Watching pelagic birds: There are about 20 species of pelagic birds annually migrating to the coastal waters of Sri Lanka . This includes interesting species in Indian Ocean such as Barau’s Petrel, Jouanin’s Petrel, Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel, etc. We organize off shore boat trips to watch these species, on request. Please see ‘ Table 2 ‘ below for the list of pelagic birds found off Sri Lanka. For more information

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Pelagic birds which are possible to find on special excursions during certain periods:

Table 2 : pelagic birds found off Sri Lanka
Barau’s Petrel – Pterodroma baraui	Rare	Reguler
Bulwer’s Petrel – Bulweria bulwerii	Rare	Reguler
Jouanin’s Petrel – Bulweria fallax	Rare	Reguler
Wedge-tailed Shearwater – Puffinus pacificus	Common	Reguler
Flesh-footed Shearwater – Puffinus carneipes	Common	Reguler
Short-tailed Shearwater – Puffinus tenuirostris	Rare
Persian Shearwater – Puffinus persicus	Uncommon	Reguler
Wilson’s Storm-petrel – Oceanites oceanicus	Common	Reguler
Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel – Oceanodroma monorhis	Rare	Reguler
White-tailed Tropicbird – Phaethon lepturus	Rare	Reguler
Red-billed Tropicbird – Phaethon aethereus	Common	Reguler
Masked Booby – Sula dactylatra	Uncommon	Reguler
Brown Booby – Sula leucogaster	Uncommon	Reguler
Red-footed Booby – Sula sula	Rare
Lesser Frigatebird – Fregata ariel	Uncommon	Reguler
Great Frigatebird – Fregata minor	Uncommon	Reguler
Christmas Frigatebird – Fregata andrewsi	Rare
Brown Skua – Catharacta antarctica	Uncommon	Reguler
South Polar Skua – Catharacta maccormicki	Rare
Pomarine Jaeger – Stercorarius pomarinus	Uncommon	Reguler
Long-tailed Skua – Stercorarius longicaudus	Uncommon	Reguler