photography: May 2008

Friday, May 9, 2008

Endemic Birds of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Red-faced Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
Sri Lanka Green-billed Coucal
Centropus chlororhynchus
Sri Lanka Spurfowl
Galloperdix bicalcarata
Sri Lanka Junglefowl
Gallus lafayetii
Sri Lanka Yellow-fronted Barbet
Megalaima flavifrons
Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill
Ocyceros gingalensis
Sri Lanka Hanging Parakeet
Loriculus beryllinus
Sri Lanka Layard's Parakeet
Psittacula calthropae
Sri Lanka Serendib Scops Owl
Otus thilohofmanni
Sri Lanka Chestnut-backed Owlet
Glaucidium castanonotum
Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon
Columba torringtoni
Sri Lanka Blue Magpie
Urocissa ornata
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush
Myophonus blighi
Sri Lanka Spot-winged Thrush
Zoothera spiloptera
Sri Lanka Scaly Thrush
Zoothera imbricata
Sri Lanka Dull Blue Flycatcher
Eumyias sordida
Sri Lanka White-faced Starling
Sturnus albofrontatus
Sri Lanka Myna
Gracula ptilogenys
Sri Lanka Yellow-eared Bulbul
Pycnonotus penicillatus
Sri Lanka White-eye
Zosterops ceylonensis
Sri Lanka Bush Warbler
Bradypterus palliseri
Sri Lanka Ashy-headed Laughing -thrush
Garrulax cinereifrons
Sri Lanka Brown-capped Babbler
Pellorneum fuscocapillum
Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler
Pomatorhinus melanurus
Sri Lanka Orange-billed Babbler
Turdoides rufescens
Sri Lanka Legge's Flowerpecker
Dicaeum vincens

Birds of sri lanka

Sri Lanka is a birds paradise with 435 resident species. There are 26
endemic birds. Most of them are found in the wet zone. The winter
migrants come from distant Siberia and western Europe. The reservoirs
attract vast number of water birds. The forests attract many other
species. There are many birds sanctuaries across the little island 270 km
by 140 km in size.

Kumana is situated in east Coast, Bundala, Kalamatiya are is in the
southern coast, Sinharaja Rain Forest, Udawatta Kale, Bellanwila,
Muthurajawela, Minneriya, Kitulgala and Minipe are other important Bird
watching locations. In additions you can see birds through out the
country in pockets of forests, lakes, lagoons and river sides during your
travel.

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Friday, May 9, 2008

M.Nilantha Anuruddha

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