BIRDS FOUND IN SRI LANKA ..... CLICKED BY ME

 I have been an ardent wildlife enthusiast for the longest time I could remember though I started photographing wildlife activities after 2010 and my inner special interest of bird watching and collecting feathers which I did with my elder sister when I was a teen some 50 years back  came out in full swing as the time passed by. Today my main interest is bird watching, bird photography and birding that gives me immense satisfaction, calmness and relaxation. So far I have photographed more than 280 species  found in the country out of 440 + of which some are endemic to Sri Lanka and some are residents or vagrants and the rest are considered migrants.

lesser crested tern-Mannar

Hugine gulls- Mannar

Orange headed thrush- wilpattu

Greater crested tern- Mannar

Pied harrier- kerewalapitiya

Long tailed shrike- Mannar

Golden fronted leafbird- Thalangama

asian palmswift- Kimbulawela walkway

Pomarine Jaeger- seas off Mirissa

wedge -tailed Shearwater- seas off mirissa

Tree sparrow- ports city

Common coot- Thalangama

isebeline wheatear- ports authority

Black winged pratincole-kerewalapitiya

Yellow bulbul- sinharaja

Pintailed snipe- wilpattu

large billed leaf warbler- seethawaka gardens

Indian  nightjar-Manaar

Sri Lanka bush warbler - Hortain plains

Grey headed cannery flycatcher- victoria park

Sri lanka scaly thrush- Ohiya

rudy breasted crake-thalangama

slaty brested rail-thalangama

Racket tailed drongo-kumana

drongo cuckoo- sinharaja

chinese pond heron-sigiriya

oriental dollar bird- pothupitiya off deraniyagala

himalayan buzzard- hortain plains

Chinese white wagtail-kerewalapitiya

Bridled tern- ports city

brown booby-panadura

Eurasian wigeon-manaar

banded bay cuckoo- seethawaka gardens

pied thrush- victoria park

black capped kingfisher- wilpattu

blue breasted quail- kerewalapitiya

Siberian stonechat-kerewalapitiya

Black headed cuckoo shrike-Oyamaduwa

Peacock

White-browed wagtail- Mannar

Black- naped oriole- Anawilundawa

Brown -headed gull

Gull billed tern

Booted eagle-Mannar

Jungle prinia

small pratincole

Brahminy starling

eurasian collared dove

Ruff

Little terns

Bay-backed shrike

Caspian terns

White-naped woodpecker

Sand martin

Black eagle

Terek sandpiper

Leggie's flowerpecker

Common Buzzard

common kestrel

grey francolin

brown hawk owl

Baya weaver bird

grey headed fish eagle

brown wood owl

sri lanka wood pigeon

velvet fronted nuthatch

indian pitta

black bulbul

fan -tailed flycatcher

yellow- crowned woodpecker

oriental scops owl

copper smith barbet

barn owl

rosy starling

northern shoveler

black drongo

black headed gull

ashy wood swallow

black shouldered kite

whiskered tern

pheasant -tailed jakana

common crow

black kite

wood sandpiper

gargany

greater flamingos

wimbrel

ruddy turnstone

western- reef heron

besra

Eurasian spoonbill

black -winged stilt

waterhen

woolly necked stork

osprey

brown fish owl

Indian/collard scops owl

paradise indian flycatcher

black necked stork

blue faced malkoha

indian roller

cotton -pigmy goose

indian darter

white -browed bulbul

indian-blue robin

jerdon;s leaf bird

yellow bittern

red-vented bulbul

Greater cormorant

crested -serpent eagle

brown -breasted flycatcher

orange minivet

black-naped monarch

sri lanka myna

grey-headed laughing thrush

ceylon red-backed woodpecker

brown-capped babbler

sri lanka -blue magpie

three-toed kingfisher

common moorehen

chestnut headed-bee eater

water cock

sfi lanka spurfowl

Grey wagtail

sanderling

rufous woodpecker

eurasian hoopoe

jungle button quail

sri lanka woodshrike

sri lanka grey hornbill

green billed coucal

chestnut owlet

white -faced starling

indian paradise -flycatcher

orange billed babbler

small minivet

frogmouth

red-faced malkoha

malabar trogan

emarald dove

spot winged thrush

grey bellied cuckoo

sri lanka serandib scops owl

dark fronted babbler

indian schimiter babbler

crested drongo

yellow eyed babbler

layards parakeet

Tawny -bellied babbler

hanging parrot

alexandrine parakeet

indian robin

southern hill myna

streak- throated woodpecker

black bittern

rose ringed parakeet

asian koel

lesser -whistling ducks

painted snipe

black hooded oriole

sri lanka magpie robin

green imperial pigeon

asian openbill

painted stork

cinnamon bittern

white-throated kingfisher

striated heron

black headed ibis

shikra

oriental- honey buzzard

plain prinia

stork -billed kingfisher

grey heron

brahmin kite

red-wattled lapwing

large cuckoo shrike

zitting cisticola

white -rumped munia

common tailor bird

purple sunbird

oriental whiteeye

yellow fronted barbet

little cormorant

common sandpiper

plain flowerpecker

brown-eared barbet

white bellied drongo

yellow-billed babbler

common -hawk cuckoo

orange-breasted pigeon

pied cuckoo

malabar-pied hornbill

indian-stone curlew

pacific-golden plover

yellow-wattled lapwing

common redshank

Lesser yellow nape

marsh sandpiper

scaly breasted munia

forest wagtail

common iora

crested tree swift

sri lanka swallow

pied kingfisher

great Thicknee

brown-capped pigmy woodpecker

black-tailed godwit

small-green bee eater

changeable hawk eagle

sri lanka jungle fowl

blue-tailed bee eater

common greenshank

Thick billed flowerpecker

oriental skylark

white bellied sea eagle

curlew sandpiper

lesser adjutant stork

ashy prinia

grey headed bunting

grey headed bunting

tickell's blue flycatcher

pectoral sandpiper

common kingfisher

spot billed pelican

black-crowned night heron

little grebe

pond heron

green sandpiper

glossy ibis

purple swamphen

great egret

slaty-legged crake

white-rumped shama

House swift

brown shrike

purple heron

small barbet

little egret

alpine swift

little stint

pied bushchat

cinerine pipit

eurasian black bird

sri lanka whistling thrush

house sparrow

jungle crow

yellow -eared bulbul

kashmir flycatcher

sri lanka white eye

hill swallow

yellow wagtail

cattle egret

kentish plover

loten;s sunbird

paddy field pipit

ashy crowned sparrow lark

common ringed plover

little -ringed plover

lesser plover

temminck's stint

citrine wagtail

barn swallow

golden oriole

black-capped bulbul

tri-coloured munia

common myna

asian-brown flycatcher

masked wagtail

white wagtail

White wagtail - short tailed 

blyth's reed warbbler

crimson-flameback

Sri Lanka Green pigeon

Eurasian curlew

Mongolian short toed lark

dullblue flycatcher

green warbbler

bar-winged flycatcher

red-necked phalarope

 EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHER

Rock pigeon -yala

feral pigeon

Indian cormorant