Birds Observed at Wilpattu National Park 
( Common names as per the country list of Ceylon Bird Club www.ceylonbirdclub.org )
* Endemic
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Spotted-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis
- Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger
- Indian Shag Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Indian Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Large Egret Egretta alba
- Median Egret Egretta intermedia
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Little Green Heron Butorides striatus
- Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Malay Bittern Gorsachius melanolophus
- Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
- Chestnut Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
- Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis
- Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
- Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- White-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- White Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus
- Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Lesser Whistling Teal Dendrocygna javanica
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Cotton Teal Nettapus coromandelianus
- Shoveller Anas clypeata
- Pintail Anas acuta
- Garganey Anas querquedula
- Common Teal Anas crecca
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Brahminy Kite Haliaster indus
- White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
- Grey-headed Fishing Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Shikra Accipiter badius
- Besra Sparrowhawk Accipiter virgatus
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo burmanicus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus kienerii
- Crested Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Shaheen Falcon Falco peregrinus pregrinator
- Indian Grey Partridge Francolinus pondicerianus
- Ceylon Junglefowl Gallus lafayetii *
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Bustard-Quail Turnix suscitator
- Banded Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Blue-breasted Banded Rail Rallus striatus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Ruddy Crake Porzana fusca
- Purple Coot Porphyrio [porphyrio] poliocephalus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Coot Fulica atra
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Asiatic Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius jerdoni
- Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrines seebhomi
- Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Ruff Philomachus pugnax
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Indian Stone Curlew Burhinus indicus
- Great Stone Plover Esacus recurvirostris
- Large Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Large Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Little Tern Sterna albifrons
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrid
- White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
- Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicincta
- Pompadour Green Pigeon Treron pompadora *
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Ceylon Lorikeet Loriculus beryllinus *
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Coucal Centropus [sinensis] parroti
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Red-winged Crested Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Pied Crested Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Indian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Indian Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis passerines
- Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus [lugubris] dicruroides
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Forest Eagle-Owl Bubo nipalensis
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Brown Hawk-Owl Ninox scutulata
- Ceylon Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- House Swift Apus affinis
- Crested Tree Swift Hemiprocne coronate
- Ceylon TrogonHarpactes fasciatus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Indian Three-toed Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaultia
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Ceylon Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis *
- Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
- Brown-headed Barbet Megalaima zeylanica
- Ceylon Small Barbet Megalaima rubricapillus *
- Crimson-breasted Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
- Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos nanus
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Golden-backed Woodpecker Dinopium benghalense jaffnensis
- Red-backed Woodpecker Dinopium benghalense psarodes *
- Crimson-backed Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes stricklandi *
- Black-backed Yellow Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Jerdon’s Bushlark Mirafra affinis
- Indian Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Common Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ceylon Swallow Hirundo hyperythra *
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Indian Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Large Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina macei
- Black-headed Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina melanoptera
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Pied Flycatcher-Shrike Hemipus picatus
- Ceylon Wood Shrike Tephrodornis affinis *
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi paradise / Ceylon Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi ceylonensis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Black-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus *
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Jerdon's Chloropsis Chloropsis jerdoni
- Gold-fronted Chloropsis Chloropsis aurifrons
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus cristatus
- Philippine Shrike Lanius cristatus lucionensis
- Rufous-rumped Shrike Lanius schach
- Orange-headed Ground Thrush Zoothera citrine
- Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Layard’s Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Indian Blue Chat Luscinia brunnea
- Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Black Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus
- Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus *
- White-throated Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Black-fronted Babbler Rhopocichla atriceps
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Southern Common Babbler Turdoides affinis
- Streaked Fantail Warbler Cisticola juncidis
- White-browed Prinia Prinia inornata
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Large Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus[stentoreus] brunnescens
- Green Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile
- Tickell’s Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Purple Sunbird Cynnyris asiaticus
- Loten’s Sunbird Cynnyris lotenius
- Small White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- White-throated Munia Euodice malabarica
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Spotted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Striated Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Brahminy Myna Temenuchus pagodarum
- Rosy Starling Sturnus roseus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Grey Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens insularis
- Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Ashy Swallow-Shrike Artamus fuscus
- Jungle Crow Corvus [macrorhyncos] culminates
- House Crow Corvus splendens