List of Endemic birds Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is the world famous bird living place which had recorded 427 species, 250 species are resident and 26 species are endemic to the island. Most of endemic birds are living in the wet zone at sinharaja forest which is published as world heritage. List of the endemic birds is given bellow.

	English Name	Scientific Name	SinhalaName
1	Ceylon Junglefowl	Gallus lafayettii (Phasianidae)	Wali Kukula
2	Ceylon Spurfowl	Galloperdix bicalcarata (Phasianidae)	Lanka Haban Kukula
3	Layard's Parakeet	Psittacula calthorpae (Psittacidae)	-
4	Green-billed Coucal	Centropus chlororhynchos (Cuculidae)	-
5	Sri Lanka Woodpigeon	Columba torringtoni (Columbidae)	Mailagoya
6	Sri Lankan Hanging Parrot	Loriculus beryllinus (Psittacidae)	Lanka Giramalitta
7	Chestnut-backed Owlet	Glaucidium castanonotum (Strigidae)	-
8	Red-faced Malkoha	Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus (Cuculidae)	Wataratu Malkoha
9	Sri Lankan Gray Hornbill	Ocyceros gingalensis (Bucerotidae)	Kendetta
10	Sri Lankan Bush Warbler	Elaphrornis palliseri (Sylviidae)	-
11	Yellow-eared Bulbul	Pycnonotus penicillatus (Pycnonotidae)	Oluwa Rathu Kottoruwa
12	Sri Lanka Blue Magpie	Urocissa ornata (Corvidae)	-
13	Ashy-headed Laughing-thrush	Garrulax cinereifrons (Timaliidae)	-
14	Orange-billed Babbler	Turdoides rufescens (Timaliidae)	Ratu Demalichcha
15	Sri Lanka White-eye	Zosterops ceylonensis (Zosteropidae)	Lanka Sithasiya
16	Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush	Myophonus blighi (Turdidae)	-
17	Sri Lanka Myna	Gracula ptilogenys (Sturnidae)	Lanka Salalihiniya
18	White-faced Starling	Sturnus albofrenatus (Sturnidae)	-
19	Spot-winged Thrush	Zoothera spiloptera (Turdidae)	Lanka Thithpiya Thirasikaya
20	Dull Verditer Flycatcher	Eumyias sordidus (Muscicapidae)	-
21	Legge's Flower pecker	Dicaeum vincens (Dicaeidae)	-
22	The Black-capped Bulbul	Pycnontus melanicterus	Hisakalu Kondaya