Bird stamps of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata  1979 Birds Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus  1979 Birds Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush Myophonus blighi  1979 Birds Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata  1979 Birds Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons  1979 Birds
Yellow-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus  1979 Birds Sri Lanka Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata  1979 Birds Sheet Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus  1979 Birds Sheet Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush Myophonus blighi  1979 Birds Sheet Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata  1979 Birds Sheet Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons  1979 Birds Sheet
Yellow-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus  1979 Birds Sheet Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon Columba torringtoniae  1983 Birds Sri Lanka White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis  1983 Birds Dull-blue Flycatcher Eumyias sordidus  1983 Birds
Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos  1983 Birds Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon Columba torringtoniae  1983 Birds Sheet Sri Lanka White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis  1983 Birds Sheet Dull-blue Flycatcher Eumyias sordidus  1983 Birds Sheet
Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos  1983 Birds Sheet Layard's Parakeet Psittacula calthrapae  1987 Birds Legge's Flowerpecker Dicaeum vincens  1987 Birds White-faced Starling Sturnornis albofrontatus  1987 Birds
Orange-billed Babbler Argya rufescens  1987 Birds Layard's Parakeet Psittacula calthrapae  1987 Birds Sheet Legge's Flowerpecker Dicaeum vincens  1987 Birds Sheet White-faced Starling Sturnornis albofrontatus  1987 Birds Sheet
Orange-billed Babbler Argya rufescens  1987 Birds Sheet Sri Lanka White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis  1988 Birds Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus  1989 First moon landing Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus  1989 First moon landing Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus  1989 First moon landing
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus  1989 First moon landing Ashy-headed Laughingthrush Argya cinereifrons  1993 Birds Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus  1993 Birds Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus  1993 Birds
Sri Lanka Hill Myna Gracula ptilogenys  1993 Birds Ashy-headed Laughingthrush Argya cinereifrons  1993 Birds Sheet Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus  1993 Birds Sheet Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus  1993 Birds Sheet
Sri Lanka Hill Myna Gracula ptilogenys  1993 Birds Sheet Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti  2000 Nature conservation and hotel industry Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis  2001 Save the ozone layer Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet
Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet
Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet
Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus  2003 Resident birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Sri Lanka Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata  2005 Various surcharges 4v set
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus  2005 Various surcharges 4v set White-bellied Sea Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster  2006 Wilpattu national park 4v set White-bellied Sea Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster  2006 Wilpattu national park  MS
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush Myophonus blighi  2010 Horton Plains national park 4v set Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush Myophonus blighi  2010 Horton Plains national park  MS Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus  2013 Yala national park 6v set Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus  2013 Yala national park 2v sheet Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus  2013 Thailand 2013 2v sheet
Rock Dove Columba livia  2014 Pigeon Island national park 6v set Rock Dove Columba livia  2014 Pigeon Island national park 6v sheet Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus  2016 Kumana national park 7v set Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala  2016 Kumana national park 7v set
Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus  2016 Kumana national park 7v sheet Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala  2016 Kumana national park 7v sheet Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor  2016 World wetlands day
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus  2016 World wetlands day Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha  2016 World wetlands day
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia  2016 World wetlands day Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor  2016 World wetlands day  MS
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus  2016 World wetlands day  MS Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha  2016 World wetlands day  MS
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia  2016 World wetlands day  MS Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis  2016 Unseen Sri Lanka 12v set Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis  2016 Unseen Sri Lanka 12v sheet
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis  2016 Unseen Sri Lanka 4v sheet Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera  2017 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum  2017 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Bush Warbler Elaphrornis palliseri  2017 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Drongo Dicrurus lophorinus  2017 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka
Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera  2017 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum  2017 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Sri Lanka Bush Warbler Elaphrornis palliseri  2017 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Sri Lanka Drongo Dicrurus lophorinus  2017 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka Sheet Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii  2018 Wild  animals 3v set
Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii  2018 Wild  animals 3v sheet Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus  2019 Wasgamuwa national park 6v set Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus  2019 Wasgamuwa national park  MS
Serendib Scops Owl Otus thilohoffmanni  2020 Wild species threatened by trade in Sri Lanka 20v set Serendib Scops Owl Otus thilohoffmanni  2020 Wild species threatened by trade in Sri Lanka 20v sheet Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi  2021 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis  2021 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka
Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera  2021 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis  2021 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra  2021 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus  2021 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi  2021 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka  MS
Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis  2021 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka  MS MS Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera  2021 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka  MS MS MS Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis  2021 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka  MS MS MS MS Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra  2021 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka  MS MS MS MS MS Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus  2021 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka  MS MS MS MS MS MS
Sri Lanka map

Location: Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean
Population: 21.1 million
Climate: tropical monsoon
Terrain: mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior

Birds: 433 species. 26 endemic species.
National bird: Ceylon Junglefowl

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BIRD SPECIES SHOWN

Sri Lanka Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata
Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush Myophonus blighi
Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata
Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons
Yellow-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus
Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon Columba torringtoniae
Sri Lanka White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis
Dull-blue Flycatcher Eumyias sordidus
Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos
Layard's Parakeet Psittacula calthrapae
Legge's Flowerpecker Dicaeum vincens
White-faced Starling Sturnornis albofrontatus
Orange-billed Babbler Argya rufescens
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ashy-headed Laughingthrush Argya cinereifrons
Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus
Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
Sri Lanka Hill Myna Gracula ptilogenys
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus
Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus
Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus
Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus
Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
White-bellied Sea Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster
Rock Dove Columba livia
Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera
Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum
Sri Lanka Bush Warbler Elaphrornis palliseri
Sri Lanka Drongo Dicrurus lophorinus
Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
Serendib Scops Owl Otus thilohoffmanni
Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera
Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus


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