Bird sounds of Sri Lanka
Deepal Warakagoda
Vocalisations of 99 species, each indexed by track number but not announced. Species are grouped in ten habitat types.
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Common Name | Scientific Name |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
Lesser Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna javanica |
White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster |
Grey-headed Fish-Eagle | Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus |
Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela |
Changeable Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus cirrhatus |
Indian Gray Francolin | Francolinus pondicerianus |
Sri Lanka Spurfowl | Galloperdix bicalcarata |
Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus |
Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
Great Thick-knee | Esacus recurvirostris |
Yellow-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus malabaricus |
Red-wattled Plover | Vanellus indicus |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis |
Common Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica |
Pompadour Green-Pigeon | Treron pompadora |
Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea |
Sri Lanka Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus beryllinus |
Plum-headed Parakeet | Psittacula cyanocephala |
Jacobin Cuckoo | Oxylophus jacobinus |
Common Hawk-Cuckoo | Cuculus varius |
Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus |
Banded Bay Cuckoo | Penthoceryx sonneratii |
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris |
Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopacea |
Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis |
Brown-headed Stork-billed-Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis |
White-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis |
Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus |
Bay-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti |
Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
Brown-headed Barbet | Megalaima zeylanica |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
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Sri Lanka Yellow-fronted Barbet | Megalaima flavifrons |
Crimson-fronted Barbet | Megalaima rubricapilla |
Coppersmith Barbet | Megalaima haemacephala |
Rufous Woodpecker | Celeus brachyurus |
Greater Flameback | Chrysocolaptes lucidus |
Indian Pitta | Pitta brachyura |
Rufous-winged Bushlark | Mirafra assamica |
Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula |
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix grisea |
Black-headed Cuckooshrike | Coracina melanoptera |
Small Minivet | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus |
Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus flammeus |
Bar-winged Flycatcher-Shrike | Hemipus picatus |
Common Woodshrike | Tephrodornis pondicerianus |
Black-crested Bulbul | Pycnonotus melanicterus |
Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer |
Yellow-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus penicillatus |
White-browed Bulbul | Pycnonotus luteolus |
Yellow-browed Bulbul | Iole indica |
Black Bulbul | Hypsipetes leucocephalus |
Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia |
Blue-winged Leafbird | Chloropsis cochinchinensis |
Golden-fronted Leafbird | Chloropsis aurifrons |
Indian Robin | Saxicoloides fulicata |
Spot-winged Ground-Thrush | Zoothera spiloptera |
Common Blackbird | Turdus merula |
Indian Blue Robin | Luscinia brunnea |
Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis |
White-rumped Shama | Copsychus malabaricus |
Pied Stonechat | Saxicola caprata |
Brown-capped Jungle-Babbler | Pellorneum fuscocapillum |
Indian Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus horsfieldii |
Oriental Yellow-eyed Babbler | Chrysomma sinense |
White-billed Babbler | Turdoides affinis |
Grey-breasted Prinia | Prinia hodgsonii |
Jungle Prinia | Prinia sylvatica |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
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Ashy Prinia | Prinia socialis |
Plain-colored Prinia | Prinia inornata |
Clamorous Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus |
Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius |
Green Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides nitidus |
Large-billed Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus magnirostris |
Dull Blue-Flycatcher | Eumyias sordida |
Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher | Cyornis tickelliae |
Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis |
White-browed Fantail | Rhipidura aureola |
Great Tit | Parus major |
Pale-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum erythrorynchos |
Purple-rumped Sunbird | Leptocoma zeylonica |
Purple Sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus |
Loten's Sunbird | Cinnyris lotenius |
Oriental White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus |
Sri Lanka White-eye | Zosterops ceylonensis |
White-bellied Drongo | Dicrurus caerulescens |
Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus |
Sri Lanka Blue-Magpie | Urocissa ornata |
Black-hooded Oriole | Oriolus xanthornus |
Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa |
Sri Lanka Myna | Gracula ptilogenys |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
White-faced Starling | Sturnia senex |
House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.
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