Ecological zones of Sri Lanka

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The Low-Country Dry Zone: The low-country dry zone occupies about three-quarters of the country. It receives between 25-75 inches of rain, most of which falls towards the end of the year. Elevation ranges from sea level to 500 feet above sea level. It is hot and dry for most of the year. Rice is cultivated extensively under irrigation from man-made water reservoirs that are called tanks. Vegetables are also cultivated in this zone after the monsoonal rains. It does have some tracts of forest and scrub jungle, though vastly reduced from its former size due to new settlements. Most of the birds found in this zone

The Low-Country Wet Zone: It lies to the south-west of the central hills and comprises of a small area of densely covered low hills. It is generally hot and humid throughout the year with some parts receiving over 200 inches of rain per year. Most endemic species of birds are found in this zone

The Central Hill Zone: It contains the central mountain cluster and outlying highland ridges. The higher altitudes, up to about 9,000 feet, are sometimes subject to frost. Rainfall ranges from 80 to over 200 inches per year. Tea is widely cultivated in the higher elevations..

The Intermediate Zone: This is a transitional zone between the plains and the hills and is intermediate in climate often has considerable species overlap. The intermediate zone is much wetter in the north west than in the south east.

The Arid Zone: Two small areas confined to North West and South East of the island receiving less than 25" of rain, mostly towards the end of the year followed by a long stretch of drought. Though alike in many ways, there are species that are confined only to one and not the other.

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Hi Indunil

How do the local people feel about conservation in Sri Lanka and has there been any initiatives from the likes of Birdlife International to involve locals with conservation work?

Also do you know how strong the Spot-billed Pelicans population has been in recent years? My understanding is that Southern India and Sri Lanka hold a large percentage of the global population.

It's a place I know little about other than a few articles I've read in magazines or reports from a friend who has visited it twice.

Thanks for an interesting post, John

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Majority not bother bird conservation few group concerning,

Sri Lanka is an island in Indian Ocean. It’s the last land mass in south of world, migratory birds are very common in this island. This small island contains descriptions of 435 bird species including 110 migratory species. it’s 26% of the total number of birds. during the Migratory period November to February birds visit here, main bird gate ways are Eastern, western & Via Andaman islands ,Sri Lanka is Major migratory bird point because it is last land mass of the world

Species name - Spot-billed Pelican
Scientific Name - Pelecanus philippensis

Sample of This bird’s home site recorded by me,

Anawilundawa, Andarawewa – Suriyawewa, Angulana, asgiriwalpola midland waththa, Bellanwila - Attidiya Sanctuary, Bere Lake - Nawam Mw Colombo, Boralesgamuwa, Bowathenna reservoir, Bundala National Park,Debarawewa, Dehiwala, Gampaha, Giritale, Hungama, Kaduwela, Kalamatiya, Kalamatiya, Kantale, Karuwala Wewa, Kebithigollawa, kotuwaththawala, Madinnagoda, Watta, Moratuwa, Nachchaduwa, Nedimala, Nedimala, Olupatta, Palatupana, Polonnaruwa, Pothana Lake-segiriya, Ragama,Ruhunu National Park, Sorabora Wewa,Thalangama Tank, Tissamaharama Tank, Udawalawa National Park, Wasgomuwa National Park, Weeraketiya Tank, Wilpattu National Park, Yala Village

