Wildlife at Polonnaruwa
- Wildlife of Sri Lanka
- Polonnaruwa: Hub for Wildlife
- Polonnaruwa Bird List
- Perching Birds
- Woodpeckers and Barbets
- Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Rollers, Hoopoe
- Swifts
- Nightjars
- Trogons
- Cuckoos, Malkohas and Coucals
- Parakeets and Lorikeets
- Owls
- Eagles, Hawks, Ospreys, Vultures
- Pigeons and Doves
- Fowl, Quails, Partridges
- Buttonquail
- Jacanas, Plovers, Lapwings, Terns, Gulls
- Rails, Crakes, Waterhens and Coots
- Pelicans, Cormorants, Darters
- Petrels, Shearwaters
- Ibises, Storks, Herons, Egrets, Bitterns
- Geese and Ducks
- Grebes
- Primates
- Other Mammals
- Birds of Sri Lanka
- Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish
- Invertebrates
- Ecology of Dry Evergreen Forest
Polonnaruwa Bird List – page 7
| Observed in and around Polonnaruwa | ||
| Slaty-breasted Rail, | Rallus striatus | No record |
| Water Rail, | Rallus aquaticus | No record |
| Slaty-legged Crake, | Rallina eurizonoides | No record |
| Corncrake, | Crex crex | No record |
| Baillon’s Crake, | Porzana pusilla | No record |
| Ruddy-breasted Crake, | Porzana fusca | No record |
| White-breasted Waterhen, | Amauromis phoenicurus | Common |
| Watercock, | Gallicrex cinerea | Rare |
| Common Moorhen, | Gallinula chloropus | Common |
| Purple Swamphen, | Porphyrio porphyrio | Common |
| Common Coot, | Fulica atra | Rare |