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Cumulative Checklist

with Deepal Warakagoda as leader

  • Column A = Number of tours out of fourteen on which this species has been recorded.
  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2008 tour.
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2008 tour.
  • Column D = H = Heard only, (H) = = Species seen, but most birds only Heard
  • E = Endemic, Essp.= Endemic subspecies
A B C D
14 Little Grebe 3 60 Tachybaptus ruficollis
14 Little Cormorant 11 60 Phalacrocorax niger
14 Indian Cormorant 8 70 Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
14 Great Cormorant 1 1 Phalacrocorax carbo
14 Oriental Darter 6 40 Anhinga melanogaster
14 Spot-billed Pelican 4 40 Pelecanus philippensis
14 Lesser Whistling Duck 4 15 Dendrocygna javanica
6 Cotton Pygmy-goose 1 4 Nettapus coromandelianus
3 Common Teal Anas crecca
14 Northern Pintail 1 25 Anas acuta
14 Garganey 1 200 Anas querquedula
4 Shoveler Anas clypeata
6 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
14 Little Egret 10 60 Egretta garzetta
2 Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis
14 Intermediate Egret 6 20 Egretta intermedia
14 Grey Heron 4 30 Ardea cinerea
14 Purple Heron 5 15 Ardea purpurea
14 Great Egret 6 30 Casmerodius alba
14 Cattle Egret 12 300 Bubulcus ibis
14 Indian Pond Heron 12 60 Ardeola grayii
8 Striated Heron 1 1 Butorides striatus
14 Black-crowned Night Heron 2 9 Nycticorax nycticorax
14 Yellow Bittern 2 4 Ixobrychus sinensis
6 Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
12 Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis
3 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
14 Black-headed Ibis 5 30 Threskiornis melanocephalus
13 Eurasian Spoonbill 2 20 Platalea leucorodia
13 Painted Stork 4 20 Mycteria leucocephala
13 Asian Openbill 7 20 Anastomus oscitans
12 Woolly-necked Stork 3 6 Ciconia episcopus
9 Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
4 Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
3 Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
14 Oriental Honey Buzzard 2 1 Pernis ptilorhynchus ruficollis
14 Black-winged Kite 1 3 Elanus caeruleus
14 Brahminy Kite 7 20 Haliastur indus
14 White-bellied Sea Eagle 6 4 Haliaeetus leucogaster
12 Grey-headed Fish Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
14 Crested Serpent Eagle 8 3 Spilornis cheela spilogaster Essp.
7 Marsh Harrier Circus a. aeruginosus
7 Pallid Harrier 1 1 Circus macrourus
2 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
5 Crested Goshawk 1 1 Accipiter trivirgatus layardi Essp.
14 Shikra 5 2 Accipiter badius
5 Besra Accipiter virgatus
10 Common Buzzard 1 3 Buteo buteo
1 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
13 Black Eagle 2 3 Ictinaetus malayensis
2 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
5 Rufous-bellied Eagle Hieraaetus kienerii
14 Changeable Hawk Eagle 5 3 H Spizaetus cirrhatus ceylonensis Essp.
7 Mountain Hawk Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis kelaarti Essp.
12 Kestrel 2 2 Falco tinnunculus
6 Peregrine Falcon 'Shaheen' Falco peregrinus peregrinator
13 Sri Lanka Spurfowl 3 3 (H) Galloperdix bicalcarata E
14 Sri Lanka Junglefowl 9 8 (H) Gallus lafayetii E
14 Indian Peafowl 5 50 Pavo cristatus
14 Barred Buttonquail 2 2 H Turnix suscitator leggei Essp.
5 Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
14 White-breasted Waterhen 12 20 H Amaurornis phoenicurus
1 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
4 Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca
13 Watercock 2 3 Gallicrex cinerea
14 Purple Swamphen 3 20 Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus
13 Common Moorhen 4 2 Gallinula chloropus
1 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
