KANDY
SRI LANKA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 176 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 176 |
| # Endemics: | 21 |
| # Near Endemics: | 22 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
| |||
| 1 | /Lesser Whistling-Duck/ | Dendrocygna javanica | |
| 2 | Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| |||
| 3 | Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | |
| 4 | Sri Lanka Spurfowl | Galloperdix bicalcarata | |
| 5 | Sri Lanka Junglefowl | Gallus lafayettii | |
| |||
| 6 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| |||
| 7 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 8 | Sri Lanka Wood-Pigeon | Columba torringtoniae | |
| 9 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | |
| 10 | Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon | Treron bicinctus | |
| 11 | Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon | Treron pompadora | |
| 12 | Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
| |||
| 13 | Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| 14 | Blue-faced Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | |
| 15 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 16 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| 17 | Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus dicruroides | |
| 18 | Common Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx varius | |
| 19 | Gray-bellied Cuckoo | Cacomantis passerinus | |
| |||
| 20 | Indian Nightjar | Caprimulgus asiaticus | |
| |||
| 21 | Brown-backed Needletail | Hirundapus giganteus | |
| 22 | Indian Swiftlet | Aerodramus unicolor | |
| 23 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 24 | Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
| |||
| 25 | Crested Treeswift | Hemiprocne coronata | |
| |||
| 26 | Gray-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus | |
| 27 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| |||
| 28 | Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
| |||
| 29 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
| |||
| 30 | /Pin-tailed Snipe/ | Gallinago stenura | |
| 31 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| |||
| 32 | /Whiskered Tern/ | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| |||
| 33 | Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | |
| 34 | Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
| 35 | Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala | |
| |||
| 36 | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
| |||
| 37 | Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger | |
| 38 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| 39 | Indian Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | |
| |||
| 40 | Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis | |
| |||
| 41 | Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| 42 | Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| 43 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 44 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 45 | Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | |
| 46 | Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | |
| 47 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 48 | Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| 49 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 50 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| |||
| 51 | Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | |
| |||
| 52 | European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| 53 | Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| 54 | Legge's Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus kelaarti | |
| 55 | Changeable Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus | |
| 56 | Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
| 57 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 58 | Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
| 59 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 60 | Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
| 61 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| 62 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | |
| 63 | Gray-headed Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga ichthyaetus | |
| 64 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo | |
| |||
| 65 | Indian Scops-Owl | Otus bakkamoena | |
| 66 | Oriental Scops-Owl | Otus sunia | |
| 67 | Brown Fish-Owl | Ketupa zeylonensis | |
| 68 | Chestnut-backed Owlet | Glaucidium castanotum | |
| 69 | Brown Wood-Owl | Strix leptogrammica | |
| |||
| 70 | Sri Lanka Gray Hornbill | Ocyceros gingalensis | |
| 71 | Malabar Pied-Hornbill | Anthracoceros coronatus | |
| |||
| 72 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| 73 | Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca | |
| 74 | Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
| 75 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| 76 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
| |||
| 77 | Asian Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | |
| 78 | /Blue-tailed Bee-eater/ | Merops philippinus | |
| 79 | Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti | |
| |||
| 80 | Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | |
| |||
| 81 | Crimson-fronted Barbet | Psilopogon rubricapillus | |
| 82 | Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
| 83 | Brown-headed Barbet | Psilopogon zeylanicus | |
| 84 | Yellow-fronted Barbet | Psilopogon flavifrons | |
| |||
| 85 | Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus nanus | |
| 86 | Rufous Woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus | |
| 87 | Black-rumped Flameback | Dinopium benghalense | |
| 88 | Red-backed Flameback | Dinopium psarodes | |
