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| South India & Sri Lanka 10 Feb. - 2 March 2010 | ||
| Birding trip report - John van der Woude - www.jvanderw.nl | ||
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report with maps and species list (this page) 2. photos of birding sites South India 3. photos of birding sites Sri Lanka 4. for photos of cultural highlights in South India (Mysore, Belur, Halebid), click here |
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| On this well-guided private trip we saw all 27 endemics of the Western Ghats of South India and all 33 endemics of Sri Lanka. In South India we were guided by Jijo Mathew of Kalypso (birdskerala.com) with Prasad as driver, and in Sri Lanka we were guided and driven by Sunil de Awis of Baur's (travel.baurs.com; note 2012: at present Sunil is free lance, contact him at sunil.dealwis at hotmail.com or sunil.de152 at gmail.com). Obviously, as we saw all endemcics, I can recommend both guides. Jijo is an energetic and lively man, who not only helped us to find the Western Ghats endemics, but also practically all the semi-endemics shared by South India and Sri Lanka. So in Sri Lanka we could fully concentrate on the endemics of that island, and Sunil is a master in finding them. Gladly, both Prasad in India and Sunil in Sri Lanka were careful drivers. In general, the accommodation was very reasonable and the food very nice. Mostly, beer was available too. We had no health problems, and there were practically no leeches. We had brillliant weather all the time. | ||
| We flew with Emirates airlines from Düsseldorf (Amsterdam was not yet possible then) to Dubai, where we took a three-day stopover to find some lifers in the desert and on the coast (see report). From Dubai we flew directly to Kochi/Cochin where the Western Ghats endemics tour normally (and ideally) starts. This trip ended near Mysore, and in stead of driving back to Kochi we drove on, along some stunning cultural highlights of India, towards Bangalore. From Bangalore we had a Sri Lankan Airlines flight to Colombo, where the Sri Lanka endemics tour starts and ends. From Colombo we flew back to Düsseldorf via Dubai, with Emirates again. The four-leg Emirates flight was 750 euro pp, and the one-leg Sri Lankan flight 80 euro pp. | ||
| Both tours had roughly the same structure (see also the regional maps below): first a few days in the moist tropical lowlands (India: Thattekad; Sri Lanka: Kitulgala), then the moist hill region (India: Munnar; Sri Lanka: Sinharadja), then via a drier-climate zone (India: Chinnar reserve; Sri Lanka: Tissa) to the mountains (India: Ooty; Sri Lanka: Nuwara Elyia). The dry zone has only a few endemics (India: 2; Sri Lanka: 1), and in India we stayed there very shortly, but in Sri Lanka we chose to stay there longer in order to see coastal birds and the wildlife of the beautiful Yala national park. For a detailed description of the standard endemics tours, see the websites of Kalypso and Baurs. | ||
| More details of how we fared at the different birding sites are given in the photo sections (South India, Sri Lanka). For the species list, see below. | ||
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 Our flights for this combined trip. 1, 2, 4 and 5 with Emirates, 3 with Sri Lankan Airways. |
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 Western Ghats endemics trip plus a few 'culture days' (10 - 19 Feb. 2010): 1. airport of Kochi/Cochin 2. Thattekad - moist tropical lowlands 3. Munnar - moist hill region 4. Chinnar wildlife sanctuary - dry climate zone 5. Ooty - highlands 6. Mudumalai NP (briefly, roadside; end of endemics trip) 7. Mysore - Maharadja palace 8. Sravanabelgola - Jain statue 9. Belur and Halebid - Hoysala temples 10. airport of Bangalore |