I have recorded more than 1000; wide spread Common bird here,

Attaching Sri Lankan birds check list for your convenience

Species name - Scientific name
Alexandrine Parakeet- - Psittacula eupatria
Alpine Swift - Tachymarptis melba
Amur Falcon - Falco amurensis
Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus
Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis
Ashy Woodswallow - Artamus fuscus
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark - Eremopterix griseus
Ashy-headed Laughingthrush - Garrulax cinereifrons
Asian Brown Flycatcher - Muscicapa dauurica
Asian Dowitcher - Limnodromus semipalmatus
Asian Emerald Cuckoo - Chrysococcyx maculatus
Asian Fairy-bluebird - Irena puella
Asian Koel - Eudynamys scolopaceus
Asian Openbill - Anastomus oscitans
Asian Palm-swift - Cypsiurus balasiensis
Asian Paradise-flycatcher (T. p. ceylonicus) - Terpsiphone paradisi ceylonicus
Asian Paradise-flycatcher (T. p. paradisi) - Terpsiphone paradisi paradisi
Asian Pied Starling - Sturnus contra
Audubon's Shearwater - Puffinus lherminieri
Baillon's Crake - Porzana pusilla
Banded Bay Cuckoo - Cacomantis sonneratii
Barau's Petrel - Pterodroma baraui
Barn Owl - Tyto alba
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
Barred Buttonquail - Turnix suscitator
Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike - Hemipus picatus
Baya Weaver - Ploceus philippinus
Bay-backed Shrike - Lanius vittatus
Besra - Accipiter virgatus
Black Baza - Aviceda leuphotes
Black Bittern - Ixobrychus (Dupeter) flavicollis
Black Bulbul - Hypsipetes leucocephalus
Black Drongo - Dicrurus macrocercus
Black Eagle - Ictinaetus malayensis
Black Kite - Milvus migrans
Black Noddy - Anous minutus
Black Stork - Ciconia nigra
Black Tern - Chlidonias niger
Black-and-rufous Flycatcher - Ficedula nigrorufa
Black-backed Kingfisher - Ceyx erithaca
Black-capped Kingfisher - Halcyon pileata
Black-crested Bulbul - Pycnonotus melanicterus
Black-crowned Night-heron - Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala
Black-headed Cuckooshrike - Coracina melanoptera
Black-headed Ibis - Threskiornis melanocephalus
Black-hooded Oriole - Oriolus xanthornus
Black-naped Monarch - Hypothymis azurea
Black-naped Oriole - Oriolus chinensis
Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana
Black-necked Stork - Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
Black-rumped Flameback (D. b. jaffnense) - Dinopium benghalense jaffnense
Black-rumped Flameback (D. b. psarodes) - Dinopium benghalense psarodes
Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa
Black-thighed Falconet - Microhierax fringillarius
Black-throated Munia - Lonchura kelaarti
Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus
Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus
Blue Rock-thrush - Monticola solitarius
Blue-breasted Quail - Coturnix chinensis
Blue-eared Kingfisher - Alcedo meninting
Blue-faced Malkoha - Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
Blue-tailed Bee-eater - Merops philippinus
Bluethroat - Luscinia svecica
Blue-throated Flycatcher - Cyornis rubeculoides
Blyth's Pipit - Anthus godlewskii
Blyth's Reed-warbler - Acrocephalus dumetorum
Bonelli's Eagle - Hieraaetus fasciatus
Booted Eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus
Booted Warbler - Hippolais caligata
Brahminy Kite - Haliastur indus
Brahminy Starling - Sturnus pagodarum
Bridled Tern - Sterna anaethetus
Broad-billed Sandpiper - Limicola falcinellus
Broad-tailed Grassbird - Schoenicola platyurus
Brown Booby - Sula leucogaster
Brown Fish-owl - Ketupa zeylonensis
Brown Hawk-owl - Ninox scutulata
Brown Noddy - Anous stolidus
Brown Shrike (L. c. cristatus) - Lanius cristatus cristatus
Brown Shrike (L. c. lucionensis) - Lanius cristatus lucionensis
Brown Skua - Catharacta lonnbergi
Brown Wood-owl - Strix leptogrammica
Brown-backed Needletail - Hirundapus giganteus
Brown-breasted Flycatcher - Muscicapa muttui
Brown-capped Babbler - Pellorneum fuscocapillus
Brown-capped Woodpecker - Dendrocops nanus
Brown-headed Barbet - Megalaima zeylanica
Brown-headed Gull - Larus brunnicephalus
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis
Bulwer's Petrel - Bulweria bulwerii
Cape Petrel - Daption capense
Caspian Plover - Charadrius asiaticus
Caspian Tern - Sterna caspia
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
Ceylon Scimitar-babbler - Pomatorhinus melanurus
Ceylon Spurfowl - Galloperdix bicalcarata
