 Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica 197 White-faced Starling Sturnornis albofrontatus 198 Rosy Starling Pastor roseus 199 Sri Lanka Thrush Zoothera imbricata 200 Pied Thrush Geokichla wardii 201 Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera 202 Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus 203 Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis 204 Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus 205 White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus 206 Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui 207 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica 208 Dull-blue Flycatcher Eumyias sordidus 209 Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae 210 Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush Myophonus blighi 211 Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea 212 Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra 213 Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata 214 Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni 215 Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons 216 Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile 217 Legge's Flowerpecker Dicaeum vincens 218 Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos 219 Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica 220 Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus 221 Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius 222 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 223 Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar 224 Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata 225 Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti 226 White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata 227 Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca 228 Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus 229 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 230 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 231 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 232 Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus 233 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii