Birds to See in Sri Lanka in September
58 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
58 bird species on our list for Sri Lanka are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Rose-ringed Parakeet, Rock Dove, Little Egret, Indian Peafowl and Great White Egret. New this month: Barn Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Green Sandpiper and Arctic Jaeger and 6 more.
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon
Treron bicinctusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
Malabar Trogon
Harpactes fasciatusLC
Recorded all year
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(27)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made