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 Sri Lanka endemics trip (20 Feb - 1 March 2010): 1. Colombo airport 2. Kitulgala - moist tropical lowlands 3. Sinharadja - moist hill region 4. Tissa + Yala & Bundala national parks - dry climate zone 5. Nuwara Eliya highlands (+ Horton Plains NP) 6. Kandy |
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| Species
list (all species seen; names
according to IOC) sIn = South India sIn = Western Ghats endemic SL = Sri Lanka SL = Sri Lanka endemic For all lifers also the birding site is given (last column). This is always the first site where we saw it, and for most species also the only site, and for the endemics practically always the classical site to see it. |
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South India: Tha = Thattekad Mun = Munnar Chi = Chinnar & other dry areas Oot = Ooty |
Sri Lanka: Kit = Kitulgala Sin = Sinharadja Tis = Tissa NaE = Nuwara Eliya |
Status: LC = of least concern NT = near-threatened VU = vulnerable EN = endangered |
| LC | Painted Bush Quail | sIn | Mun | Perdicula erythrorhyncha | |
| LC | Red Spurfowl | sIn | Tha | Galloperdix spadicea | |
| LC | Sri Lanka Spurfowl | SL | Sin | Galloperdix bicalcarata | |
| LC | Grey Junglefowl | sIn | Tha | Gallus sonneratii | |
| LC | Sri Lanka Junglefowl | SL | Kit | Gallus lafayetii | |
| LC | Indian Peafowl | sIn | SL | Pavo cristatus | |
| LC | Lesser Whistling Duck | sIn | SL | Dendrocygna javanica | |
| LC | Ruddy Shelduck | SL | Tadorna ferruginea | ||
| LC | Cotton Pygmy Goose | sIn | SL | Nettapus coromandelianus | |
| LC | Indian Spot-billed Duck | sIn | Anas poecilorhyncha | ||
| LC | Northern Shoveler | sIn | Anas clypeata | ||
| LC | Garganey | SL | Anas querquedula | ||
| LC | Little Grebe | sIn | SL | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| NT | Painted Stork | SL | Mycteria leucocephala | ||
| LC | Asian Openbill | SL | Anastomus oscitans | ||
| LC | Woolly-necked Stork | sIn | SL | Ciconia episcopus | |
| NT | Black-headed Ibis | sIn | SL | Threskiornis melanocephalus | |
| LC | Red-naped Ibis | sIn | Pseudibis papillosa | ||
| LC | Eurasian Spoonbill | SL | Platalea leucorodia | ||
| LC | Yellow Bittern | SL | Ixobrychus sinensis | ||
| LC | Black Bittern | SL | Tis | Dupetor flavicollis | |
| LC | Black-crowned Night Heron | SL | Nycticorax nycticorax | ||
| LC | Indian Pond Heron | sIn | SL | Ardeola grayii | |
| LC | Western Cattle Egret | sIn | SL | Bubulcus ibis | |
| LC | Grey Heron | sIn | SL | Ardea cinerea | |
| LC | Purple Heron | sIn | SL | Ardea purpurea | |
| LC | Western Great Egret | sIn | Ardea alba | ||
| LC | Intermediate Egret | sIn | SL | Egretta intermedia | |
| LC | Little Egret | sIn | SL | Egretta garzetta | |
| LC | Western Reef Heron | sIn | Egretta gularis | ||
| NT | Spot-billed Pelican | sIn | SL | Pelecanus philippensis | |
| LC | Little Cormorant | sIn | SL | Microcarbo niger | |
| LC | Indian Cormorant | sIn | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | ||
| NT | Oriental Darter | sIn | SL | Anhinga melanogaster | |
| LC | Black Baza | sIn | Aviceda leuphotes | ||
| LC | Crested Honey Buzzard | sIn | SL | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| LC | Black-winged Kite | SL | Elanus caeruleus | ||
| LC | Black Kite | sIn | Milvus migrans | ||
| LC | Brahminy Kite | sIn | SL | Haliastur indus | |
| LC | White-bellied Sea Eagle | SL | Haliaeetus leucogaster | ||
