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SPECIES
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Scientific name
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E =Endemic
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No of days out of 13 recorded
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Highest daily count
C. common
H. = heard only
N/C
= no count
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Little Grebe
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Tachybaptus ruficollis
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4
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4
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Little Cormorant
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Phalacrocorax niger pygmeus
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10
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C
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Indian Cormorant
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Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
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3
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10
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Oriental Darter
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Anhinga melanogaster
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2
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6
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Spot-billed Pelican
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Pelecanus philippensis
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5
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12
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Little Egret
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Egretta garzetta
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8
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N/C
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Grey Heron
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Ardea cinerea
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3
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16
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Purple Heron
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Ardea purpurea
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3
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30+
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Great White Egret
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Egretta alba
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3
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N/C
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Intermediate Egret
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Mesophoyx intermedia
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5
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N/C
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Cattle Egret
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Bubulcus ibis
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12
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C
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Indian Pond-heron
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Ardeola grayii
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12
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C
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Striated Heron
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Butorides striatus striatus
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2
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2
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Black-crowned Night-heron
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Nycticorax nycticorax
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5
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10
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Yellow Bittern
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Ixobrychus sinensis
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2
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5
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Black Bittern
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Dupetor flavicollis
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1
|
1
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Painted Stork
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Mycteria leucocephala
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3
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20+
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Asian Openbill
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Anastomus oscitans
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4
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40
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Black-headed Ibis
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Threskiornis melanocephalus aethiopicus
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2
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30+
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Eurasian Spoonbill
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Platalea leucorodia
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2
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12
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Greater Flamingo
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Phoenicopterus ruber
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2
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100+
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Lesser Whistling-duck
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Dendrocygna javanica
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4
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50
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Garganey
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Anas querquedula
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2
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100
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Oriental Honey-buzzard
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Pernis ptilorhyncus apivorus
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4
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3
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Black-winged Kite
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Elanus caeruleus
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2
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7
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Brahminy Kite
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Haliastur indus
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|
10
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6
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White-bellied Sea-eagle
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Haliaeetus leucogaster
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4
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2
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Grey-headed Fish Eagle
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Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
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2
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2
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Crested Serpent-eagle
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Spilornis cheela
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9
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3
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Western Marsh-harrier
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Circus aeruginosus
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1
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2
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Pallid Harrier
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Circus macrourus
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1
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1
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Shikra
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Accipiter badius
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6
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3
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Besra
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Accipiter virgatus
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1
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1
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Indian Black Eagle
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Ictinaetus malayensis
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5
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2
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Booted Eagle
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Hieraaetus pennatus
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2
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1
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Rufous-bellied Eagle
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Hieraaetus kienerii
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2
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1
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Changeable Hawk-eagle
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Spizaetus cirrhatus
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2
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2
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Common Kestrel
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Falco tinnunculus
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2
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1
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Ceylon Spurfowl
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Galloperdix bicalcarata
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E
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1
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2
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Ceylon Junglefowl
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Gallus lafayetii
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E
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3
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10
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Common Peafowl
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Pavo cristatus
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4
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C
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Barred Buttonquail
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Turnix suscitator
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2
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6
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White-breasted Waterhen
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Amaurornis phoenicurus
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9
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N/C
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Purple Swamphen
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Porphyrio porphyrio
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3
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20+
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Common Moorhen
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Gallinula chloropus
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2
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2
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Pheasant-tailed Jacana
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Hydrophasianus chirurgus
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3
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40
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Black-winged Stilt
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Himantopus himantopus
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3
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C
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Great Thick-knee
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Burhinus recurvirostris
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2
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6
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Small Pratincole
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Glareola lactea
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1
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10
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Pacific Golden Plover
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Pluvialis fulva
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2
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30
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Grey Plover
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Pluvialis squatarola
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1
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2
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Little Ringed Plover
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Charadrius dubius
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2
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2
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Kentish Plover
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Charadrius alexandrinus
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2
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30
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Lesser Sand Plover
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Charadrius mongolus
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2
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75
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Red-wattled Lapwing
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Vanellus indicus
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6
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12
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Yellow-wattled Lapwing
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Vanellus malabaricus
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2
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4
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Pintail Snipe
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Gallinago stenura
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2
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8
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Black-tailed Godwit
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Limosa limosa
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2
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80
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Eurasian Curlew
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Numenius arquata
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2
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2
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Common Redshank
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Tringa totanus
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2
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40
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Marsh Sandpiper
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Tringa stagnatilis
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2
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30+
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Common Greenshank
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Tringa nebularia
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1
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4
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Green Sandpiper
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Tringa ochropus
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1
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1
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Wood Sandpiper
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Tringa glareola
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2
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20
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Common Sandpiper
