List of AVES species in Sri Lanka



This is a list of AVES in Sri Lanka according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Myophonus blighi Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush 22708292 EN
Elaphrornis palliseri Ceylon Bush-Warbler 22714545 NT
Columba torringtoniae Ceylon Wood-Pigeon 22690178 VU
Pycnonotus penicillatus Yellow-eared Bulbul 22712722 NT
Dicrurus lophorinus Sri Lanka Drongo 103711132 LC
Pycnonotus melanicterus Black-capped Bulbul 103825842 LC
Sturnornis albofrontatus White-faced Starling 22710844 VU
Centropus chlororhynchos Green-billed Coucal 22684257 VU
Gracula ptilogenys Ceylon Myna 22710988 NT
Ocyceros gingalensis Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill 22682425 LC
Geokichla spiloptera Spot-winged Thrush 22708478 NT
Treron pompadora Pompadour Green Pigeon 22725560 LC
Dicaeum vincens White-throated Flowerpecker 22717490 NT
Eumyias sordidus Dull-blue Flycatcher 22709433 NT
Garrulax cinereifrons Ashy-headed Laughingthrush 22715586 VU
Otus thilohoffmanni Serendib Scops-owl 22732040 EN
Tephrodornis affinis Sri Lanka Wood-shrike 103703914 LC
Dinopium psarodes Lesser Crimson-backed Flameback 61517218 LC
Psilopogon rubricapillus Sri Lanka Barbet 22726142 LC
Glaucidium castanotum Chestnut-backed Owlet 22689286 NT
Cecropis hyperythra Sri Lanka Swallow 103812653 LC
Galloperdix bicalcarata Sri Lanka Spurfowl 22679137 LC
Urocissa ornata Ceylon Blue Magpie 22705787 VU
Zosterops ceylonensis Ceylon White-eye 22714023 LC
Gallus lafayettii Ceylon Junglefowl 22679209 LC
Pomatorhinus melanurus Sri Lanka Scimitar-babbler 22734513 LC
Loriculus beryllinus Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot 22685371 LC
Psittacula calthrapae Layard's Parakeet 22685493 LC
Chrysocolaptes stricklandi Greater Crimson-backed Flameback 22726554 LC
Turdoides rufescens Orange-billed Babbler 22716406 NT

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)