| NT | Grey-headed Fish Eagle | SL | Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus | ||
| LC | Crested Serpent Eagle | sIn | SL | Spilornis cheela | |
| LC | Western Marsh Harrier | sIn | Circus aeruginosus | ||
| NT | Pallid Harrier | sIn | Circus macrourus | ||
| LC | Montagu's Harrier | sIn | Circus pygargus | ||
| LC | Crested Goshawk | sIn | Accipiter trivirgatus | ||
| LC | Shikra | sIn | SL | Accipiter badius | |
| LC | Besra | sIn | SL | Accipiter virgatus | |
| LC | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | sIn | Accipiter nisus | ||
| Steppe Buzzard | sIn | Buteo vulpinus | |||
| LC | Black Eagle | sIn | SL | Ictinaetus malayensis | |
| LC | Bonelli's Eagle | sIn | Aquila fasciata | ||
| LC | Booted Eagle | SL | Hieraaetus pennatus | ||
| LC | Rufous-bellied Eagle | sIn | Chi | Lophotriorchis kienerii | |
| LC | Crested Hawk-Eagle | SL | Nisaetus cirrhatus | ||
| Legge's Hawk-Eagle | sIn | Mun | Nisaetus kelaarti | ||
| LC | Common Kestrel | sIn | Falco tinnunculus | ||
| LC | White-breasted Waterhen | SL | Amaurornis phoenicurus | ||
| LC | Purple Swamphen | sIn | SL | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
| LC | Common Moorhen | sIn | SL | Gallinula chloropus | |
| LC | Eurasian Coot | sIn | Fulica atra | ||
| LC | Barred Buttonquail | SL | Turnix suscitator | ||
| LC | Eurasian Stone-curlew | SL | Burhinus oedicnemus | ||
| LC | Great Stone-curlew | SL | Esacus recurvirostris | ||
| LC | Black-winged Stilt | SL | Himantopus himantopus | ||
| LC | Yellow-wattled Lapwing | sIn | SL | Vanellus malabaricus | |
| LC | Red-wattled Lapwing | SL | Vanellus indicus | ||
| LC | Pacific Golden Plover | SL | Pluvialis fulva | ||
| LC | Grey Plover | SL | Pluvialis squatarola | ||
| LC | Little Ringed Plover | SL | Charadrius dubius | ||
| LC | Kentish Plover | SL | Charadrius alexandrinus | ||
| LC | Lesser Sand Plover | SL | Charadrius mongolus | ||
| LC | Greater Sand Plover | SL | Charadrius leschenaultii | ||
| LC | Greater Painted Snipe | sIn | Rostratula benghalensis | ||
| LC | Pheasant-tailed Jacana | sIn | SL | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | |
| LC | Bronze-winged Jacana | sIn | Metopidius indicus | ||
| NT | Black-tailed Godwit | SL | Limosa limosa | ||
| LC | Eurasian Curlew | SL | Numenius arquata | ||
| LC | Common Redshank | SL | Tringa totanus | ||
| LC | Marsh Sandpiper | SL | Tringa stagnatilis | ||
| LC | Common Greenshank | SL | Tringa nebularia | ||
| LC | Green Sandpiper | sIn | SL | Tringa ochropus | |
| LC | Wood Sandpiper | sIn | SL | Tringa glareola | |
| LC | Common Sandpiper | sIn | SL | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| LC | Ruddy Turnstone | SL | Arenaria interpres | ||
| LC | Little Stint | SL | Calidris minuta | ||
| LC | Curlew Sandpiper | SL | Calidris ferruginea | ||
| LC | Red-necked Phalarope | SL | Phalaropus lobatus | ||
| LC | Small Pratincole | SL | Glareola lactea | ||
| LC | Brown-headed Gull | SL | Chroicocephalus brunnicepha | ||
| LC | Gull-billed Tern | SL | Gelochelidon nilotica | ||
| LC | Caspian Tern | SL | Hydroprogne caspia | ||
| LC | Lesser Crested Tern | SL | Thalasseus bengalensis | ||
| LC | Little Tern | SL | Sternula albifrons | ||
| LC | River Tern | sIn | Sterna aurantia | ||
| LC | Whiskered Tern | sIn | SL | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| LC | Common Pigeon | sIn | SL | Columba livia | |
| VU | Nilgiri Wood Pigeon | sIn | Mun | Columba elphinstonii | |
| VU | Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon | SL | NaE | Columba torringtoniae | |
| LC | Spotted Dove | sIn | SL | Stigmatopelia chinensis | |
