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 8
Observed in and around Polonnaruwa | ||
Red-billed Tropicbird, | Phaethon aethereus | No record |
White-tailed Tropicbird, | Phaethon lepturus | No record |
Spot-billed Pelican, | Pelecanus philippens | Common |
Masked Booby, | Sula dactylatra | No record |
Red-footed Booby, | Sula sula | No record |
Brown Booby, | Sula leucogaster | No record |
Great Cormorant, | Phalacrocorax carbo | Common |
Indian Cormorant, | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | Rare |
Little Cormorant, | Phalacrocorax niger | Common |
Oriental Darter, | Anhinga melanogaster | Occasional |
Christmas Island Frigatebird, | Fregata andrewsi | No record |
Great Frigatebird, | Fregata minor | No record |
Lesser Frigatebird, | Fregata ariel | No record |
PROCELLARIIFORMES – Petrels, Shearwaters
Observed in and around Polonnaruwa | ||
Cape Petrel, | Daption capense | No record |
Barau’s Petrel, | Pterodroma baraui | No record |
Bulwer’s Petrel, | Bulweria bulwerii | No record |
Jouanin’s Petrel, | Bulweria fallax | No record |
Streaked Shearwater, | Calonectris leucomelas | No record |
Flesh-footed Shearwater, | Puffinus cameipes | No record |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater, | Puffinus pacificus | No record |
Sooty Shearwater, | Puffinus griseus | No record |
Short-tailed Shearwater, | Puffinus tenuirostris | No record |
Audubon’s Shearwater, | Puffinus lherminieri | No record |
Wilson’s Storm-petrel, | Oceanites oceanicus | No record |
Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel, | Oceanodroma monorhis | No record |
CICONIIFORMES – Ibises, Spoonbills, Storks, Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, Flamingo
Observed in and around Polonnaruwa | ||
Grey Heron, | Ardea cinerea | Common |
Goliath Heron, | Ardea goliath | No record |
Purple Heron, | Ardea purpurea | Occasional |
Eastern Great Egret, | Ardea modesta | Common |
Intermediate Egret, | Egretta intermedia | Common |
Little Egret, | Egretta garzetta | Common |
Western Reef Egret, | Egretta gularis | No record |
Cattle Egret, | Bubulcus ibis | Common |
Indian Pond Heron, | Ardeola grayii | Common |
Chinese Pond Heron, | Ardeola bacchus | No record |
Striated Heron, | Butorides striatus | No record |
Black-crowned Night Heron, | Nycticorax nycticorax | Common |
Malayan Night Heron, | Gorsachius melanolophus | No record |
Yellow Bittern, | Ixobrychus sinensis | Rare |
Cinnamon Bittern, | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | No record |
Black Bittern, | Dupetor flavicollis | Occasional |
Eurasian Bittern, | Botaurus stellaris | No record |
Painted Stork, | Mycteria leucocephala | Occasional |
Asian Openbill, | Anastomus oscitans | Common |
Black Stork, | Ciconia nigra | Rare |
Woolly-necked Stork, | Ciconia episcopus | Occasional |
White Stork, | Ciconia ciconia | No record |
Black-necked Stork, | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | No record |
Lesser Adjutant, | Leptoptilos javanicus | Occasional |
Black-headed Ibis, | Threskomis melanocephalus | Common |
Glossy Ibis, | Plegadis falcinellus | No record |
Common Spoonbill, | Platalea leucorodia | Occasional |
Greater Flamingo, | Phoenicopterus ruber | No record |