List of endemic birds of Sri Lanka

Invertebrates Flora Botanical gardens Civil societies Sri Lanka is home to 34 endemic bird species.

BirdLife International recognize Sri Lanka as one of the world's Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs).

[3] Wijesinghe published A Checklist of the Birds of Sri Lanka in 1994 which considered the addition of three more species, but this move did not receive widespread recognition because its rationale was not in keeping with rigorous taxonomic practice.

Subsequent publications on the avifauna of Sri Lanka and the South Asia region have not listed these three as endemics.

[3] In 2004, Deepal Warakagoda and Pamela C. Rasmussen described a new bird species, the Serendib scops-owl (Otus thilohofmanni).

[3] Sibley and Monroe's rationale was "Ceylon" is the geographical unit and "Sri Lanka" is the country which occupies the island.