| LC | Laughing Dove | sIn | Stigmatopelia senegalensis | ||
| LC | Common Emerald Dove | sIn | SL | Chalcophaps indica | |
| LC | Orange-breasted Green Pigeon | SL | Tis | Treron bicinctus | |
| LC | Sri Lanka Green Pigeon | SL | Kit | Treron pompadora | |
| Grey-fronted Green Pigeon | sIn | Tha | Treron affinis | ||
| LC | Yellow-footed Green Pigeon | sIn | Treron phoenicopterus | ||
| LC | Green Imperial Pigeon | sIn | SL | Ducula aenea | |
| LC | Vernal Hanging Parrot | sIn | Loriculus vernalis | ||
| LC | Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot | SL | Kit | Loriculus beryllinus | |
| LC | Alexandrine Parakeet | SL | Psittacula eupatria | ||
| LC | Rose-ringed Parakeet | sIn | SL | Psittacula krameri | |
| LC | Plum-headed Parakeet | sIn | Psittacula cyanocephala | ||
| LC | Blue-winged Parakeet | sIn | Tha | Psittacula columboides (1) | |
| LC | Layard's Parakeet | SL | Kit | Psittacula calthropae | |
| VU | Green-billed Coucal | SL | Kit | Centropus chlororhynchos | |
| LC | Greater Coucal | sIn | SL | Centropus sinensis | |
| LC | Sirkeer Malkoha | SL | Taccocua leschenaultii | ||
| VU | Red-faced Malkoha | SL | Sin | Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephal | |
| LC | Blue-faced Malkoha | sIn | SL | Chi | Phaenicophaeus viridirostri |
| LC | Asian Koel | sIn | SL | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| LC | Grey-bellied Cuckoo | sIn | SL | Chi | Cacomantis passerinus |
| LC | Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo | sIn | Surniculus lugubris | ||
| LC | Common Hawk-Cuckoo | sIn | Tha | Hierococcyx varius | |
| Sri Lanka Bay Owl | sIn | Tha | Phodilus assimilis | ||
| EN | Serendib Scops Owl | SL | Kit | Otus thilohoffmanni | |
| LC | Indian Scops Owl | sIn | Tha | Otus bakkamoena | |
| LC | Brown Fish Owl | sIn | Ketupa zeylonensis | ||
| LC | Mottled Wood Owl | sIn | Tha | Strix ocellata | |
| LC | Jungle Owlet | sIn | Glaucidium radiatum | ||
| NT | Chestnut-backed Owlet | SL | Kit | Glaucidium castanonotum | |
| LC | Brown Hawk-Owl | sIn | Ninox scutulata | ||
| LC | Sri Lanka Frogmouth | sIn | SL | Tha | Batrachostomus moniliger |
| LC | Great Eared Nightjar | sIn | Eurostopodus macrotis | ||
| LC | Jerdon's Nightjar | sIn | Tha | Caprimulgus atripennis | |
| LC | Indian Nightjar | SL | Tis | Caprimulgus asiaticus | |
| LC | Crested Treeswift | SL | Hemiprocne coronata | ||
| LC | Indian Swiftlet | sIn | SL | Tha | Aerodramus unicolor |
| LC | White-rumped Spinetail | sIn | Zoonavena sylvatica | ||
| LC | Brown-backed Needletail | sIn | SL | Hirundapus giganteus | |
| LC | Asian Palm Swift | sIn | SL | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
| LC | Alpine Swift | sIn | SL | Tachymarptis melba | |
| LC | Little Swift | sIn | SL | Apus affinis | |
| LC | Malabar Trogon | sIn | SL | Tha | Harpactes fasciatus |
| LC | Indian Roller | sIn | SL | Coracias benghalensis | |
| LC | Oriental Dollarbird | sIn | Eurystomus orientalis | ||
| LC | Stork-billed Kingfisher | sIn | SL | Pelargopsis capensis | |
| LC | White-throated Kingfisher | sIn | SL | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| LC | Common Kingfisher | sIn | SL | Alcedo atthis | |
| LC | Pied Kingfisher | sIn | SL | Ceryle rudis | |
| LC | Green Bee-eater | sIn | SL | Merops orientalis | |
| LC | Blue-tailed Bee-eater | sIn | SL | Merops philippinus | |
| LC | Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | sIn | SL | Merops leschenaulti | |
| LC | Eurasian Hoopoe | SL | Upupa epops | ||
| LC | Malabar Grey Hornbill | sIn | Tha | Ocyceros griseus | |
