Sri Lanka

Total	Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	0	Spheniscidae Penguins	0	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	3	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	1
Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	1	Alcidae Auks	0	Laridae Gulls and terns	17	Anatidae Ducks, geese and swans	0

IUCN Red List Status

The numbers in brackets refer to the country's rank when compared to other countries and territories globally.

Sri Lanka at a glance

Land area

65,610 km²

BirdLife Partner

Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka

Species
Total number of birds	376
Globally threatened birds	16
Country endemics	30
Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas
Number of IBAs	70
Total IBA area	3,947 km²
IBA area as % of land area	6%
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	1

Recommended Citation
BirdLife International (2024) Country profile: Sri Lanka. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/country/sri-lanka on 23/12/2024.