Wildlife at Polonnaruwa
- Wildlife of Sri Lanka
- Polonnaruwa: Hub for Wildlife
- Polonnaruwa Bird List
- Perching Birds
- Woodpeckers and Barbets
- Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Rollers, Hoopoe
- Swifts
- Nightjars
- Trogons
- Cuckoos, Malkohas and Coucals
- Parakeets and Lorikeets
- Owls
- Eagles, Hawks, Ospreys, Vultures
- Pigeons and Doves
- Fowl, Quails, Partridges
- Buttonquail
- Jacanas, Plovers, Lapwings, Terns, Gulls
- Rails, Crakes, Waterhens and Coots
- Pelicans, Cormorants, Darters
- Petrels, Shearwaters
- Ibises, Storks, Herons, Egrets, Bitterns
- Geese and Ducks
- Grebes
- Primates
- Other Mammals
- Birds of Sri Lanka
- Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish
- Invertebrates
- Ecology of Dry Evergreen Forest
| Observed in and around Polonnaruwa | ||
| Osprey, | Pandion haliaetus | No record |
| Jerdon’s Baza, | Aviceda jerdoni | No record |
| Black Baza, | Aviceda leuphotes | No record |
| Oriental Honey Buzzard, | Pernis ptilorhynchus | Rare |
| Black-winged Kite, | Elanus caeruleus | Rare |
| Black Kite, | Milvus migrans | Rare |
| Brahminy Kite, | Haliastur Indus | Common |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle, | Haliaeetus leucogaster | Common |
| Grey-headed Fish Eagle, | Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus | Rare |
| Egyptian Vulture, | Neophron percnopterus | No record |
| Crested Serpent Eagle, | Spilornis cheela | Common |
| Pallid Harrier, | Circus macrourus | No record |
| Pied Harrier, | Circus melanoleucos | No record |
| Montagu’s Harrier, | Circus pygargus | Rare |
| Western Marsh Harrier, | Circus aeruginosus | No record |
| Crested Goshawk, | Accipiter trivirgatus | No record |
| Shikra, | Accipiter badius | Common |
| Besra, | Accipiter virgatus | Occasional |
| Common Buzzard, | Buteo buteo | No record |
| Long-legged Buzzard, | Buteo rufinus | No record |
| Black Eagle, | Ictinaetus malayensis | Rare |
| Bonelli’s Eagle, | Hieraaetus fasciatus | No record |
| Booted Eagle, | Hieraaetus pennatus | No record |
| Rufous-bellied Eagle, | Hieraaetus kieneri | No record |
| Changeable Hawk-eagle, | Spizaetus cirrhatus | Common |
| Mountain Hawk-eagle, | Spizaetus nipalensis | No record |
| Lesser Kestrel, | Falco naumanni | No record |
| Common Kestrel, | Falco tinnunculus | No record |
| Amur Falcon, | Falco amurensis | No record |
| Red-necked Falcon, | Falco chicquera | No record |
| Oriental Hobby, | Falco severus | No record |
| Eastern Peregrine Falcon, | Falco peregrinus calidus | No record |
| Shaheen Falcon, | Peregiinus peregrinator | No record |