| LC | Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill | SL | Kit | Ocyceros gingalensis | |
| LC | Indian Grey Hornbill | sIn | Ocyceros birostris | ||
| NT | Malabar Pied Hornbill | SL | Tis | Anthracoceros coronatus | |
| LC | Brown-headed Barbet | sIn | SL | Megalaima zeylanica | |
| LC | White-cheeked Barbet | sIn | Tha | Megalaima viridis | |
| LC | Yellow-fronted Barbet | SL | Kit | Megalaima flavifrons | |
| LC | Crimson-fronted Barbet | SL | Kit | Megalaima rubricapillus (2) | |
| Malabar Barbet | sIn | Mun | Megalaima malabarica | ||
| LC | Coppersmith Barbet | sIn | SL | Megalaima haemacephala | |
| LC | Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | sIn | SL | Tha | Dendrocopos nanus |
| LC | Yellow-crowned Woodpecker | SL | Dendrocopos mahrattensis | ||
| LC | Lesser Yellownape | sIn | Picus chlorolophus | ||
| LC | Lesser Goldenback | sIn | Dinopium benghalense | ||
| LC | Greater Goldenback | sIn | Chrysocolaptes lucidus | ||
| Crimson-backed Goldenback | SL | Kit | Chrysocolaptes stricklandi (3) | ||
| LC | Heart-spotted Woodpecker | sIn | Hemicircus canente | ||
| LC | Indian Pitta | sIn | SL | Tha | Pitta brachyura |
| Malabar Woodshrike | sIn | Tha | Tephrodornis sylvicola | ||
| Sri Lanka Woodshrike | SL | Tis | Tephrodornis affinis | ||
| LC | Ashy Woodswallow | sIn | SL | Artamus fuscus | |
| LC | Common Iora | sIn | SL | Aegithina tiphia | |
| LC | Large Cuckooshrike | sIn | Coracina macei | ||
| LC | Black-headed Cuckooshrike | sIn | SL | Tis | Coracina melanoptera |
| LC | Small Minivet | sIn | SL | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus | |
| LC | Orange Minivet | sIn | SL | Pericrocotus flammeus | |
| LC | Brown Shrike | sIn | SL | Lanius cristatus | |
| LC | Long-tailed Shrike | sIn | Lanius schach | ||
| Indian Golden Oriole | sIn | Tha | Oriolus kundoo | ||
| LC | Black-naped Oriole | sIn | Oriolus chinensis | ||
| LC | Black-hooded Oriole | sIn | SL | Oriolus xanthornus | |
| LC | Black Drongo | sIn | SL | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
| LC | Ashy Drongo | sIn | Dicrurus leucophaeus | ||
| LC | White-bellied Drongo | sIn | SL | Dicrurus caerulescens | |
| LC | Bronzed Drongo | sIn | Dicrurus aeneus | ||
| LC | Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo | sIn | Dicrurus remifer | ||
| Sri Lanka Drongo | SL | sev | Dicrurus lophorinus | ||
| LC | White-throated Fantail | sIn | Rhipidura albicollis | ||
| LC | White-browed Fantail | SL | Rhipidura aureola | ||
| LC | Black-naped Monarch | sIn | SL | Hypothymis azurea | |
| LC | Asian Paradise Flycatcher | sIn | SL | Terpsiphone paradisi | |
| VU | Sri Lanka Blue Magpie | SL | Sin | Urocissa ornata | |
| LC | Rufous Treepie | sIn | Dendrocitta vagabunda | ||
| LC | White-bellied Treepie | sIn | Tha | Dendrocitta leucogastra | |
| LC | House Crow | sIn | SL | Corvus splendens | |
| Indian Jungle Crow | sIn | SL | Tha | Corvus culminatus | |
| LC | Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher | sIn | Culicicapa ceylonensis | ||
| LC | Great Tit | sIn | SL | Parus major | |
| Indian Black-lored Tit | sIn | Mun | Parus aplonotus | ||
| LC | Jerdon's Bush Lark | sIn | SL | Chi | Mirafra affinis |
| LC | Malabar Lark | sIn | Mysore | Galerida malabarica | |
| LC | Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark | sIn | SL | Eremopterix griseus | |
| LC | Grey-headed Bulbul | sIn | Mun | Pycnonotus priocephalus | |
| LC | Black-capped Bulbul | SL | Kit | Pycnonotus melanicterus | |
| Black-crested Bulbul | sIn | Pycnonotus flaviventris | |||
| Flame-throated Bulbul | sIn | Tha | Pycnonotus gularis | ||
| LC | Red-whiskered Bulbul | sIn | Pycnonotus jocosus | ||
