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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 |