| 89 | Lesser Yellownape | Picus chlorolophus | |
| 90 | Streak-throated Woodpecker | Picus xanthopygaeus | |
| 91 | Crimson-backed Flameback | Chrysocolaptes stricklandi | |
| |||
| 92 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| |||
| 93 | Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | |
| 94 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
| 95 | Plum-headed Parakeet | Psittacula cyanocephala | |
| 96 | Layard's Parakeet | Psittacula calthrapae | |
| 97 | Sri Lanka Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus beryllinus | |
| |||
| 98 | Indian Pitta | Pitta brachyura | |
| |||
| 99 | Small Minivet | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus | |
| 100 | Orange Minivet | Pericrocotus flammeus | |
| 101 | Large Cuckooshrike | Coracina macei | |
| 102 | Black-headed Cuckooshrike | Lalage melanoptera | |
| |||
| 103 | Black-hooded Oriole | Oriolus xanthornus | |
| |||
| 104 | Ashy Woodswallow | Artamus fuscus | |
| |||
| 105 | Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus | |
| |||
| 106 | Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
| |||
| 107 | White-browed Fantail | Rhipidura aureola | |
| |||
| 108 | /Ashy Drongo/ | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
| 109 | White-bellied Drongo | Dicrurus caerulescens | |
| 110 | Sri Lanka Drongo | Dicrurus lophorinus | |
| |||
| 111 | Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
| 112 | Indian Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi | |
| |||
| 113 | /Brown Shrike/ | Lanius cristatus | |
| |||
| 114 | House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
| 115 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
| |||
| 116 | Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
| |||
| 117 | Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | |
| |||
| 118 | Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | |
| 119 | Gray-breasted Prinia | Prinia hodgsonii | |
| 120 | Jungle Prinia | Prinia sylvatica | |
| 121 | Ashy Prinia | Prinia socialis | |
| 122 | Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | |
| |||
| 123 | /Blyth's Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
| |||
| 124 | Hill Swallow | Hirundo domicola | |
| 125 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 126 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| 127 | Sri Lanka Swallow | Cecropis hyperythra | |
| |||
| 128 | Yellow-browed Bulbul | Acritillas indica | |
| 129 | Square-tailed Bulbul | Hypsipetes ganeesa | |
| 130 | Black-capped Bulbul | Rubigula melanictera | |
| 131 | White-browed Bulbul | Pycnonotus luteolus | |
| 132 | Yellow-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus penicillatus | |
| 133 | Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | |
| |||
| 134 | /Green Warbler/ | Phylloscopus nitidus | |
| 135 | /Large-billed Leaf Warbler/ | Phylloscopus magnirostris | |
| |||
| 136 | Yellow-eyed Babbler | Chrysomma sinense | |
| |||
| 137 | Sri Lanka White-eye | Zosterops ceylonensis | |
| 138 | Indian White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
| |||
| 139 | Tawny-bellied Babbler | Dumetia hyperythra | |
| 140 | Dark-fronted Babbler | Dumetia atriceps | |
| 141 | Sri Lanka Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus melanurus | |
| |||
| 142 | Brown-capped Babbler | Pellorneum fuscocapillus | |
| |||
| 143 | Yellow-billed Babbler | Argya affinis | |
| |||
| 144 | Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | Sitta frontalis | |
| |||
| 145 | Sri Lanka Myna | Gracula ptilogenys | |
| 146 | Southern Hill Myna | Gracula indica | |
| 147 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
| |||
| 148 | Pied Thrush | Geokichla wardii | |
| 149 | /Orange-headed Thrush/ | Geokichla citrina | |
| 150 | Indian Blackbird | Turdus simillimus | |
| |||
| 151 | /Asian Brown Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa dauurica | |
| 152 | /Brown-breasted Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa muttui | |
| 153 | /Indian Robin/ | Copsychus fulicatus | |
| 154 | Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
| 155 | White-rumped Shama | Copsychus malabaricus | |
| 156 | Dull-blue Flycatcher | Eumyias sordidus | |
| 157 | Tickell's Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis tickelliae | |
| 158 | /Indian Blue Robin/ | Larvivora brunnea | |
| 159 | Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush | Myophonus blighi | |
| 160 | /Kashmir Flycatcher/ | Ficedula subrubra | |
| 161 | Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | |
| |||
| 162 | Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum agile | |
| 163 | Pale-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum erythrorhynchos | |
| |||
| 164 | Purple-rumped Sunbird | Leptocoma zeylonica | |
| 165 | Purple Sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus | |
| 166 | Loten's Sunbird | Cinnyris lotenius | |
| |||
| 167 | Jerdon's Leafbird | Chloropsis jerdoni | |
| 168 | Golden-fronted Leafbird | Chloropsis aurifrons | |
| |||
| 169 | White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | |
| 170 | Black-throated Munia | Lonchura kelaarti | |
| 171 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| 172 | Tricolored Munia | Lonchura malacca | |
| |||
| 173 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| |||
| 174 | /Forest Wagtail/ | Dendronanthus indicus | |
| 175 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 176 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 22 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 1 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 12 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| EN | Endangered | 1 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.