| LC | Red-vented Bulbul | sIn | Pycnonotus cafer | ||
| VU | Yellow-throated Bulbul | sIn | Chi | Pycnonotus xantholaemus | |
| NT | Yellow-eared Bulbul | SL | NaE | Pycnonotus penicillatus | |
| LC | White-browed Bulbul | sIn | Tha | Pycnonotus luteolus | |
| LC | Yellow-browed Bulbul | sIn | SL | Tha | Acritillas indica |
| Square-tailed Bulbul | sIn | SL | Mun | Hypsipetes ganeesa (4) | |
| LC | Barn Swallow | sIn | SL | Hirundo rustica | |
| LC | Hill Swallow | sIn | SL | Mun | Hirundo domicola |
| LC | Dusky Crag Martin | sIn | Ptyonoprogne concolor | ||
| LC | Red-rumped Swallow | sIn | Cecropis daurica | ||
| Sri Lanka Swallow | SL | sev | Cecropis hyperythra | ||
| LC | Tickell's Leaf Warbler | sIn | Phylloscopus affinis | ||
| Green Warbler | SL | NaE | Phylloscopus nitidus | ||
| LC | Greenish Warbler | sIn | Phylloscopus trochiloides | ||
| LC | Large-billed Leaf Warbler | sIn | Tha | Phylloscopus magnirostris | |
| NT | Tytler's Leaf Warbler | sIn | Mun | Phylloscopus tytleri | |
| LC | Clamorous Reed Warbler | SL | Acrocephalus stentoreus | ||
| LC | Blyth's Reed Warbler | sIn | SL | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
| LC | Thick-billed Warbler | sIn | Tha | Iduna aedon | |
| LC | Booted Warbler | sIn | Iduna caligata | ||
| VU | Broad-tailed Grassbird | sIn | Mun | Schoenicola platyurus | |
| NT | Sri Lanka Bush Warbler | SL | NaE | Elaphrornis palliseri | |
| LC | Zitting Cisticola | SL | Cisticola juncidis | ||
| LC | Grey-breasted Prinia | sIn | Prinia hodgsonii | ||
| LC | Ashy Prinia | sIn | SL | Prinia socialis | |
| LC | Plain Prinia | sIn | SL | Prinia inornata | |
| LC | Common Tailorbird | sIn | SL | Orthotomus sutorius | |
| LC | Brown-capped Babbler | SL | Kit | Pellorneum fuscocapillus | |
| LC | Indian Scimitar Babbler | sIn | Mun | Pomatorhinus horsfieldii | |
| Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler | SL | Sin | Pomatorhinus melanurus | ||
| LC | Dark-fronted Babbler | sIn | SL | Tha | Rhopocichla atriceps |
| LC | Rufous Babbler | sIn | Tha | Turdoides subrufa | |
| LC | Jungle Babbler | sIn | Turdoides striata | ||
| NT | Orange-billed Babbler | SL | Kit | Turdoides rufescens | |
| LC | Yellow-billed Babbler | sIn | SL | Tha | Turdoides affinis |
| VU | Ashy-headed Laughingthrush | SL | Sin | Garrulax cinereifrons | |
| LC | Wynaad Laughingthrush | sIn | Tha | Garrulax delesserti | |
| EN | Black-chinned Laughingthrush | sIn | Oot | Garrulax cachinnans (5) | |
| NT | Kerala Laughingthrush | sIn | Mun | Garrulax fairbanki | |
| LC | Lesser Whitethroat | sIn | Sylvia curruca | ||
| LC | Oriental White-eye | sIn | SL | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
| LC | Sri Lanka White-eye | SL | NaE | Zosterops ceylonensis | |
| LC | Asian Fairy-bluebird | sIn | Irena puella | ||
| LC | Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | sIn | SL | Sitta frontalis | |
| NT | Sri Lanka Hill Myna | SL | Sin | Gracula ptilogenys | |
| LC | Common Hill Myna | SL | Gracula religiosa | ||
| Southern Hill Myna | sIn | Tha | Gracula indica | ||
| LC | Jungle Myna | sIn | Acridotheres fuscus | ||
| LC | Common Myna | sIn | SL | Acridotheres tristis | |
| Malabar Starling | sIn | Tha | Sturnia blythii | ||
| LC | Brahminy Starling | sIn | Sturnia pagodarum | ||
| VU | White-faced Starling | SL | Sin | Sturnornis albofrontatus | |
| LC | Rosy Starling | SL | Pastor roseus | ||
| EN | Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush | SL | NaE | Myophonus blighi | |
| LC | Malabar Whistling Thrush | sIn | Mun | Myophonus horsfieldii | |
| LC | Pied Thrush | SL | NaE | Zoothera wardii | |
