Sri Lanka Photographic Tour Prospective Bird List E = Endemic species Essp = Endemic subspecies A Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus Common Teal Anas crecca Northern Pintail Anas acuta Gargeney Anas querquedula Shoveler Anas clypeata Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Little Egret Egretta garzetta Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Great Egret Casmerodius alba Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii Striated Heron Butorides striatus Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Sri Lanka Photographic Prospective Bird List… 2 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus Jerdon’s Baza Aviceda jerdoni Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus ruficollis Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Brahminy Kite Haliastur Indus White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Grey-headed Fish Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus Crested Serpent Eagle Essp. Spilornis cheela spilogaster Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Crested Goshawk Essp. Accipiter trivirgatus layardi Shikra Accipiter badius Besra Accipiter virgatus Steppe' Buzzard Buteo buteo vulpinus Himalayan Buzzard Buteo burmanicus Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii Crested Hawk Eagle Essp. Nisaetus cirrhatus ceylonensis Mountain Hawk Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis kelaarti Common Kestrel Falco tinnuculus Peregrine Falcon 'Shaheen' Falco peregrinus peregrinator Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Sri Lanka Junglefowl E Gallus lafayetii Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Barred Buttonquail Essp. Turnix suscitator leggei Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca Watercock Gallicrex cinerea Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Sri Lanka Photographic Prospective Bird List… 3 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Common Redshank Tringa totanus Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Sanderling Ereunetes alba Little Stint Ereunetes minuta Temminck's Stint Ereunetes temminckii Curlew Sandpiper Erolia ferruginea Broad-billed Sandpiper Limocola falcinellus Ruff Philomachus pugnax Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Great Thick-knee Burhinus recurvirostris Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Small Pratincole Glareola lactea Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultti Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus Red-wattled Lapwing Essp. Vanellus indicus lankae Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Common Tern Sterna hirundo Little Tern Sterna albifrons Saunders's Tern Sterna saundersi ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Sri Lanka Photographic Prospective Bird List… 4 Rock Pigeon Columba livia Sri Lanka Woodpigeon E Columba torringtoni Spotted Dove Essp. Streptopelia chinensis ceylonensis Emerald Dove Essp. Chalcophaps indica robinsoni Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Essp. Treron bicincta leggei Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala Layard's Parakeet E Psittacula calthropae Jacobine (Pied) Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus Common Hawk Cuckoo Essp. Hierococcyx varius ciceliae Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus Banded Bay Cuckoo Essp. Cacomantis sonneratii waiti Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus Fork-tailed' Drongo Cuckoo Essp. Surniculus dicruroides stewarti Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii Southern' (Greater) Coucal Centropus sinensis parroti Oriental Scops Owl Essp. Otus sunia leggei Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena Forest Eagle Owl Ketupa nipalensis Brown Fish Owl Essp. Ketupa z. zeylonensis Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica indranee Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum Brown Hawk Owl Ninox scutulata Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus monileger Jerdon's Nightjar Essp. Caprimulgus atripennis aequabilis Indian Nightjar Essp. Caprimulgus asiaticus eidos Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis Alpine Swift Essp. Tachumarptis melba bakeri Little Swift Essp. Apus affinis singalensis Malabar Trogon Essp. Harpactes f. fasciatus Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithacus Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Sri Lanka Photographic Prospective Bird List… 5 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill E Ocyceros gingalensis Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus Brown-headed Barbet Essp. Megalaima z. zeylanica Yellow-fronted Barbet E Megalaima flavifrons Sri Lanka Small (Crimson-fronted) Barbet E Xantholaema rubricapillus Coppersmith Barbet Xantholaema haemacephala Indian Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos nanus Yellow-fronted Pied Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus Lesser Yellownape Essp. Picus chlorolophus wellsi Lesser Sri Lanka Flameback E* Dinopium psarodes Crimson-backed Flameback E Chrysocolaptes stricklandi White-naped Woodpecker Essp. Chrysocolaptes festivus tantus Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola Black-naped Monarch Essp. Hypothymis azurea ceylonensis Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi paradisi Asian Paradise Flycatcher Essp. Terpsiphone paradisi ceylonensis Black Drongo Essp. Edolius macrocercus insula Ashy Drongo Edolius leucophaeus White-bellied Drongo Essp. Edolius caerulescens insularis White-bellied Drongo Essp. Edolius caerulescens leucopygialis Sri Lanka Crested Drongo E Dicrurus lophorinus Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo Essp. Dicrurus paradiseus ceylonicus House Crow Corvus splendens Indian Jungle Crow Corvus macrorhynchos culminates Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus Common Iora Aegithinia tiphia multicolour Marshall's Iora Aegithinia nigrolutea Black-hooded Oriole Essp. Oriolus xanthornus ceylonensis Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo Large Cuckoo-shrike Essp. Coracina macei layardi ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Sri Lanka Photographic Prospective Bird List… 6 Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike Lalage melanoptera Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus Orange