14 Pheasant-tailed Jacana 5 15 Hydrophasianus chirurgus
3 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
14 Pintail Snipe 3 3 Gallinago stenura
1 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
14 Black-tailed Godwit 2 5 Limosa limosa
1 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
7 Whimbrel 1 1 Numenius phaeopus
9 Eurasian Curlew 1 1 Numenius arquata
14 Common Redshank 4 86 Tringa totanus
14 Marsh Sandpiper 2 20 Tringa stagnatilis
14 Common Greenshank 2 6 Tringa nebularia
13 Green Sandpiper 1 2 Tringa ochropus
14 Wood Sandpiper 3 8 Tringa glareola
6 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
14 Common Sandpiper 6 5 Actitis hypoleucos
14 Ruddy Turnstone 2 6 Arenaria interpres
5 Sanderling Calidris alba
14 Little Stint 2 36 Calidris minuta
9 Temminck's Stint 1 3 Calidris temminckii
14 Curlew Sandpiper 2 86 Calidris ferruginea
6 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
7 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
10 Red-necked Phalarope 1 1 Phalaropus lobatus
10 Eurasian Thick-knee 2 4 Burhinus oedicnemus
14 Great Thick-knee 2 20 Burhinus recurvirostris
14 Black-winged Stilt 5 80 Himantopus himantopus
1 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
1 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
14 Small Pratincole 1 12 Glareola lactea
13 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
14 Grey Plover 2 5 Pluvialis squatarola
10 Common Ringed Plover 1 1 Charadrius hiaticula
14 Little Ringed Plover 1 1 Charadrius dubius
14 Kentish Plover 2 12 Charadrius alexandrinus
14 Lesser Sand Plover 3 60 Charadrius mongolus
12 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
14 Yellow-wattled Lapwing 2 12 Vanellus malabaricus
14 Red-wattled Lapwing 9 30 Vanellus indicus lankae Essp.
14 Brown-headed Gull 1 4 Larus brunnicephalus
14 Whiskered Tern 7 50 Chlidonias hybridus
14 White-winged Black Tern 2 4 Chlidonias leucopterus
14 Gull-billed Tern 4 20 Gelochelidon nilotica
14 Caspian Tern 2 12 Sterna caspia
14 Great Crested Tern 1 60 Sterna bergii
14 Lesser Crested Tern 1 20 Sterna bengalensis
10 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
14 Little Tern 2 36 Sterna albifrons
3 Saunders's Tern Sterna saundersi
14 Rock Dove 11 60 Columba livia
14 Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon 1 4 Columba torringtoni E
14 Spotted Dove 13 100 Streptopelia chinensis ceylonensis Essp.
14 Emerald Dove 5 2 Chalcophaps indica robinsoni Essp.
14 Orange-breasted Green Pigeon 3 5 Treron bicincta leggei Essp.
14 Ceylon Green Pigeon 4 6 Treron pompadora E
14 Green Imperial Pigeon 10 15 Ducula aenea
14 Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot 5 20 Loriculus beryllinus E
14 Alexandrine Parakeet 8 6 Psittacula eupatria
14 Rose-ringed Parakeet 9 30 Psittacula krameri
14 Plum-headed Parakeet 1 4 Psittacula cyanocephala
14 Layard's Parakeet 6 26 Psittacula calthropae E
14 Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
5 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
9 Common Hawk Cuckoo 1 1 Cuculus varius ciceliae Essp.
11 Indian Cuckoo 1 1 Cuculus micropterus
14 Banded Bay Cuckoo 3 1 H Cacomantis sonneratii waiti Essp.
14 Grey-bellied Cuckoo 1 1 Cacomantis passerinus
3 Drongo Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris stewarti Essp.
14 Asian Koel 8 3 (H) Eudynamys scolopacea
14 Blue-faced Malkoha 1 3 Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
11 Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii
14 Red-faced Malkoha 1 3 Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus E
14 Greater Coucal 11 8 H Centropus sinensis
14 Green-billed Coucal 5 1 H Centropus chlororhynchos E
1 Barn Owl Tyto alba
4 Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia leggei Essp.