| LC | Orange-headed Thrush | sIn | Zoothera citrina | ||
| NT | Spot-winged Thrush | SL | Kit | Zoothera spiloptera | |
| Nilgiri Thrush | sIn | Oot | Zoothera neilgherriensis | ||
| NT | Sri Lanka Thrush | SL | Sin | Zoothera imbricata (6) | |
| Indian Blackbird | sIn | SL | Mun | Turdus simillimus | |
| LC | Indian Blue Robin | sIn | Mun | Luscinia brunnea | |
| LC | Oriental Magpie-Robin | sIn | SL | Copsychus saularis | |
| LC | White-rumped Shama | SL | Copsychus malabaricus | ||
| LC | Indian Robin | sIn | SL | Saxicoloides fulicatus | |
| VU | Nilgiri Blue Robin | sIn | Oot | Myiomela major | |
| White-bellied Blue Robin | sIn | Mun | Myiomela albiventris | ||
| LC | Pied Bush Chat | sIn | SL | Saxicola caprata | |
| LC | Blue Rock Thrush | sIn | Monticola solitarius | ||
| LC | Blue-capped Rock Thrush | sIn | Mun | Monticola cinclorhynchus | |
| LC | Asian Brown Flycatcher | sIn | Muscicapa dauurica | ||
| LC | Brown-breasted Flycatcher | sIn | SL | Tha | Muscicapa muttui |
| LC | Rusty-tailed Flycatcher | sIn | Tha | Muscicapa ruficauda | |
| VU | Kashmir Flycatcher | SL | NaE | Ficedula subrubra | |
| NT | Black-and-orange Flycatcher | sIn | Mun | Ficedula nigrorufa | |
| NT | Dull-blue Flycatcher | SL | NaE | Eumyias sordidus | |
| NT | Nilgiri Flycatcher | sIn | Mun | Eumyias albicaudatus | |
| LC | White-bellied Blue Flycatcher | sIn | Tha | Cyornis pallipes | |
| LC | Tickell's Blue Flycatcher | SL | Cyornis tickelliae | ||
| LC | Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher | sIn | Cyornis rubeculoides | ||
| LC | Greater Green Leafbird | sIn | Chloropsis sonnerati | ||
| LC | Jerdon's Leafbird | sIn | Tha | Chloropsis jerdoni | |
| LC | Golden-fronted Leafbird | SL | Chloropsis aurifrons | ||
| NT | Legge's Flowerpecker | SL | Kit | Dicaeum vincens | |
| LC | Pale-billed Flowerpecker | SL | Dicaeum erythrorhynchos | ||
| LC | Nilgiri Flowerpecker | sIn | Tha | Dicaeum concolor | |
| LC | Purple-rumped Sunbird | sIn | SL | Tha | Leptocoma zeylonica |
| LC | Crimson-backed Sunbird | sIn | Tha | Leptocoma minima (7) | |
| LC | Purple Sunbird | sIn | SL | Cinnyris asiaticus | |
| LC | Loten's Sunbird | SL | Kit | Cinnyris lotenius | |
| LC | Little Spiderhunter | sIn | Arachnothera longirostra | ||
| LC | House Sparrow | sIn | SL | Passer domesticus | |
| LC | Yellow-throated Sparrow | sIn | Gymnoris xanthocollis | ||
| LC | Streaked Weaver | SL | Tis | Ploceus manyar | |
| LC | Baya Weaver | SL | Ploceus philippinus | ||
| LC | Red Avadavat | sIn | Amandava amandava | ||
| LC | Indian Silverbill | sIn | Euodice malabarica | ||
| LC | White-rumped Munia | SL | Lonchura striata | ||
| LC | Scaly-breasted Munia | SL | Lonchura punctulata | ||
| LC | Black-throated Munia | SL | NaE | Lonchura kelaarti | |
| LC | Tricolored Munia | SL | Kit | Lonchura malacca | |
| LC | Forest Wagtail | SL | Dendronanthus indicus | ||
| LC | Western Yellow Wagtail | SL | Motacilla flava | ||
| LC | Grey Wagtail | sIn | SL | Motacilla cinerea | |
| LC | White-browed Wagtail | sIn | Motacilla maderaspatensis | ||
| LC | Richard's Pipit | SL | Anthus richardi | ||
| LC | Paddyfield Pipit | sIn | SL | Anthus rufulus | |
| NT | Nilgiri Pipit | sIn | Mun | Anthus nilghiriensis | |
| LC | Common Rosefinch | sIn | Carpodacus erythrinus |
Alternative names: (1) Malabar Parakeet (2) Small Barbet (3) Crimson-backed Flameback (4) Black Bulbul (split) (5) Nilgiri Laughingthrush (6) Ceylon Scaly Thrush (7) Small Sunbird |
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| See also: 2. photos of birding sites South India 3. photos of birding sites Sri Lanka |