A Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka
Second Edition
John Harrison
Tim Worfolk
Table of Contents
BACKGROUND
Introduction to the Country
Notes on the Guide
Glossary
Topography of a Bird
FAMILY AND SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS
Grebes
Petrels and Shearwaters
Storm-Petrels
Tropicbirds
Pelicans
Boobies
Cormorants
Darters
Frigatebirds
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
Storks
Ibises and Spoonbills
Flamingos
Ducks and Geese
Osprey
Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Vulture, and Harriers
Falcons
Partridges, Quails, Spurfowl, Junglefowl, and Peafowl
Buttonquails
Rails, Crakes, and Coots
Jacana
Painted-snipe
Crab-plover
Oystercatcher
Avocet and Stilt
Thick-knees
Courser and Pratincoles
Plovers
Curlews, Sandpipers, and Snipe
Skuas
Gulls and Terns
Pigeons and Doves
Parakeets and Lorikeet
Cuckoos, Koels, Malkohas, and Coucals
Barn Owls
Owls
Frogmouth
Nightjars
Swifts
Treeswift
Trogon
Kingfishers
Bee-eaters
Rollers
Hoopoe
Hornbills
Barbets
Woodpeckers
Pitta
Larks
Swallows and Martins
Wagtails and Pipits
Cuckooshrikes and Minivets
Bulbuls
Leafbirds and Ioras
Shrikes
Thrushes and Chats
Babblers
Old World Warblers
Old World Flycatchers
Monarchs and Fantail
Tit
Nuthatch
Flowerpeckers
Sunbirds
White-eyes
Buntings
Finch
Munias and allies
Sparrows and Weavers
Starlings and Mynas
Orioles
Drongos
Woodswallow
Magpie and Crows
APPENDIX: List of other reported but unconfirmed vagrants
Bibliography
Index