An Assessment of the Status of Biodiversity in the Muthurajawela ...
An Assessment of the Status of Biodiversity in the Muthurajawela ...
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Appendix 7<br />
List <strong>of</strong> Birds recorded at <strong>Muthurajawela</strong><br />
Family Species <strong>Status</strong> Abundance<br />
Phalacrocoracidae Little Cormorant - Phalacrocorax niger<br />
Indian Cormorant - Phalacrocorax fuscicollis<br />
Ardeidae Intermediate Egret - Mesophoyx <strong>in</strong>termedia C<br />
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta<br />
C<br />
Large Egret - Casmerodius albus<br />
R<br />
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis<br />
C<br />
Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea<br />
UC<br />
Indian Pond Heron - Ardeola grayii<br />
VC<br />
Little Green Heron - Butorides striatus<br />
UC<br />
Night Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax<br />
R<br />
Yellow Bittern - Ixobrychus s<strong>in</strong>ensis<br />
R<br />
Chestnut Bittern - Ixobrychus c<strong>in</strong>namomeus<br />
UC<br />
Black Bittern - Dupetor flavicollis<br />
R<br />
Ciconiidae Asian Openbill - <strong>An</strong>astomus oscitans C<br />
Threskiornithidae White Ibis - Threskiornis melanocephalus<br />
Jacanidae Pheasant-tailed Jacana - Hydrophasianus chirurgus R<br />
Rallidae White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus VC<br />
Ruddy-breasted Crake - Porzana fusca T VR<br />
Purple Coot - Porphyrio porphyrio<br />
UC<br />
Watercock - Gallicrex c<strong>in</strong>eria<br />
VR<br />
Common Moorhen - Gall<strong>in</strong>ula chloropus<br />
UC<br />
<strong>An</strong>atidae Lesser Whistl<strong>in</strong>g Teal - Dendrocygna javanica VC<br />
Recurvirostridae Black-w<strong>in</strong>ged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus R<br />
C<br />
UC<br />
Scolopacidae Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus WM R<br />
Eurasian Curlew - Numenius arqueta WM R<br />
Common Sandpiper - Actitis Hypoleucos WM UC<br />
Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferrug<strong>in</strong>ea WM R<br />
Marsh Sandpiper - Tr<strong>in</strong>ga stagnatilis WM VR<br />
P<strong>in</strong>tail Snipe - Gall<strong>in</strong>ago stenura WM R<br />
Rostratulidae Greater Pa<strong>in</strong>ted-Snipe - Rostratula benghalensis T VR<br />
Burh<strong>in</strong>idae Eurasian Thick-Knee - Burh<strong>in</strong>us oedicnemus VR<br />
Charadriidae Red-wattled Lapw<strong>in</strong>g - Vanellus <strong>in</strong>dicus C<br />
Laridae Gull-billed Tern - Gelochelidon nilotica WM C<br />
Whiskered Tern - Chlidonias hybridus WM VC<br />
Lesser Crested Tern - Sterna bengalensis WM C<br />
Little Tern - Sterna albifrons<br />
UC<br />
Podicipedidae Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis UC<br />
R<br />
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