• Eastern peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus calidus, Order: Psittaciformes   Family: Psittaculidae. The national bird of Sri Lanka seen on the outskirts of the Sinharaja rain forest. I remember taking photos of birds in our garden in Ampitiya close to Kandy during the late 1980s. There were couple of them flying around and fighting in the tea bushes on the outskirts of the forest. This bird is often observed in Mitirigala Forest reserve, Kitulgala Forest Reserve, the height Wilderness Reserve, Bodhinagala Forest Reserve, Morapitiya Forest Reserve, Sinharaja Rain Forest, Kanneliya Forest Reserve, and Hiyare Forest Reserve.Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus melanurus)Found in most parts of the country and infrequently within the dry lowlands. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Colombo – Peliyagoda – Warakapola turn right from the junction to galapitamada. Hopefully, I will come across them again for better quality pictures as these ones were taken with high ISO due to low light. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. They are predominantly greyish with white and black, although some species are brightly coloured. I took the 1st photograph inside the Dehiwala Zoo birds enclosure. This is the first new bird species discovered in Sri Lanka since 1868, when the Sri Lanka whistling-thrush (Myophonus blighi) was described. They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short thick but pointed bills. Subsequent publications on the avifauna of Sri Lanka and the South Asia region have not listed these three as endemics.

The emberizids are a large family of passerine birds. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Timaliidae. Order: Phaethontiformes   Family: Phaethontidae, Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. This bird is often observed within the Sinharaja Rain Forest, Kitulgala Forest Reserve, the height Wilderness Sanctuary and therefore the Morapitiya Forest Reserve. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. Minor insects Order: Passeriformes   Family: Rhipiduridae.

Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground. The flowerpeckers are very small, stout, often brightly coloured birds, with short tails, short thick curved bills and tubular tongues. They have long wings, short legs and very short bills. Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Recurvirostridae. The members of this family are diverse in size and colouration, though those of genus Turdoides tend to be brown or greyish. However, within some Sri Lankan circles considered the endemics proposed by Wijesinghe as acceptable. Hoopoes have black, white and orangey-pink colouring with a large erectile crest on their head. Forests, gardens. Hymenopterans Order: Apodiformes/Caprimulgiformes    Family: Hemiprocnidae. This page was last edited on 6 October 2020, at 14:13. Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The members of this family are usually rather large for "warblers". Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus objurgatus) - Bird of Prey - Range: Western and Eastern Ghats of India; Sri Lanka. Forests. Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs and stubby tails. Order: Falconiformes   Family: Falconidae. Complete List: Birds of Sri Lanka. Commercial fish Photographed in Horton Plains National Park, this endemic and endangered beauty is very difficult to photograph as they spend most of their time inside the bush hopping from one branch to another. Freshwater fish The measure of abundance is subjective in the absence of quantitative data.

They are all similar in structure and habits, but have wide variation in plumage colours and patterns. Isopods Lives in Forests, densely wooded areas, scrublands, and residential gardens. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats. Myriapods Mites Supplemental updates follow The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition.[2][3]. As he was inside the bush, the low light caused the photograph to be lower quality. The buttonquail are small, drab, running birds which resemble the true quails. Sri Lankais a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India.

Click the link for the full list of bird species. The 3rd picture is from inside the birds' enclosure at the Dehiwala zoo. Photographed in Kalkudah area, it was inside the shade of a tree which meant I had to take the photos in low light without even knowing what species I was photographing. Moths The females have much paler plumage, especially on the neck and underparts. Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Caprimulgidae. Aphids Forests, gardens.

The bird is often observed within the Kitulgala Forest, the height Wilderness Reserve, Bodhinagala Forest, Morapitiya Forest Reserve, Sinharaja Rain Forest, Kanneliya Forest Reserve, and therefore the Hiyare Forest Reserve.Sri Lanka Junglefowl (Gallus lafayettii)Also referred to as the Sri Lankan gallina it’s found fairly widespread from the lowlands to highlands, homing in forests and dense scrublands. This beauty was checking out all the commotion going on due to termite alates (. More common in wet zone. All zones. Forests.

It's famous for them to come and eat the rice that the staff at the forest entrance leave for them. Orthopterans Just as I was about to give up, this amazing beauty showed up. Photographed in the outskirts of Bhodinagala Rain Forest. Rose-ringed Parakeet. • Wetzone dark-fronted babbler Rhopocichla atriceps nigrifrons, Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pellorneidae. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Scotocercidae, The members of this family are found throughout Africa, Asia, and Polynesia. Species which are validly published are considered as definitive endemic species. Mangroves, Sri Lanka is home to 26 endemic bird species and seven proposed endemic species. They gave me a superb display of their colours and abilities. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. They have long forked tails, and some Asian species have elaborate tail decorations. They are usually found in open woodland, reedbeds, or tall grass. Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots and gallinules. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns. Order: Columbiformes   Family: Columbidae. Nuthatches have big heads, short tails and powerful bills and feet. Related to the crow family, they are known to be super mischievous. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Emberizidae. Common. The main bird sanctuary in Sri Lanka is the Kumana National Park which is considered one of the most important nesting and breeding grounds in Sri Lanka. Wet zone. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base. Restricted range. All indications were that Sigiriya and Kandalama were the closest locations for birds. The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. Very common. Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating.[4].

it’s known to inhabit dense forests and is essentially confined to the Sinharaja Rain Forest, Morapitiya Forest Reserve, and therefore the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary. Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds, the gulls and terns. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings.

Humid forest undergrowth. Yala is one of the 70 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Sri Lanka.Of 215 bird species of the park, six are endemic to Sri Lanka. Gill, F. and D. Donsker (Eds). They have short legs and sit very upright when perched, like a shrike. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hirundinidae. Mosquitoes Reptiles [1] Others are included with question marks. Restricted range. Forests. Aphids The birdlife of Sri Lankais very rich for its size and 505 species have been recorded. Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) tall, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. They feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering or pattering across the water. Hill country. [5], Order: Suliformes   Family: Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium to large coastal, fish-eating seabirds that includes cormorants and shags. Common. Hill country, some locations in low country wet zone. Forests, mainly in understory and on the ground. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. [7], Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Pandionidae. Batrachostomus monileger (Ceylon or Sri Lanka Frogmouth) is native to the Island of Sri Lanka and the Western Ghat region of India. I didn't know that she is endemic at the time. Butterflies The treeswifts, or crested swifts, are closely related to the true swifts. Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincoles, which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the coursers, which have long legs, short wings and long, pointed bills which curve downwards. Most of the 26 endemic species are confined to the wet and the hill zones, with only a few extending into the dry zone as well. Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Accipitridae. Forests, gardens. They are not closely related to other birds called "flycatchers". Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Forests, gardens, cultivations. Its habitat is a dense jungle and thick forests on the brink of a source of water. Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Haematopodidae.

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