Research Article

Composition and Diversity Variation of Avifauna, along Different Vegetative Habitat Types in a Human-Modified Area, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Table 2

The checklist of birds recorded during the survey of University of Kelaniya.

Common NameScientific nameOrderFamilyIUCN Conservation statusstatus
migrantendemicresidentFeeding behavior

Asian koelEudynamys scolopaceus Cuculiformes CuculidaeLCOmnivore

Asian-paradise flycatcherTerpsiphone paradisePasseriformes MonarchidaeLCCarnivore (insectivore)

Barn swallowHirundo rusticaPasseriformesHirundinidaeLCCarnivore (Chiefly insectivore)

Black-hooded orioleOriolus xanthornusPasseriformesOriolidaeLCOmnivore

Blue-tailed bee eaterMerops philippinusCoraciiformesMeropidaeLCCarnivore (Chiefly insectivore)

Brown shrikeLanius cristatusPasseriformesLaniidaeLCCarnivore

Brown breasted flycatcherMuscicapa muttuiPasseriformesMuscicapidaeLCCarnivore- (Chiefly insectivore)

Brown-headed barbetPsilopogon zeylanicus PiciformesRamphastidaeLCOmnivore (Chiefly Frugivore)

Common mynaAcridotheres tristis Passeriformes SturnidaeLCOmnivore

Common tailorbirdOrthotomus sutoriusPasseriformes CisticolidaeLCOmnivore

Crimson-fronted barbetMegalaima rubricapillusPiciformesRamphastidaeLCOmnivore (Chiefly Frugivore)

Great titParus majorPasseriformes ParidaeLCOmnivore

Greater coucalCentropus sinensisCuculiformesCuculidaeLCCarnivore

Green imperial pigeonDucula aeneaColumbiformesColumbidaeLCHerbivore

House swiftApus nipalensisApodiformes Apodidae_Carnivore - (Chiefly insectivore)

Large-billed crowCorvus macrorhynchos Passeriformes CorvidaeLCOmnivore

Lesser hill mynaGracula (religiosa) indica PasseriformesSturnidaeLCOmnivore

Loten’s sun birdCinnyris lotenius Passeriformes NectariniidaeLCOmnivore (Chiefly nectarivore)

Oriental magpie robinCopsychus saularisPasseriformesMuscicapidaeLCOmnivore (Chiefly insectivore)

Oriental white-eyeZosterops palpebrosusPasseriformesZosteropidaeLCCarnivore (insectivore)

Pale-billed flower peckerDicaeum erythrorhynchosPasseriformesDicaeidaeLCHerbivore (nectarivore)

Purple- rumped sunbirdLeptocoma zeylonicaPasseriformes NectariniidaeLCOmnivore (Chiefly nectarivore)

Red-vented bulbulPycnonotus caferPasseriformesPycnonotidaeLCHerbivore

Rose- ringed parakeetPsittacula krameriPsittaciformesPsittacidaeLCHerbivore

Scaly-breasted muniaLonchura punctulataPasseriformesEstrildidaeLCHerbivore (Chiefly seeds)

Small minivetPericrocotus cinnamomeusPasseriformesCampephagidaeLCOmnivore

Spotted doveStigmatopelia chinensisColumbiformesColumbidaeLCOmnivore (Chiefly seeds, grains)

White- bellied drongoDicrurus caerulescensPasseriformesDicruridaeLCCarnivore (insectivore)

White-rumped muniaLonchura striataPasseriformesEstrildidaeLCHerbivore (Chiefly seeds)

White-throated kingfisherHalcyon smyrnensisCoraciiformesAlcedinidaeLCCarnivore

Yellow-billed babblerTurdoides affinisPasseriformesTimaliidaeLCOmnivore (Chiefly Insectivore)

Lesser golden-backed woodpeckerDinopium benghalensePiciformesPicidaeLCCarnivore (Mainly ants and termites)

Brahminy kiteHaliastur indusAccipitriformesAccipitridaeLCCarnivore

Cattle egretBubulcus ibisPelecaniformesArdeidaeLCCarnivore

Feral pigeonColumba livia domesticaColumbiformesColumbidaeLCHerbivore (chiefly seeds, grains)

Forest wagtailDendronanthus indicusPasseriformesMotacillidaeLCCarnivore (Chiefly Insectivore)

House crowCorvus splendensPasseriformesCorvidaeLCOmnivore

ShikraAccipiter badiusPasseriformesCorvidaeLCCarnivore

Black-headed muniaLonchura malaccaPasseriformesEstrildidaeLCHerbivore (Chiefly seeds)

Asian brown flycatcherMuscicapa latirostrisPasseriformesMuscicapidaeLCCarnivore (Chiefly Insectivore)

Note: LC refers to least concern category in IUCN categorization and mark represents the belonging indication.