12 Indian Scops Owl 3 2 H Otus b. bakkamoena
8 Serendib Scops Owl 1 1 Otus thilohoffmanni E
14 Brown Fish Owl 1 1 Ketupa z. zeylonensis Essp.
5 Brown Wood-Owl Strix leptogrammica indranee
14 Chestnut-backed Owlet 2 1 Glaucidium castanonotum E
3 Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
6 Brown Hawk Owl Ninox scutulata
14 Sri Lanka Frogmouth 2 1 (H) Batrachostomus monileger
14 Jerdon's Nightjar (H) C. atripennis aequabilis Essp.
14 Indian Nightjar 1 2 Caprimulgus asiaticus eidos Essp.
14 Crested Treeswift 6 40 Hemiprocne coronata
14 Indian Swiftlet 7 20 Chaetura unicolor
14 Brown-backed Needletail 1 2 Hirundapus giganteus
14 Asian Palm Swift 8 18 Cypsiurus balasiensis
12 Alpine Swift 2 3 Apus melba bakeri Essp.
14 Little Swift 5 60 Apus affinis singalensis Essp.
14 Malabar Trogon 3 3 Harpactes f. fasciatus Essp.
14 Eurasian Kingfisher 7 2 Alcedo atthis
9 Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithacus
14 Stork-billed Kingfisher 6 4 H Pelargopsis capensis
14 White-throated Kingfisher 13 30 Halcyon smyrnensis
6 Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
14 Pied Kingfisher 3 4 Ceryle rudis
14 Little Green Bee-eater 5 50 Merops orientalis
14 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 10 30 Merops philippinus
13 Chestnut-headed Bee-eater 4 4 Merops leschenaulti
13 Indian Roller 4 4 Coracias benghalensis
1 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus orientalis
12 Eurasian Hoopoe 2 1 Upupa epops
14 Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill 5 1 H Ocyceros gingalensis E
14 Malabar Pied Hornbill 2 12 Anthracoceros coronatus
14 Brown-headed Barbet 9 12 Megalaima z. zeylanica Essp.
14 Yellow-fronted Barbet 8 16 Megalaima flavifrons E
14 Ceylon Small Barbet 3 2 H Megalaima rubricapillus E
14 Coppersmith Barbet 4 5 (H) Megalaima haemacephala
13 Brown-capped Woodpecker 1 1 H Dendrocopos nanus gymnophthalamus Essp.
12 Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis
7 Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus
13 Lesser Yellownape 2 2 Picus chlorolophus wellsi Essp.
14 Black-rumped Flameback 8 3 H Dinopium benghalense psarodes Essp.
14 Crimson-backed Flameback 3 3 Chrysocolaptes stricklandi E
14 White-naped Woodpecker 1 1 Chrysocolaptes festivus tantus Essp.
14 Indian Pitta 3 3 (H) Pitta brachyura
13 White-browed Fantail 7 2 (H) Rhipidura aureola
14 Black-naped Monarch 4 4 Hypothymis azurea ceylonensis Essp.
14 Asian Paradise Flycatcher 10 2 Terpsiphone paradisi
4 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus minor Essp.
7 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
14 White-bellied Drongo 4 12 D. caerulescens leucopygialis Essp.
14 Ceylon Crested Drongo 4 8 Dicrurus lophorinus E
1 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 1 2 Dicrurus paradiseus
14 Sri Lanka Magpie 4 8 Urocissa ornata E
14 House Crow 7 00s Corvus splendens
14 Indian Jungle Crow 10 50 Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus
13 Ashy Woodswallow 1 1 Artamus fuscus
14 Common Iora 7 12 (H) Aegithinia tiphia multicolour
14 Black-hooded Oriole 7 Oriolus xanthornus ceylonensis Essp.
7 Large Cuckoo-shrike Coracina macei layardi Essp.
14 Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike 2 Coracina melanoptera
14 Small Minivet 2 (H) Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
14 Orange Minivet 8 Pericrocotus flammeus
13 Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike 2 Hemipus picatus leggei Essp.
13 Jerdon's Leafbird 2 Chloropsis jerdoni
13 Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
2 Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
13 Brown Shrike 8 6 Lanius cristatus
14 Ceylon Woodshrike 3 12 Tephrodornis affinis E
14 Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush 2 2 Myiophoneus blighi E
14 Pied Thrush 1 6 Zoothera wardii
1 Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina
14 Spot-winged Thrush 4 2 H Zoothera spiloptera E
9 Ceylon Scaly Thrush 2 2 Zoothera imbricata E
13 Indian Blackbird 2 5 Turdus simillimus kinnissi Essp.
13 White-faced Starling 2 12 Sturnus senex E
13 Brahminy Starling 1 6 Sturnus pagodarum
8 Rosy Starling 1 3 Sturnus roseus
14 Common Myna 13 100 Acridotheres tristis melanosturnus Essp.
14 Sri Lanka Myna 2 12 Gracula ptilogenys E
13 Southern Hill Myna 3 4 Gracula indica
14 Asian Brown Flycatcher 3 1 Muscicapa dauurica
14 Brown-breasted Flycatcher 3 6 Muscicapa muttui
13 Kashmir Flycatcher 3 1 Ficedula subrubra
14 Dull Blue Flycatcher 3 12 Eumyias sordida E
14 Tickell's Blue Flycatcher 3 2 (H) Cyornis tickelliae jerdoni Essp.
11 Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher 3 2 Culicicapa c. ceylonensis Essp.
