Birds around Colombo
Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Every measure here is worked out per 5 degree square, so this covers the wider area around Colombo (5° to 10° latitude, 75° to 80° longitude, about 550 km across), not the city alone. Counts are shares of all birds records in the same weeks, so busier stations do not inflate them (methods).
Arrived in the last four weeks
No birds arrived here in these weeks last year, as far as the records show.
Expected in the next six weeks
No arrivals expected here in the next six weeks, going by last year.
Dates are last year's first regular records after at least six weeks away, with each species' own uncertainty on its page. Each species page can email you when it turns up.
Most recorded, last eight weeks
| Species | Records | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis | 4,825 | 189.4 |
| Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos | 4,436 | 174.1 |
| Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus | 2,914 | 114.4 |
| Jungle Babbler Argya striata | 2,140 | 84.0 |
| Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda | 1,275 | 50.0 |
| Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum | 941 | 36.9 |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax | 922 | 36.2 |
| Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica | 732 | 28.7 |
| Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus | 699 | 27.4 |
| Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus | 650 | 25.5 |
| White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis | 602 | 23.6 |
| Rock Pigeon Columba livia | 544 | 21.4 |
| Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops | 480 | 18.8 |
| Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus | 407 | 16.0 |
| Watercock Gallicrex cinerea | 364 | 14.3 |
How well this area is covered
Watched in 12 of the last 12 weeks for birds (enough records to count; unwatched weeks say nothing about absence). Active stations here in the last 30 days: 1 BirdWeather. Add a station to fill the gap.