Changeable Hawk-eagle - Spizaetus cirrhatus
Chestnut-backed Owlet - Glaucidium castanonotum
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater - Merops leschenaulti
Chestnut-shouldered Petronia - Petronia xanthocollis
Chestnut-tailed Starling - Sturnus malabaricus
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo - Clamator coromandus
Chinese Pond-heron - Ardeola bacchus
Christmas Island Frigatebird - Fregata andrewsi
Cinnamon Bittern - Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Citrine Wagtail - Motacilla citreola
Clamorous Reed-warbler - Acrocephalus stentoreus
Collared Pratincole - Glareola pratincola
Collared Scops-owl - Otus bakkamoena
Comb Duck - Sarkidiornis melanotos
Common Black-headed Gull - Larus ridibundus
Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo
Common Coot - Fulica atra
Common Cuckoo - Cuculus canorus
Common Grasshopper-warbler - Locustella naevia
Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia
Common Hawk-cuckoo - Cuculus varius
Common Iora - Aegithina tiphia
Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus
Common Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis
Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus
Common Myna - Acridotheres tristis
Common Pochard - Aythya ferina
Common Quail - Coturnix coturnix
Common Redshank - Tringa totanus
Common Ringed Plover - Charadrius hiaticula
Common Rosefinch - Carpodacus erythrinus
Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos
Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago
Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus sutorius
Common Teal - Anas crecca
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Woodshrike - Tephrodornis pondicerianus
Coppersmith Barbet - Megalaima haemacephala
Corncrake - Crex crex
Cotton Pygmy-goose - Nettapus coromandelianus
Crab Plover - Dromas ardeola
Crested Goshawk - Accipiter trivirgatus
Crested Serpent-eagle - Spilornis cheela
Crested Treeswift - Hemiprocne coronata
Crimson-backed Sunbird - Nectarinia minima
Crimson-fronted Barbet - Megalaima rubricapillus
Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea
Dalmatian Pelican - Pelecanus crispus
Dark-fronted Babbler - Rhopocichla atriceps
Dark-rumped Swift - Apus acuticauda
Desert Wheatear - Oenanthe deserti
Dollarbird - Eurystomus orientalis
Drongo Cuckoo - Surniculus lugubris
Dull-blue Flycatcher - Eumyias sordidus
Dunlin - Calidris alpina
Dusky Crag-martin - Hirundo concolor
Dusky Warbler - Phylloscopus fuscatus
Egyptian Vulture - Neophron percnopterus
Emerald Dove - Chalcophaps indica
Eurasian Blackbird - Turdus merula
Eurasian Collared-dove - Streptopelia decaocto
Eurasian Curlew - Numenius arquata
Eurasian Golden-oriole - Oriolus oriolus
Eurasian Hoopoe - Upupa epops
Eurasian Oystercatcher - Haematopus ostralegus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus
Eurasian Spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia
Eurasian Thick-knee - Burhinus oedicnemus
Eurasian Wigeon - Anas penelope
Eurasian Woodcock - Scolopax rusticola
Eurasian Wryneck - Jynx torquilla
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster
Eyebrowed Thrush - Turdus obscurus
Flesh-footed Shearwater - Puffinus carneipes
Forest Wagtail - Dendronanthus indicus
Fork-tailed Swift - Apus pacificus
Fulvous Whistling-duck - Dendrocygna bicolor
Gadwall - Anas strepera
Garganey - Anas querquedula
Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus
Golden-fronted Leafbird - Chloropsis aurifrons
Goliath Heron - Ardea goliath
Great Bittern - Botaurus stellaris
Great Black-headed Gull - Larus ichthyaetus
Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo
Great Crested-tern - Sterna bergii
Great Egret - Casmerodius albus
Great Frigatebird - Fregata minor
Great Knot - Calidris tenuirostris
Great Snipe - Gallinago media
Great Thick-knee - Esacus recurvirostris
Great Tit - Parus major
Great White Pelican - Pelecanus onocrotalus
Greater Coucal - Centropus sinensis
Greater Flameback - Chrysocolaptes lucidus
Greater Flamingo - Phoenicopterus roseus
Greater Painted-snipe - Rostratula benghalensis
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (D. p. ceylonicus) - Dicrurus paradiseus ceylonicus
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (D. p. lophorinus) - Dicrurus paradiseus lophorhinus
Greater Sand Plover - Charadrius leschenaultii
Green Imperial-pigeon - Ducula aenea
Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus