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Tringa hypoleucos
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6
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4
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Ruddy Turnstone
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Arenaria interpres
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2
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10
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Little Stint
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Calidris minuta
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2
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60+
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Long-toed Stint
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Calidris subminuta minutilla
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1
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2
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Curlew Sandpiper
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Calidris ferruginea
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2
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C
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Broad-billed Sandpiper
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Limicola falcinellus
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1
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4
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Brown-headed Gull
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Larus brunnicephalus
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2
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12
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Gull-billed Tern
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Sterna nilotica
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3
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100+
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Caspian Tern
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Sterna caspia
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2
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20
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Lesser Crested-tern
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Sterna bengalensis
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1
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30
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Great Crested-tern
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Sterna bergii
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2
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9
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Little Tern
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Sterna albifrons
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2
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20
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Whiskered Tern
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Chlidonias hybridus
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6
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C
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White-winged Tern
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Chlidonias leucopterus
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2
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50
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Rock Dove
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Columba livia
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8
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N/C
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Ceylon Wood-pigeon
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Columba torringtoni
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E
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2
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1
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Spotted Dove
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Streptopelia chinensis
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13
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C
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Emerald Dove
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Chalcophaps indica
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7
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3
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Orange-breasted Green-pigeon
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Treron bicincta
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4
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25+
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Pompadour Green-pigeon
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Treron pompadora
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7
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25+
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Green Imperial-pigeon
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Ducula aenea
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9
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10+
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Sri Lanka Hanging-parrot
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Loriculus beryllinus
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E
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8
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12
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Alexandrine Parakeet
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Psittacula eupatria
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4
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8
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Rose-ringed Parakeet
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Psittacula krameri
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11
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C
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Plum-headed Parakeet
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Psittacula cyanocephala
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2
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2
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Layard's Parakeet
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Psittacula calthropae
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E
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3
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3
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Pied Cuckoo
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Oxylophus jacobinus
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2
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3
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Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
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Clamator coromandus
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1
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1
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Grey-bellied Cuckoo
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Cacomantis passerinus merulinus
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3
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4
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Asian Koel
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Eudynamys scolopacea
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7
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3
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Blue-faced Malkoha
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Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
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4
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4
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Sirkeer Malkoha
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Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii
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2
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2
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Red-faced Malkoha
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Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
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E?
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2
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3
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Greater Coucal
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Centropus sinensis
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7
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6
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Green-billed Coucal
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Centropus chlororhynchus
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E
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1
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1
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Collared Scops-Owl
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Otus bakkamoena
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1
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1
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Brown Fish-owl
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Ketupa zeylonensis
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2
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2
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Brown Wood-owl
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Strix leptogrammica
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1
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1
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Chestnut-backed Owlet
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Glaucidium castanonotum radiatum
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E
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1
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1
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Sri Lanka Frogmouth
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Batrachostomus moniliger
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1
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2
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Jerdon’s Nightjar
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Caprimulgus atripennis
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1
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1
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Indian Nightjar
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Caprimulgus asiaticus
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2
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2
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Grey-rumped Treeswift
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Hemiprocne longipennis
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6
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30
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Indian Swiftlet
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Collocalia unicolor
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8
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C
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Brown-backed Needletail
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Hirundapus giganteus
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1
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3
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Asian Palm-swift
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Cypsiurus balasiensis parvus
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7
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N/C
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Alpine Swift
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Tachymarptis melba
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2
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8
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Little Swift
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Apus affinis
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8
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C
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Malabar Trogon
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Harpactes fasciatus
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4
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3
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Common Kingfisher
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Alcedo atthis
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5
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2
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Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher
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Ceyx erithacus
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2
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1
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Stork-billed Kingfisher
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Pelargopsis capensis
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5
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3
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White-breasted Kingfisher
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Halcyon smyrnensis
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10
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50
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Pied Kingfisher
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Ceryle rudis
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4
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5
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Little Green Bee-eater
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Merops orientalis
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3
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20
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Blue-tailed Bee-eater
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Merops philippinus superciliosus
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10
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C
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Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
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Merops leschenaulti
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9
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8
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Indian Roller
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Coracias benghalensis
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6
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2
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Eurasian Hoopoe
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Upupa epops
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3
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12
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Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill
|
Tockus gingalensis
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E
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5
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6
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Malabar Pied-hornbill
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Anthracoceros coronatus
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3
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4
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Brown-headed Barbet
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Megalaima zeylanica
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8
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7
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Yellow-fronted Barbet
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Megalaima flavifrons
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E
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6
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5
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Crimson-fronted Barbet
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Megalaima rubricapilla
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E?
