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