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Species name - Scientific name
Green-billed Coucal - Centropus chlororhynchus
Green-crowned Warbler - Seicercus burkii
Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides
Grey Francolin - Francolinus pondicerianus
Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea
Grey Nightjar - Caprimulgus indicus
Grey Phalarope - Phalaropus fulicarius
Grey Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea
Grey-bellied Cuckoo - Cacomantis passerinus
Grey-breasted Prinia - Prinia hodgsonii
Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher - Culicicapa ceylonensis
Grey-headed Fish-eagle - Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
Grey-headed Lapwing - Vanellus cinereus
Greylag Goose - Anser anser
Gull-billed Tern - Sterna (Gelochelidon) nilotica
Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
Heuglin's Gull - Larus heuglini
Hill Blue-flycatcher - Cyornis banyumas
Hill Myna - Gracula religiosa
Hill Swallow - Hirundo domicola
House Crow - Corvus splendens
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
Hume's Whitethroad - Sylvia althaea
Indian Blue Robin - Luscinia brunnea
Indian Cormorant - Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
Indian Courser - Cursorius coromandelicus
Indian Cuckoo - Cuculus micropterus
Indian Nightjar - Caprimulgus asiaticus
Indian Peafowl - Pavo cristatus
Indian Pitta - Pitta brachyura
Indian Pond-heron - Ardeola grayii
Indian Robin - Saxicoloides fulicatus
Indian Roller - Coracias benghalensis
Indian Swiftlet - Collocalia unicolor
Indochinese Cuckooshrike - Coracina polioptera
Intermediate Egret - Mesophoyx intermedia
Isabelline Wheatear - Oenanthe isabellina
Jack Snipe - Lymnocryptes minimus
Jacobin Cuckoo - Clamator jacobinus
Java Sparrow - Padda (Lonchura) oryzivora
Jerdon's Baza - Aviceda jerdoni
Jerdon's Bushlark - Mirafra affinis
Jerdon's Leafbird - Chloropsis jerdoni
Jerdon's Nightjar - Caprimulgus atripennis
Jouanin's Petrel - Bulweria fallax
Jungle Bush-quail - Perdicula asiatica
Jungle Crow - Corvus levaillantii
Jungle Owlet - Glaucidium radiatum
Jungle Prinia - Prinia sylvatica
Kashmir Flycatcher - Ficedula subrubra
Kentish Plover - Charadrius alexandrinus
Lanceolated Warbler - Locustella lanceolata
Large Cuckooshrike - Coracina macei
Large-billed Leaf-warbler - Phylloscopus magnirostris
Layard's Parakeet - Psittacula calthropae
Lesser Adjutant - Leptoptilos javanicus
Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus
Lesser Coucal - Centropus bengalensis
Lesser Crested-tern - Sterna bengalensis
Lesser Cuckoo - Cuculus poliocephalus
Lesser Flamingo - Phoenicopterus minor
Lesser Frigatebird - Fregata ariel
Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni
Lesser Noddy - Anous tenuirostris
Lesser Whistling-duck - Dendrocygna javanica
Lesser Yellownape - Picus chlorolophus
Little Cormorant - Phalacrocorax niger
Little Curlew - Numenius minutus
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis
Little Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis
Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius
Little Stint - Calidris minuta
Little Swift - Apus affinis
Little Tern - Sterna albifrons
Long-billed Plover - Charadrius placidus
Long-billed Sunbird - Nectarinia lotenia
Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus
Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach
Long-toed Stint - Calidris subminuta
Malabar Pied-hornbill - Anthracoceros coronatus
Malabar Trogon - Harpactes fasciatus
Malaysian Night-heron - Gorsachius melanolophus
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
Marbled Teal - Marmaronetta angustirostris
Marsh Sandpiper - Tringa stagnatilis
Masked Booby - Sula dactylatra
Mongolian Plover - Charadrius mongolus
Montagu's Harrier - Circus pygargus
Mountain Hawk-eagle - Spizaetus nipalensis
Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata
Olive-backed Pipit - Anthus hodgsoni
Orange-billed Babbler - Turdoides rufescens
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon - Treron bicinctus
Orange-headed Thrush - Zoothera citrina
Oriental Bay-owl - Phodilus badius
Oriental Darter - Anhinga melanogaster
Oriental Hobby - Falco severus
Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhyncus
Oriental Magpie-robin - Copsychus saularis
Oriental Plover - Charadrius veredus
Oriental Pratincole - Glareola maldivarum
Oriental Scops-owl - Otus sunia
Oriental Skylark - Alauda gulgula
Oriental Turtle-dove - Streptopelia orientalis
Oriental White-eye - Zosterops palpebrosus
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
Pacific Golden-plover - Pluvialis fulva
Paddyfield Pipit - Anthus rufulus
Painted Francolin - Francolinus pictus
Painted Stork - Mycteria leucocephala
Pale-billed Flowerpecker - Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
Pale-capped Pigeon - Columba punicea
Pale-footed Bush-warbler - Cettia pallidipes
Pallas's Grasshopper-warbler - Locustella certhiola
Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus
Parasitic Jaeger - Stercorarius parasiticus
Peregrine Falcon (F. p. japonensis) - Falco peregrinus japonensis
Peregrine Falcon (F. p. peregrinator) - Falco peregrinus peregrinator
Pheasant-tailed Jacana - Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Pied Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta
Pied Bushchat - Saxicola caprata
Pied Fantail - Rhipidura javanica
Pied Harrier - Circus melanoleucos
Pied Kingfisher - Ceryle rudis
Pied Thrush - Zoothera wardii
Pied Wheatear - Oenanthe pleschanka
Pintail Snipe - Gallinago stenura
Plain Prinia - Prinia inornata
Plum-headed Parakeet - Psittacula cyanocephala
Pomarine Jaeger - Stercorarius pomarinus
Pompadour Green-pigeon - Treron pompadora
Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea
Purple Sunbird - Nectarinia asiatica
Purple Swamphen - Porphyrio porphyrio
Purple-backed Starling - Sturnus sturninus
Purple-rumped Sunbird - Nectarinia zeylonica
Rain Quail - Coturnix coromandelica
Red Avadavat - Amandava amandava
Red Collared-dove - Streptopelia tranquebarica
Red Knot - Calidris canutus
Red-billed Tropicbird - Phaethon aethereus
Red-breasted Flycatcher - Ficedula parva
Red-crested Pochard - Netta (Rhodonessa) rufina
Red-faced Malkoha - Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
Red-footed Booby - Sula sula
Red-headed Bunting - Emberiza bruniceps
Red-necked Falcon - Falco chicquera
Red-necked Phalarope - Phalaropus lobatus
Red-rumped Swallow - Hirundo daurica
Red-throated Pipit - Anthus cervinus
Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer
Red-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus indicus
Richard's Pipit - Anthus richardi
Rock Martin - Hirundo fuligula
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri
Rosy Starling - Sturnus roseus
Ruddy Shelduck - Tadorna ferruginea
Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
Ruddy-breasted Crake - Porzana fusca
Rufescent Prinia - Prinia rufescens
Ruff - Philomachus pugnax
Rufous Woodpecker - Celeus brachyurus
Rufous-bellied Eagle - Hieraaetus kienerii
Rufous-necked Stint - Calidris ruficollis
Rufous-tailed Scrub-robin - Erythropygia (Cercotrichas) galactotes
Sand Martin - Riparia riparia
Sanderling - Calidris alba
Sandwich Tern - Sterna sandvicensis
Saunders's Tern - Sterna saundersi
Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata
Scarlet Minivet - Pericrocotus flammeus
Serendib Scops-owl - Otus thilohoffmanni
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - Calidris acuminata
Shikra - Accipiter badius
Short-eared Owl - Asio flammeus
Short-tailed Shearwater - Puffinus tenuirostris
Sirkeer Malkoha - Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii
Skyes's Warbler - Hippolais rama
Slaty-blue Flycatcher - Ficedula tricolor
Slaty-breasted Rail - Gallirallus striatus
Slaty-legged Crake - Rallina eurizonoides
Slender-billed Curlew - Numenius tenuirostris
Slender-billed Gull - Larus genei
Slender-billed Oriole - Oriolus tenuirostris
Small Buttonquail - Turnix sylvaticus
Small Minivet - Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
Small Pratincole - Glareola lactea
Sociable Lapwing - Vanellus gregarius
Soft-plumaged Petrel - Pterodroma mollis
Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria
Sooty Gull - Larus hemprichii
Sooty Shearwater - Puffinus griseus
Sooty Tern - Sterna fuscata
South Polar Skua - Catharacta maccormicki