14 Indian Blue Robin 1 1 Luscinia brunnea
14 Oriental Magpie Robin 12 10 Copsychus saularis ceylonensis
14 White-rumped Shama 2 2 Copsychus malabaricus leggei Essp.
14 Indian Robin 8 16 Saxicoloides fulicata leucoptera Essp.
14 Pied Bush Chat 2 8 Saxicola caprata atrata Essp.
14 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch 2 5 Sitta frontalis
7 Sand Martin Riparia riparia
14 Barn Swallow 100K Hirundo rustica
14 Hill Swallow 2 4 Hirundo domicola
14 Ceylon Swallow 3 8 Hirundo hyperythra E
4 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
14 Black-capped Bulbul 4 2 Pycnonotus melanicterus E
14 Red-vented Bulbul 13 60 P. cafer haemorrhousus
14 Yellow-eared Bulbul 3 12 Pycnonotus penicillatus E
14 White-browed Bulbul 5 4 Pycnonotus luteolus insulae Essp.
13 Yellow-browed Bulbul Iole indica
14 Square-tailed Black Bulbul 7 20 Hypsipetes ganeesa humei Essp.
14 Sri Lanka White-eye 4 15 Zosterops ceylonensis E
14 Oriental White-eye 4 6 Zosterops palpebrosus egregia Essp.
14 Zitting Cisticola 1 1 H Cisticola juncidis cursitans
1 Zitting Cisticola 1 2 Cisticola juncidis omalura Essp.
14 Grey-breasted Prinia 1 2 Prinia hodgsoni leggei Essp.
14 Jungle Prinia 1 2 Prinia sylvatica valida Essp.
14 Ashy Prinia 1 4 Prinia socialis brevicauda Essp.
14 Plain Prinia 4 6 Prinia inornata insularis Essp.
14 Sri Lanka Bush Warbler 1 2 Bradypterus palliseri E
11 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola
14 Blyth's Reed Warbler 2 1 (H) Acrocephalus dumetorum
14 Clamorous Reed Warbler 1 2 A. stentoreus meridionalis Essp.
14 Common Tailorbird 4 3 Orthotomus s. sutorius Essp.
1 Common Tailorbird 2 3 Orthotomus s. fernandornis Essp.
1 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
14 'Green' Warbler 4 4 (H) Phylloscopus trochiloides nitidus
14 Large-billed Leaf Warbler 1 1 (H) Phylloscopus magnirostris
14 Ashy-headed Laughingthrush 1 12 Garrulax cinereifrons E
14 Brown-capped Babbler 2 2 Pellorneum f. fuscocapillum E. Essp.
14 Ceylon Scimitar Babbler 6 2 H P. m. melanurus E
13 Tawny-bellied Babbler 1 1 Dumetia hyperythra phillipsi Essp.
14 Dark-fronted Babbler 4 8 Rhopocichla atriceps nigrifrons Essp.
14 Yellow-eyed Babbler 2 8 Chrysomma sinense nasale Essp.
14 Orange-billed Babbler 6 20 Turdoides rufescens E
14 Yellow-billed Babbler 10 50 Turdoides affinis taprobanus Essp.
14 Great Tit 2 6 Parus major mahrattarum
14 Jerdon's Bushlark 3 12 Mirafra affinis
13 Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark 2 12 Eremopterix grisea
14 Oriental Skylark 1 6 Alauda gulgula
14 House Sparrow 7 30 Passer domesticus indicus
12 White-throated Munia 1 1 Lonchura malabarica
13 White-rumped Munia 3 2 Lonchura striata
14 Black-throated Munia 1 2 Lonchura k. kelaarti
14 Scaly-breasted Munia 4 8 Lonchura punctulata
13 Black-headed Munia 1 6 Lonchura malacca
14 Forest Wagtail 1 1 Dendronanthus indicus
2 White Wagtail Motacilla alba
1 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
13 Yellow Wagtail 2 5 Motacilla flava
1 Yellow Wagtail (Grey-headed) Motacilla flava thunbergi
14 Grey Wagtail 5 12 Motacilla cinerea
14 Paddyfield Pipit 7 10 Anthus rufulus
11 Blyth's Pipit 1 40 Anthus godlewskii
2 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
10 Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
11 Baya Weaver 1 6 Ploceus philippinus
12 Thick-billed Flowerpecker 1 1 Dicaeum agile zeylonicum Essp.
14 White-throated Flowerpecker 3 4 Dicaeum vincens E
14 Pale-billed Flowerpecker 8 12 D. erythrorhychos ceylonense
14 Purple-rumped Sunbird 11 20 H Nectarinia z. zeylonica Essp.
14 Purple Sunbird 4 8 Nectarinia asiatica
14 Long-billed Sunbird 6 2 Nectarinia l. lotenia Essp.