Nilaveli

Trip Report Sri Lanka 2003

Simon Plat, Maaike Poppinga
Dates: 24-02-2003 till 13-03-2003
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Nilaveli

Location: Nilaveli is a beach town on the north eastern part of the island a few kilometers north of Trincomalee.

Costs: -

Date(s): 12 and 13-03-03 (6 birding hours)

Notes: This area was closed for years due to the civil war. Since it is reopened the beach hotels start to open again. This is a not much visited area with potential surprises in the coastal areas. Hotels are still relatively cheap.

Highlights: Black Bittern (1), Brown-headed Gull (3), Streaked Weaver (V).

Pics:

	The Greater Coucal is common but rather secretive. This one showed well.
White-bellied Fish Eagle is common, especially near the coast.
	One last typical Sri Lanka environment: the beach. We had our last two days rest in this beach hotel in Nilaveli.

Bird List:

Column 1: S= endemic species; R=endemic race/subspecies
Column 2: N=Near-threatened; V=Vulnerable

		Phalacrocorax fuscicollis	Indian Cormorant	V
		Phalacrocorax niger	Little Cormorant	V
		Ardea cinerea	Grey Heron	2
		Ardeola grayii	Indian Pond-Heron	X
		Bubulcus ibis	Cattle Egret	XX
		Butorides striatus	Striated Heron	1
		Dupetor flavicollis	Black Bittern	1
		Egretta alba	Great Egret	X
		Egretta garzetta	Little Egret	X
		Mesophoyx intermedia	Intermediate Egret	V
		Nycticorax nycticorax	Black-crowned Night-Heron	1
		Ciconia episcopus	Woolly-necked Stork	2
	N	Mycteria leucocephala	Painted Stork	V
	N	Threskiornis melanocephalus	Black-headed Ibis	X
		Anas acuta	Northern Pintail	C
		Accipiter badius	Shikra	1
		Elanus caeruleus	Black-winged Kite	1
		Haliaeetus leucogaster	White-bellied Fish-Eagle	V
		Haliastur indus	Brahminy Kite	V
R		Spilornis cheela spilogaster	Crested Serpent-Eagle	1
R		Spizaetus cirrhatus ceylanensis	Changeable Hawk-Eagle	1
S		Gallus lafayetii	Ceylon Junglefowl	V
		Pavo cristatus	Indian Peafowl	V
		Fulica atra	Common Coot	1
		Gallinula chloropus	Common Moorhen	1
		Himantopus himantopus	Black-winged Stilt	V
		Esacus recurvirostris	Great Thick-knee	V
		Charadrius alexandrinus	Kentish Plover	V
		Charadrius dubius	Little Ringed Plover	V
		Charadrius leschenaultii	Greater Sand Plover	V
		Charadrius mongolus	Mongolian Plover	V
		Pluvialis fulva	Pacific Golden-Plover	V
		Vanellus indicus	Red-wattled Lapwing	V
		Calidris alba	Sanderling	3
		Calidris ferruginea	Curlew Sandpiper	X
		Gallinago stenura	Pintail Snipe	V
		Numenius arquata	Eurasian Curlew	1
		Numenius phaeopus	Whimbrel	1
		Philomachus pugnax	Ruff	1
		Tringa glareola	Wood Sandpiper	V
		Tringa hypoleucos	Common Sandpiper	V
		Tringa nebularia	Common Greenshank	X
		Tringa totanus	Common Redshank	V
		Larus brunnicephalus	Brown-headed Gull	3
		Chlidonias hybriduS	Whiskered Tern	1
		Sterna albifrons	Little Tern	V
		Sterna bengalensis	Lesser Crested-Tern	1
		Sterna caspia	Caspian Tern	V
		Sterna hirundo	Common Tern	XX
		Sterna nilotica	Gull-billed Tern	XX
		Columba livia	Rock Pigeon	X
R		Streptopelia chinensis ceylonensis	Spotted Dove	X
R		Treron bicincta leggei	Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon	V
		Psittacula krameri	Rose-ringed Parakeet	V
		Centropus sinensis	Greater Coucal	V
		Eudynamys scolopacea	Asian Koel	V
		Oxylophus jacobinus	Pied Cuckoo	1
		Apus affinis	Little Swift	V
		Cypsiurus balasiensis	Asian Palm-Swift	V
		Hemiprocne coronata	Crested Treeswift	V
		Halcyon smyrnensis	White-throated Kingfisher	V
		Merops orientalis orientalis	Little Green Bee-eater	X
		Coracias benghalensis indica	Indian Roller	V
		Megalaima zeylanica	Brown-headed Barbet	X
		Alauda gulgula	Oriental Skylark	V
		Hirundo rustica (incl. gutteralis)	Barn Swallow	X
		Anthus rufulus	Paddyfield Pipit	V
R		Pycnonotus cafer cafer	Red-vented Bulbul	X
R		Pycnonotus luteolus insulae	White-browed Bulbul	V
R		Saxicoloides fulicata leucoptera	Indian Robin	V
		Cisticola juncidis	Zitting Cisticola	V
R		Orthotomus sutorius sutorius	Common Tailorbird	V
R		Prinia inornata insularis	Plain Prinia	V
		Rhipidura aureola	White-browed Fantail	V
		Lonchura malacca	Black-headed Munia	V
		Ploceus manyar	Streaked Weaver	V
		Ploceus philippinus	Baya Weaver	V
		Passer domesticus	House Sparrow	X
R		Acridotheres tristis melanosternus	Common Myna	X
		Sturnus roseus	Rosy Starling	V
R		Oriolus xanthornus ceylonensis	Black-hooded Oriole	V
		Artamus fuscus	Ashy Woodswallow	V
		Corvus macrorhynchos	Large-billed Crow	V
		Corvus splendens	House Crow	XX

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