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Species name - Scientific name
Southern Grey Shrike - Lanius meridionalis
Species name - Scientific name
Spoon-billed Sandpiper - Eurynorhynchus (Calidris) pygmeus
Spot-bellied Eagle-owl - Bubo nipalensis
Spot-billed Duck - Anas poecilorhyncha
Spot-billed Pelican - Pelecanus philippensis
Spotted Dove - Stigmatopelia (Streptopelia) chinensis
Spotted Flycatcher - Muscicapa striata
Spotted Greenshank - Tringa guttifer
Spotted Redshank - Tringa erythropus
Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis (Tringa) macularius
Spot-winged Thrush - Zoothera spiloptera
Sri Lanka Bush-warbler - Bradypterus palliseri
Sri Lanka Frogmouth - Batrachostomus moniliger
Sri Lanka Grey-hornbill - Ocyceros gingalensis
Sri Lanka Hanging-parrot - Loriculus beryllinus
Sri Lanka Junglefowl - Gallus lafayetii
Sri Lanka Magpie - Urocissa ornata
Sri Lanka Myna - Gracula ptilogenys
Sri Lanka Scaly Thrush - Zoothera imbricata
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush - Myophonus blighi
Sri Lanka White-eye - Zosterops ceylonensis
Sri Lanka Wood-pigeon - Columba torringtoni
Stork-billed Kingfisher - Pelargopsis (Halcyon) capensis
Streaked Shearwater - Calonectris leucomelas
Streaked Weaver - Ploceus manyar
Streak-throated Swallow - Hirundo fluvicola
Streak-throated Woodpecker - Picus xanthopygaeus
Striated Heron - Butorides striata
Swinhoe's Snipe - Gallinago megala
Swinhoe's Storm-petrel - Oceanodroma monorhis
Tawny Pipit - Anthus campestris
Tawny-bellied Babbler - Dumetia hyperythra
Temminck's Stint - Calidris temminckii
Terek Sandpiper - Xenus cinereus
Thick-billed Flowerpecker - Dicaeum agile
Tickell's Blue-flycatcher - Cyornis tickelliae
Tricoloured Munia - Lonchura malacca
Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch - Sitta frontalis
Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus
Watercock - Gallicrex cinerea
Wedge-tailed Shearwater - Puffinus pacificus
Western Marsh-harrier - Circus aeruginosus
Western Reef-egret - Egretta gularis
Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
Whiskered Tern - Chlidonias hybrida
White Stork - Ciconia ciconia
White Wagtail - Motacilla alba
White-bellied Blue-flycatcher - Cyornis pallipes
White-bellied Drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens
White-bellied Fish-eagle - Haliaeetus leucogaster
White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus
White-browed Bulbul - Pycnonotus luteolus
White-browed Fantail - Rhipidura aureola
White-browed Wagtail - Motacilla madaraspatensis
White-cheeked Tern - Sterna repressa
White-faced Starling - Sturnus albofrontatus
White-faced Storm-petrel - Pelagodroma marina
White-headed Petrel - Pterodroma lessonii
White-headed Stilt - Himantopus leucocephalus
White-naped Woodpecker - Chrysocolaptes festivus
White-rumped Munia - Lonchura striata
White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis
White-rumped Shama - Copsychus malabaricus
White-tailed Iora - Aegithina nigrolutea
White-tailed Tropicbird - Phaethon lepturus
White-throated Flowerpecker - Dicaeum vincens
White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis
White-throated Munia - Lonchura malabarica
White-winged Tern - Chlidonias leucopterus
Wilson's Phalarope - Steganopus tricolor
Wilson's Storm-petrel - Oceanites oceanicus
Wire-tailed Swallow - Hirundo smithii
Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola
Wood Snipe - Gallinago nemoricola
Woolly-necked Stork - Ciconia episcopus
Yellow Bittern - Ixobrychus sinensis
Yellow Wagtail - Motacilla flava
Yellow-billed Babbler - Turdoides affinis
Yellow-browed Bulbul - Iole indica
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker - Dendrocopos mahrattensis
Yellow-eared Bulbul - Pycnonotus penicillatus
Yellow-eyed Babbler - Chrysomma sinense
Yellow-footed Green-pigeon - Treron phoenicopterus
Yellow-fronted Barbet - Megalaima flavifrons
Yellow-legged Gull - Larus cachinnans
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - Ficedula zanthopygia
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malarbaricus
Zitting Cisticola - Cisticola juncidis

[indunil]

Pls reffer this birding map

[clydebirder]

Hi Indunil

Thank you very much for the comprehensive reply, it's a pity more local people don't take an interest in conservation.

I will read through the species list with interest and also thanks for the Spot-billed Pelican information

regards, John

[indunil]

Please no hesitate any inquiry, I’m open real-time exchange information.