Richard Greer: Sri Lanka Life List FOGSL, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 328 of 328 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus 1 1 2 Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus 7 12 3 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Yes 1 1 4 Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica Yes 3 5 5 Blue Quail Coturnix chinensis 1 1 6 Jungle Bush-quail Perdicula asiatica 3 5 7 Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps Yes 1 1 8 Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata 29 52 9 Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor Yes 1 1 10 Greylag Goose Anser anser Yes 1 1 11 Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos Yes 6 10 12 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Yes 3 5 13 Gadwall Anas strepera Yes 1 1 14 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 7 12 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Yes 0 0 16 Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha 3 5 17 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 4 7 18 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 9 16 19 Common Teal Anas crecca 2 3 20 Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris Yes 1 1 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Yes 1 1 22 Common Pochard Aythya ferina Yes 1 1 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Yes 1 1 24 Cape Petrel Daption capense Yes 1 1 25 Barau's Petrel Pterodroma baraui Yes 0 0 26 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 1 1 27 White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii Yes 1 1 28 Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas Yes 1 1 29 Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus Yes 1 1 30 Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes Yes 1 1 31 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus Yes 1 1 32 Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris Yes 0 0 33 Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri Yes 0 0 34 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 35 Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax Yes 0 0 36 Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 1 1 37 White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina Yes 0 0 38 Black-bellied Storm-petrel Fregetta tropica Yes 1 1 39 Swinhoe's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma monorhis Yes 1 1 40 Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor Yes 1 1 41 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 1 1 42 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus 40 72 43 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 1 1 44 Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus 14 25 45 Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus 29 52 46 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 15 27 47 Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 1 1 48 Von Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus Yes 0 0 49 Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus 15 27 50 Malaysian Night-heron Gorsachius melanolophus 3 5 51 Chinese Pond-heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 1 1 52 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath Yes 2 3 53 Western Reef-egret Egretta gularis 7 12 54 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 3 5 55 White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Yes 0 0 56 Greater Frigatebird Fregata minor Yes 2 3 57 Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel Yes 3 5 58 Christmas Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi Yes 0 0 59 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Yes 2 3 60 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 1 1 61 Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Yes 2 3 62 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 1 1 63 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 1 1 64 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 27 49 65 Black-thighed Falconet Microhierax fringillarius Yes 1 1 66 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 1 1 67 Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera Yes 0 0 68 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 1 1 69 Oriental Hobby Falco severus 1 1 70 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 14 25 71 Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni 9 16 72 Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes 1 1 73 Black Kite Milvus migrans 9 16 74 Grey-headed Fish-eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus 40 72 75 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 1 1 76 Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus 4 7 77 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 9 16 78 Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos 2 3 79 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 7 12 80 Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus 15 27 81 Besra Accipiter virgatus 18 32 82 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Yes 1 1 83 Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus Yes 1 1 84 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 11 20 85 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 5 9 86 Bonelli's Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus Yes 2 3 87 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 16 29 88 Rufous-bellied Eagle Hieraaetus kienerii 16 29 89 Changeable Hawk-eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus 44 80 90 Mountain Hawk-eagle Spizaetus nipalensis 18 32 91 Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides 11 20 92 Slaty-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus 4 7 93 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Yes 0 0 94 Corncrake Crex crex Yes 1 1 95 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla 1 1 96 Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca 8 14 97 Watercock Gallicrex cinerea 24 43 98 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 32 58 99 Common Coot Fulica atra 15 27 100 Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus Yes 1 1 101 Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator 26 47 102 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 3 5 103 Crab Plover Dromas ardeola 2 3 104 White-headed Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 5 9 105 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 5 9 106 Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malarbaricus 37 67 107 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 1 1 108 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius Yes 1 1 109 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 