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Endemic Birds to Sri Lanka:

Sibly and Monroe, Who revised the recent  modern Bird Taxonomy in 1990, have mentioned that there are 23 numbers of birds species, are endemic to Sri Lanka. Later in 1994 Priyantha Wijesinghe in his Bird Checklist of Sri Lanka has increased the number to 26. Then, in 2004 Pamela C. Rasmussen, in her book on Birds of South Asia (Rasmussen and Anderton) further increased the number to 33.

• Ceylon Spurfowl
  Galloperdix bicalcarata
• Ceylon Jungle Fowl
  Gallus lafayetii
• Ceylon Wood Pigeon
  Columba torringtonii
• Ceylon Hanging Parrot
  Loriculus beryllinus
• Layard's Parakeet
  Psittacula calthropae
• Red-faced Malkoha
  Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
• Green-billed Coucal
  Centropu chlororhynchos
• Chestnut-backed Owlet
  Glaucidium castanonotum
• Ceylon Grey Hombill
  Ocyceros gingalensis
• Yellow- fronted Barbet
  Megalaima flavifrons
• Yellow-eared Bulbul
  Pycnonotus penicillatus
• Ceylon Whistling- Thrush
  Myophonus blighi
• Spot-winged Ground- Thrush
  Zoothera spiloptera
• Sri Lanka Bush-Warbler
  Elaphrornis palliseri
• Dusky-blue Flycatcher
  Eumyias sordidus
• Brown-capped Babbler
  Pellorneum fuscocapillus
• Ceylon Rufous Babbler
  Turdoides rufescens
• Ashy-headed Laughingthrush
  Garrulax cinereifrons
• Legge's Flowerpecker
  Dicaeum vincens
• Ceylon White-eye
  Zosterops ceylonensis
• Ceylon Blue Magpie
  Urocissa ornata
• White-faced Starling
  Sturnia albofrontata
• Sri Lanka Myna
  Gracula ptilogenys

• Ceylon Small Barbet
  Megalaima rubricapillus
• Black-capped Bulbul
  Pycnonotus melanicterus
• Black-throated Munia
  Lonchura kelaarti

• Pompadour Green Pigeon
  Treron pompadora
• Serendib Scops-Owl
  Otus hoffmaninii
• Crimson-backed Flameback
  Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
• Ceylon Swallow
  Hirundo hyperythra
• Ceylon Woodshrike
  Tephrodornis affinis
• Ceylon Scaly Thrush
  Zoothera imbricata
• Ceylon Scimitar-Babbler
  Pomatorhinus {schisticeps} melanurus
• Ceylon Crested Drongo
  Dicrurus lophorinus

Birds found only in Sri Lanka and India

• Blue-faced Malkoha
  Rhopodyres viridirostris
• Dark-fronted Babbler
  Rhopocichla atriceps
• Indian Swiflet
  Aerodramus unicolor
• Jerdon's Nightjar
  Caprimulgus atripennis
• Jungle Bush-Quail
  Perdicula asiatica
• Long-billed Sunbird
  Nectarinia litenia lotenia
• Malabar Pied-Hornbill
  Anthracoceros coronatus
• Malabar Trogon
  Harpactes faciatus
• Painted Francolin
  Francolinus pictus watsoni
• Sri Lanka Fronmouth
  Batrachostomus moniliger
• White Browed Bulbul
  Pycnonotus luteolus insulae
• Yellowbrowed Bulbul
  Hypsipetes indicus

Globally threatened birds found in Sri Lanka

Critical - none

Endangered

• Spotted Greenshank
  Triuga guttfer
• Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush (Endemic)
  Myophonus blighi

Vulnerable

• Spot-billed Pelican
  Pelecanus philippensis
• Lesser Adjutant
  Leptoptilos javanicus
• Lesser Kestrel
  Falco maumanni
• Sociable Lapwing
  Vanellus gregarius
• Wood Snipe
  Gallinago nemoricola
• Spoon-billed Sandpiper
  Eurynorhynches pygmeus
• Kashmir Flycatcher
  Ficeduja subrubra
  
• Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon (Endemic)
  Columba torringtonii
• Red Faced Malkoha (Endemic)
  Phaenicophaeus pyrr
• Green-billed Coucal (Endemic)
  Centropus chlororynchus
• ashy-headed Laughingthrush (Endemic)
  Garrulax cinereifrons
• White-faced Starling (Endemic)
  Sturnus senex
• Sri Lanka Blue Magpie (Endemic)
  Urocissa ornata

Near Threatened

• Oriental Dater
  Anhinga melanogaster
• Painted Stork
  Mycteria leucocephala
• Black-necked Stork
  Ephiporhynchus asiaricus
• Black-headed Ibis
  Threskiornis melanocephalus
• Grey-headed Fish Eagle
  Fchthyophaga ichthyaetus
• Pallid Harrier
  Circus macrourus
• Great Snipe
  Gallinago media
• Asian Dowitcher
  Limnodromus semipalmatus
• Malabar Pied Hornbill
  Anthracoceros coronatus
  
• Chesnut-backed Owlet (Endemic)
  Glaucidium castanonotum
• Yellow-eared Bulbul (Endemic)
  Pycnonotus penicillatus
• Spot-winged Thrush (Endemic)
  Soothera spiloptera
• Orange-billed Babbler (Endemic)
  Turdoides rufescens
• Sri Lanka Bush-warbler (Endemic)
  Bradypterus pallisexi
• Dull-blue Flycatcher (Endemic)
  Eumyias sordida
• White-throated Flowerpecker (Endemic)
  Dicaeum vincens
• Sri Lanka Mynah (Endemic)
  Gracula ptilogenys

Links for more information

• www.rdb.or.id (Red data book threatened birds of Asia)
• www.birdlife.net (Bird Life International)
• www.redlist.org
• www.iucnsl.org (IUCN - Sri Lanka, The World Conservation Union)

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