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4
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3
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Coppersmith Barbet
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Megalaima haemacephala
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2
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2
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Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
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Dendrocopos mahrattensis
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3
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3
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Lesser Yellownape
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Picus chlorolophus
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3
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3
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Black-rumped Flameback
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Dinopium benghalense
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5
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3
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|
Greater Flameback
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Chrysocolaptes lucidus
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4
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5
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White-naped Woodpecker
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Chrysocolaptes festivus
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1
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2
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|
Indian Pitta
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Pitta brachyura moluccensis
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4
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1
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|
Rufous-winged Bushlark
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Mirafra assamica
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4
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30
|
|
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark
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Eremopterix grisea
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1
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5
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|
Oriental Skylark
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Alauda gulgula
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2
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5
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|
Barn Swallow
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Hirundo rustica
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|
11
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C
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Hill Swallow
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Hirundo tahitica domicola
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2
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2
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Red-rumped Swallow
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Hirundo daurica
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5
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N/C
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|
Paddyfield Pipit
|
Anthus rufulus
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|
5
|
10
|
|
Blyth's Pipit
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Anthus godlewskii campestris
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1
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17
|
|
Forest Wagtail
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Dendronanthus indicus
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5
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5
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Grey Wagtail
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Motacilla cinerea
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5
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4
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|
Yellow Wagtail
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Motacilla flava
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2
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2
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Common Woodshrike
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Tephrodornis pondicerianus
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1
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2
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Large Cuckooshrike
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Coracina macei caledonica
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2
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1
|
|
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
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Coracina melanoptera
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|
4
|
2
|
|
Small Minivet
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Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
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2
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1
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|
Flame Minivet
|
Pericrocotus flammeus
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|
8
|
10
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|
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
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Hemipus picatus
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5
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2