24 43 110 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 20 36 111 Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus Yes 0 0 112 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 31 56 113 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii 17 30 114 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus 4 7 115 Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus Yes 0 0 116 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis 7 12 117 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 1 1 118 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 1 1 119 Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola Yes 0 0 120 Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura 26 47 121 Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala Yes 0 0 122 Great Snipe Gallinago media 1 1 123 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 11 20 124 Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus Yes 1 1 125 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 7 12 126 Little Curlew Numenius minutus Yes 1 1 127 Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris Yes 0 0 128 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 20 36 129 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 10 18 130 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 36 65 131 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 34 61 132 Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer Yes 1 1 133 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 1 1 134 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 9 16 135 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 1 1 136 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 33 60 137 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris 9 16 138 Red Knot Calidris canutus 4 7 139 Sanderling Calidris alba 16 29 140 Little Stint Calidris minuta 34 61 141 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 2 3 142 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 8 14 143 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta 5 9 144 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Yes 1 1 145 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Yes 2 3 146 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 1 1 147 Dunlin Calidris alpina 6 10 148 Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus Yes 1 1 149 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus 14 25 150 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Yes 1 1 151 Ruff Philomachus pugnax 12 21 152 Wilson's Phalarope Steganopus tricolor Yes 1 1 153 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 10 18 154 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Yes 1 1 155 Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus 1 1 156 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 2 3 157 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum 7 12 158 Small Pratincole Glareola lactea 23 41 159 Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii Yes 0 0 160 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Yes 0 0 161 Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 1 1 162 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Yes 2 3 163 Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus 6 10 164 Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus 25 45 165 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 4 7 166 Slender-billed Gull Larus genei Yes 1 1 167 Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis 23 41 168 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 6 10 169 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 7 12 170 Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana Yes 2 3 171 Saunders's Tern Sterna saundersi 6 10 172 White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa Yes 2 3 173 Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus 9 16 174 Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata 6 10 175 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 28 50 176 Black Tern Chlidonias niger Yes 1 1 177 Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Yes 3 5 178 Black Noddy Anous minutus Yes 1 1 179 Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris Yes 1 1 180 Brown Skua Catharacta lonnbergi Yes 1 1 181 South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki Yes 0 0 182 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Yes 2 3 183 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Yes 1 1 184 Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea Yes 0 0 185 Oriental Turtle-dove Streptopelia orientalis 5 9 186 Red Collared-dove Streptopelia tranquebarica 5 9 187 Eurasian Collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto 19 34 188 Yellow-footed Green-pigeon Treron phoenicopterus 4 7 189 Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria 37 67 190 Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus 31 56 191 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus 10 18 192 Common Hawk-cuckoo Cuculus varius 15 27 193 Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus 12 21 194 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 1 1 195 Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus 7 12 196 Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii 9 16 197 Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus 26 47 198 Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus Yes 0 0 199 Drongo Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris 9 16 200 Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris 30 54 201 Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii 22 40 202 Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis Yes 1 1 203 Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchus 27 49 204 Barn Owl Tyto alba 6 10 205 Oriental Bay-owl Phodilus badius 3 5 206 Serendib Scops-owl Otus thilohoffmanni 19 34 207 Oriental Scops-owl Otus sunia 10 18 208 Collared Scops-owl Otus bakkamoena 21 38 209 Spot-bellied Eagle-owl Bubo nipalensis 6 10 210 Brown Fish-owl Ketupa zeylonensis 25 45 211 Brown Wood-owl Strix leptogrammica 14 25 212 Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum 13 23 213 Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanonotum 29 52 214 Brown Hawk-owl Ninox scutulata 5 9 215 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 1 1 216 Great Eared-nightjar Eurostopodus macrotis Yes 1 1 217 Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus 4 7 218 Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis 17 30 219 Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus 24 43 220 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 1 1 221 