Uncommon Birds in Sri Lanka
Our list for Sri Lanka has 51 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 34 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Sri Lanka in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 51, most common first
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Malabar TrogonHarpactes fasciatusResidentUncommon25–31 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all 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