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|
Brown Shrike
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Lanius cristatus cristatus
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13
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C
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Bay-backed Shrike
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Lanius vittatus
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|
1
|
1
|
|
Ashy Woodswallow
|
Artamus fuscus
|
|
3
|
2
|
|
Black-headed Yellow Bulbul
|
Pycnonotus melanicterus
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E?
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6
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5
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|
Red-vented Bulbul
|
Pycnonotus cafer
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|
13
|
C
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|
Yellow-eared Bulbul
|
Pycnonotus penicillatus
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E
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2
|
12
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|
White-browed Bulbul
|
Pycnonotus luteolus
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|
7
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20+
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|
Yellow-browed Bulbul
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Iole indica
|
|
7
|
6+
|
|
Black Bulbul
|
Hypsipetes leucocephalus
|
|
6
|
6
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|
Common Iora
|
Aegithina tiphia
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|
6
|
5
|
|
Jerdon’s Leafbird
|
Chloropsis cochinchinensis
|
|
2
|
2
|
|
Golden-fronted Leafbird
|
Chloropsis aurifrons
|
|
3
|
1
|
|
Indian Blue Robin
|
Luscinia brunnea
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
Oriental Magpie-robin
|
Copsychus saularis
|
|
10
|
C
|
|
Pied Bushchat
|
Saxicola caprata
|
|
1
|
10
|
|
Black-backed Robin
|
Saxicoloides fulicata
|
|
6
|
N/C
|
|
Ceylon Whistling-thrush
|
Myiophonus blighi
|
E
|
1
|
1 + 1H
|
|
Pied Thrush
|
Zoothera wardii
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|
1
|
6
|
|
Spot-winged Thrush
|
Zoothera spiloptera
|
E
|
3
|
1
|
|
Eurasian Blackbird
|
Turdus merula
|
|
1
|
7
|
|
Sri Lanka Bush-warbler
|
Bradypterus palliseri
|
E
|
1
|
2
|
|
Zitting Cisticola
|
Cisticola juncidis
|
|
5
|
6+
|
|
Grey-breasted Prinia
|
Prinia hodgsonii
|
|
3
|
4
|
|
Jungle Prinia
|
Prinia sylvatica
|
|
4
|
4
|
|
Ashy Prinia
|
Prinia socialis
|
|
1
|
N/C
|
|
Plain Prinia
|
Prinia inornata subflava
|
|
6
|
10+
|
|
Common Tailorbird
|
Orthotomus sutorius
|
|
6
|
2
|
|
Blyth's Reed-warbler
|
Acrocephalus dumetorum
|
|
4
|
2
|
|
Clamorous Reed-warbler
|
Acrocephalus stentoreus
|
|
1
|
1 +H
|
|
Large-billed Leaf-warbler
|
Phylloscopus magnirostris
|
|
5
|
3
|
|
Bright-green Warbler
|
Phylloscopus nitidus
|
|
4
|
7
|
|
Asian Brown Flycatcher
|
Muscicapa dauurica
|
|
3
|
1
|
|
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
|
Muscicapa muttui
|
|
4
|
2
|
|
Kashmir Flycatcher
|
Ficedula subrubra parva
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
Dull-blue Flycatcher
|
Eumyias sordida
|
E
|
1
|
8
|
|
Tickell's Blue-flycatcher
|
Cyornis tickelliae
|
|
4
|
3
|
|
Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher
|
Culicicapa ceylonensis
|
|
1
|
2
|
|
White-browed Fantail
|
Rhipidura aureola
|
|
4
|
2
|
|
Black-naped Monarch
|
Hypothymis azurea
|
|
5
|
2
|
|
Asian Paradise-flycatcher
|
Terpsiphone paradisi
|
|
10
|
6
|
|
Ashy-headed Laughingthrush
|
Garrulax cinereifrons
|
E
|
1
|
6
|
|
Brown-capped Babbler
|
Pellorneum fuscocapillum
|
E
|
3
|
3
|
|
Indian Scimitar-babbler
|
Pomatorhinus horsfieldii
|
|
2
|
2
|
|
Tawny-bellied Babbler
|
Dumetia hyperythra
|
|
4
|
5
|
|
Dark-fronted Babbler
|
Rhopocichla atriceps
|
|
3
|
9
|
|
Yellow-eyed Babbler
|
Chrysomma sinense
|
|
2
|
10
|
|
Orange-billed Babbler
|
Turdoides rufescens
|
E
|
4
|
10
|
|
Yellow-billed Babbler
|
Turdoides affinis
|
|
12
|
C
|
|
Great Tit
|
Parus major
|
|
4
|
6+
|
|
Purple-rumped Sunbird
|
Nectarinia zeylonica
|
|
11
|
C
|
|
Purple Sunbird
|
Nectarinia asiatica
|
|
5
|
10+
|
|
Long-billed Sunbird
|
Nectarinia lotenia
|
|
5
|
5+
|
|
Thick-billed Flowerpecker
|
Dicaeum agile
|
|
2
|
2
|
|
White-throated Flowerpecker
|
Dicaeum vincens
|
E
|
1
|
4
|
|
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
|
Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
|
|
6
|
6
|
|
Sri Lanka White-eye
|
Zosterops ceylonensis
|
E
|
3
|
6
|
|
Oriental White-eye
|
Zosterops palpebrosus
|
|
4
|
4
|
|
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
|
Sitta frontalis
|
|
2
|
4
|
|
Black-hooded Oriole
|
Oriolus xanthornus
|
|
9
|
3
|
|
Ashy Drongo
|
Dicrurus leucophaeus
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
White-bellied Drongo
|
Dicrurus caerulescens
|
|
8
|
C
|
|
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
|
Dicrurus paradiseus
|
|
5
|
4
|
|
Sri Lanka Magpie
|
Urocissa ornata
|
E
|
2
|
3
|
|
House Crow
|
Corvus splendens
|
|
8
|
C
|
|
Large-billed Crow
|
Corvus levaillantii macrorhynchos
|
|
12
|
C
|
|
Brahminy Starling
|
Sturnus pagodarum
|
|
1
|
6
|
|
Rosy Starling
|
Sturnus roseus
|
|
5
|
30
|
|
White-faced Starling
|
Sturnus senex
|
E
|
1
|
6
|
|
Common Myna
|
Acridotheres tristis
|
|
12
|
C
|
|
Sri Lanka Myna
|
Gracula ptilogenys
|
E
|
2
|
4
|
|
Hill Myna
|
Gracula religiosa
|
|
3
|
3
|
|
House Sparrow
|
Passer domesticus
|
|
10
|
C
|
|
Streaked Weaver
|
Ploceus manyar
|
|
2
|
50
|
|
Baya Weaver
|
Ploceus philippinus
|
|
2
|
5
|
|
White-throated Silverbill
|
Lonchura malabarica
|
|
2
|
2
|
|
White-rumped Munia
|
Lonchura striata
|
|
1
|
8
|
|
Black-throated Munia
|
Lonchura kelaarti
|
|
2
|
6
|
|
Scaly-breasted Munia
|
Lonchura punctulata
|
|
4
|
C
|
|
Black-headed Munia
|
Lonchura malacca
|
|
3
|
30
|