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 1 1 222 Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus Yes 0 0 223 Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda Yes 1 1 224 Asian Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis 2 3 225 Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata 6 10 226 Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting 1 1 227 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 3 5 228 Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus 40 72 229 Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala 37 67 230 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla Yes 3 5 231 Brown-capped Woodpecker Dendrocopos nanus 22 40 232 Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis 23 41 233 Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus 8 14 234 Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus 6 10 235 White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus 14 25 236 White-tailed Iora Aegithina nigrolutea 18 32 237 Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus 32 58 238 Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei 15 27 239 Indochinese Cuckooshrike Coracina polioptera Yes 0 0 240 Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus 37 67 241 Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus 8 14 242 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach 5 9 243 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 1 1 244 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 5 9 245 Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis 3 5 246 Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris Yes 1 1 247 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus 20 36 248 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus 18 32 249 Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica Yes 0 0 250 Sand Martin Riparia riparia Yes 12 21 251 Pale Crag-martin Hirundo obsoleta Yes 0 0 252 Dusky Crag-martin Hirundo concolor Yes 1 1 253 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii Yes 2 3 254 Streak-throated Swallow Hirundo fluvicola Yes 1 1 255 Jerdon's Bushlark Mirafra affinis 36 65 256 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula 30 54 257 Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark Eremopterix griseus 29 52 258 Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens Yes 1 1 259 Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii 28 50 260 Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica 22 40 261 Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus Yes 0 0 262 Pale-footed Bush-warbler Cettia pallidipes Yes 0 0 263 Sri Lanka Bush-warbler Bradypterus palliseri 28 50 264 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 1 1 265 Common Grasshopper-warbler Locustella naevia 3 5 266 Pallas's Grasshopper-warbler Locustella certhiola 5 9 267 Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata 2 3 268 Sykes's Warbler Hippolais rama 6 10 269 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 1 1 270 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 25 45 271 Green-crowned Warbler Seicercus burkii Yes 0 0 272 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 3 5 273 Small Whitethroat Sylvia minula Yes 0 0 274 Hume's Whitethroat Sylvia althaea 3 5 275 Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra 28 50 276 Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense 29 52 277 Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella Yes 1 1 278 Sri Lanka Myna Gracula ptilogenys 37 67 279 Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus Yes 0 0 280 Brahminy Starling Sturnus pagodarum 21 38 281 Purple-backed Starling Sturnus sturninus Yes 2 3 282 Asian Pied Starling Sturnus contra Yes 1 1 283 Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush Myophonus blighi 25 45 284 Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina 13 23 285 Sri Lanka Scaly Thrush Zoothera imbricata 22 40 286 Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula 29 52 287 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 3 5 288 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 1 1 289 Indian Blue Robin Luscinia brunnea 24 43 290 Rufous-tailed Scrub-robin Erythropygia galactotes Yes 1 1 291 White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus 33 60 292 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 1 1 293 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 1 1 294 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 4 7 295 Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius 2 3 296 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Yes 0 0 297 Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia Yes 1 1 298 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva Yes 2 3 299 Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra 24 43 300 Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor Yes 2 3 301 Black-and-rufous Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa Yes 0 0 302 White-bellied Blue-flycatcher Cyornis pallipes Yes 1 1 303 Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides 1 1 304 Hill Blue-flycatcher Cyornis banyumas Yes 0 0 305 Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis 28 50 306 Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni 33 60 307 Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons 32 58 308 Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile 19 34 309 Crimson-backed Sunbird Nectarinia minima Yes 1 1 310 Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Petronia xanthocollis Yes 1 1 311 Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar 19 34 312 Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus 32 58 313 Red Avadavat Amandava amandava Yes 1 1 314 White-throated Munia Lonchura malabarica 19 34 315 Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla Yes 1 1 316 Java Sparrow Padda oryzivora Yes 0 0 317 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 5 9 318 White-browed Wagtail Motacilla madaraspatensis Yes 3 5 319 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 7 12 320 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 17 30 321 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 1 1 322 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii 19 34 323 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 1 1 324 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 1 1 325 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus Yes 1 1 326 Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani Yes 1 1 327 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 1 1 328 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0