Charadriiformes · Shorebirds and ies
68 species| Photo | English | සිංහල | தமிழ் | Scientific name | IUCN | Sri Lanka |
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| Bar-Tailed Godwit | — | பட்டைவால் மூக்கன் | Limosa lapponica | NT | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Barred Buttonquail | ඉරි වටුවා | வரி மார்பு கருங்காடை | Turnix suscitator | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Black-Headed Gull | කළු-හිස මුහුදු කපුටා | கருந்தலை கடற்காக்கை | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Black-Naped Tern | කළු ගෙල මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | கறும்பிடரி ஆலா | Sterna sumatrana | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Black-Tailed Godwit | — | கருவால் மூக்கன் | Limosa limosa | NT | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Black-Winged Stilt | දිග කකුල් කුරුල්ලා | நெடுங்கால் உள்ளான் | Himantopus himantopus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Bridled Tern | දුඹුරු පිට මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | கடிவாள ஆலா | Onychoprion anaethetus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Broad-Billed Sandpiper | පළල් හොට වැලි කුරුල්ලා | அகன்ற அலகு உள்ளான் | Calidris falcinellus | VU | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Brown Noddy | දුඹුරු මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | பழுப்பு ஆலா | Anous stolidus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Brown-Headed Gull | දුඹුරු හිස් මුහුදු කුරුල්ලා | பழுப்புத்தலைக் கடற்காக்கை | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Caspian Tern | ලොකු මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | காஸ்பியன் ஆலா | Hydroprogne caspia | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Common Greenshank | කොළ කකුල් කුරුල්ලා | பச்சைக்காலி | Tringa nebularia | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Common Redshank | — | பவளக்காலி | Tringa totanus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Common Ringed Plover | — | — | Charadrius hiaticula | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Common Sandpiper | — | சாதா உள்ளான் | Actitis hypoleucos | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Common Snipe | — | விசிறிவால் உள்ளான் | Gallinago gallinago | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Common Tern | සාමාන්ය මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | பொது ஆலா | Sterna hirundo | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Crab-Plover | — | நண்டு தின்னி | Dromas ardeola | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | වක්හොට වැලි කුරුල්ලා | வளைமூக்கு உள்ளான் | Calidris ferruginea | VU | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Dunlin | — | — | Calidris alpina | NT | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Eurasian Curlew | යුරේසියානු වක්හොට කුරුල්ලා | பெரிய கோட்டான் | Numenius arquata | NT | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | — | ஐரோவாசியா சிப்பிபிடிப்பான் | Haematopus ostralegus | NT | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Eurasian Stone-Curlew | — | — | Burhinus oedicnemus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | — | — | Numenius phaeopus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Great Crested Tern | ලොකු කොණ්ඩ මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | பெரிய கொண்டை ஆலா | Thalasseus bergii | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Great Knot | — | — | Calidris tenuirostris | EN | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Great Stone-Curlew | — | — | Esacus recurvirostris | NT | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Greater Painted-Snipe | — | மயில் உள்ளான் | Rostratula benghalensis | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Greater Sand-Plover | විශාල වැලි කිරල්ලා | மணல் உப்புக்கொத்தி | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Green Sandpiper | කොළ වැලි කුරුල්ලා | ஆற்று உள்ளான் | Tringa ochropus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Grey Plover | අළු කිරල්ලා | சாம்பல் உப்புக் கொத்தி | Pluvialis squatarola | VU | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Gull-Billed Tern | මහත් හොට මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | பருத்த அலகு ஆலா | Gelochelidon nilotica | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Indian Courser | — | கல் குருவி | Cursorius coromandelicus | NT | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Indian Stone-Curlew | — | இந்தியக் கண்கிலேடி | Burhinus indicus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Kentish Plover | — | சின்ன உப்புக்கொத்தி | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Lesser Black-Backed Gull | කුඩා කළු පිට මුහුදු කුරුල්ලා | கருமுதுகுக் கடற்காக்கை | Larus fuscus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | කුඩා කොණ්ඩ මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | சிறிய கொண்டை ஆலா | Thalasseus bengalensis | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Lesser Noddy | කුඩා දුඹුරු මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | சாம்பல்தலை ஆலா | Anous tenuirostris | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Little Ringed Plover | කුඩා වළල් වැලිකුරුල්ලා | பட்டாணி உப்புக்கொத்தி | Thinornis dubius | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Little Stint | — | கொசு உள்ளான் | Calidris minuta | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Little Tern | කුඩා මුහුදු ලිහිණියා | சிற்றாலா | Sternula albifrons | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Long-Toed Stint | — | நீள விரல் கொசு உள்ளான் | Calidris subminuta | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | — | சின்ன பச்சைக்காலி | Tringa stagnatilis | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Oriental Pratincole | පෙරදිග ලිහිණි කිරල්ලා | தோல்குருவி | Glareola maldivarum | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | රන්වන් වැලිකුරුල්ලා | பொன்னிற உப்புக்கொத்தி | Pluvialis fulva | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Pallas’s Gull | — | பெரிய கருந்தலைக் கடற்காக்கை | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | — | — | Stercorarius parasiticus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka | |
| Pheasant-Tailed Jacana | දිග වලිග දිය කුරුල්ලා | நீளவால் தாமரைக்கோழி | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | LC | 🌿 Lives in Sri Lanka |
