Total: 161 species No. 1 - 152 are recorded by members of Field Ornithologists Group of Sri Lanka (FOGSL.) No. 153 – 161 were spotted by a Dutch birder, Mr. Harm Kossen. He counted a total of 65 birds on a two night stay at Tree Tops in September, 2002. Many thanks to Mr. Kossen for sending us his list. Birds in the area of Buttala / Maligawila 01 Painted Francolin 02 Blue-breasted Quail 03 Jungle Bush Quail 04 Sri Lanka Spurfowl 05 Indian Peafowl 06 Lesser Whistling-duck 07 Cotton Pigmy-goose 08 Barred Buttonquail 09 Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker 10 Rufous Woodpecker 11 Lesser Yellownape 12 Black-rumped Woodpecker 13 Greater Flameback 14 Brown-headed Barbet 15 Crimson-fronted Barbet 16 Coppersmith Barbet 17 Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill 18 Malabar Pied Hornbill 19 Common Hoopoe 20 Indian Roller 21 Common Kingfisher 22 Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher 23 Stork-billed Kingfisher 24 While-throated Kingfisher 25 Pied Kingfisher 26 Green Bee-eater 27 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 28 Chestnutnut-headed Bee-eater 29 Pied Cuckoo 30 Common Hawk Cuckoo 31 Indian Cuckoo 32 Banded Bay Cuckoo 33 Drongo Cuckoo 34 Asain Koel 35 Blue-faced Malkoha 36 Sirkeer Malkoha 37 Sri Lanka Red-faced Malkoha 38 Greater Coucal 39 Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot, Lorikeet 40 Alexandrine Parakeet 41 Rose-ringed Parakeet 42 Indian Swiftlet 43 Asian Palm Swift 44 House Swift 45 Crested Treeswift 46 Oriental Scops Owl 47 Collared Scops Owl 48 Spot-bellied Eagle Owl 49 Brown Fish Owl 50 Jungle Owlet 51 Brown Hawk Owl 52 Jerdon’s Nightjar 53 Spotted Dove 54 Emerald Dove, Bronze-winged Pigeon 55 Orange-breasted Green Pigeon 56 Pompadour Green Pigeon 57 Green Imperial Pigeon 58 Slaty-breasted Rail 59 White-breasted Waterhen 60 Ruddy-breasted Crake 61 Watercock 62 Purple Swamphen 63 Common Moorhen 64 Common coot 65 Black-winged Stilt 66 Yellow-wattled Lapwing 67 Red-wattled Lapwing 68 Black-sholdered Kite 69 Brahmine Kite 70 White-bellied Sea Eagle 71 Grey-headed Fish Eagle 72 Crested Serpent Eagle 73 Crested Goshawk 74 Shikra 75 Besra 76 Rufous –bellied Eagle 77 Changeable Hawk-Eagle 78 Common kestrel 79 Peregrine Falcon 80 Little Grabe 81 Oriental Darter 82 Little Cormorant 83 Indian Cormorant 84 Little Egret 85 Great Egret 86 Intermediate Egret 87 Cattle Egret 88 Grey Heron 89 Purple Heron 90 Indian Pond Heron 91 Black Bittern 92 Black-headed Ibis 93 Eurasian Spoonbill 94 Spot-billed Pelican 95 Asian Openbill 96 Wooly-necked Stork 97 Lesser Adjudant 98 Blue-winged Leafbird 99 Gold-fronted Leafbird 100 House Crow 101 Large-billed Crow 102 Ashy Woodswallow 103 Black-headed Oriole 104 Large Cuckooshrike 105 Black-headed Cuckooshrike 106 Small Minivet 107 Scarlet Minivet 108 Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike 109 White-browed Fantail 110 White-bellied Drongo 111 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 112 Black-naped Monarch 113 Asian Paradise Flycatcher 114 Common Iora 115 Common Woodshrike 116 Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher 117 Oriental Magpie Robin 118 Indian Robin 119 Common Myna 120 Southern Hill Myna 121 Velve-fronted Nuthatch 122 Red-rumped Swallow 123 Black-crested Bulbul 124 Red-vented Bulbul 125 White-browed Bulbul 126 Zitting Cisticola 127 Grey-breasted Prinia 128 Jungle Prinia 129 Ashy Prinia 130 Plain Prinia 131 Oriental White-eye 132 Common Tailorbird 133 Sri Lanka Brown-capped Babbler 134 Indian Scimitar Babbler 135 Tawny-bellied Babbler 136 Dark-fronted Babbler 137 Yellow-eyed Babbler 138 Jerdon’s Bushlark 139 Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark 140 Oriental Skylark 141 Thick-billed Flowerpecker 142 Pale-billed Flowerpecker 143 Purple-rumped Sunbird 144 Purple Sunbird 145 Loten’s Sunbird 146 House Sparrow 147 Paddyfield Pipit 148 Baya Weawer 149 Indian Silverbill 150 White-rumped Munia 151 Scally-breasted Munia 152 Black-headed Munia -------------------------------------------------------- 153 Black-chrowned Night-heron 154 Sri Lanka Junglefowl 155 Little Ringed Plover 156 Red-wattled Lapwing 157 Common Sandpiper 158 Plum-headed Parakeet, Blossom-headed Parakeet 159 Barn Swallow 160 Crested Drongo 161 White-rumped Shama Many thanks to Mr. Kossen for sending us his list.

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