Sunday, May 28, 2017

INDIAN BLUE ROBIN

Female, March 2017
 1134           INDIAN BLUE ROBIN               Luscinia brunnea

SRI LANKA          164

Found in forest and ravines. 15 cm. Uncommon to locally rather common winter migrant throughout Sri Lanka.

GREEN-BILLED COUCAL

March 2017
1133         GREEN-BILLED COUCAL               Centropus chlorohynchos

SRI LANKA            163

Endemic. Globally threatened Found in tall forest with dense undergrowth, preferably of dwarf bamboo. 43 cm. Fairly rare, locally in wet lowlands to mid hills.




SRI LANKA BLUE MAGPIE

March 2017
1132             SRI LANKA BLUE MAGPIE                   Urocissa ornata

SRI LANKA          162

Endemic. Globally threatened. Found in wet zone forest and mountain forest. 42-47 cm. Uncommon.




SRI LANKA FROGMOUTH

March 2017
1131                SRI LANKA FROGMOUTH                  Batrachostomus moniliger

SRI LANKA              161

Found in dense forest. 23 cm. Rather common breeding resident from lowlands to higher hills; but local and rarer in dry lowlands and the high hills.


DARK-FRONTED BABBLER

March 2017
1130             DARK-FRONTED BABBLER             Rhopocichla atriceps

SRI LANKA            160

Found skulking in dense undergrowth in forest. 13 cm. Locally uncommon breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka, more common in dry zone.













YELLOW BITTERN

March 2017
(*   866)             YELLOW BITTERN              Ixobrychus sinensis

SRI LANKA          159

Found in roadbeds and vegetation at wetland edges. 38 cm. Fairly rare breeding resident in lowlands; common winter migrant to lowlands and up to lower hills and occasionally higher altitude.




SIRKEER MALKOHA

March 2017
1129             SIRKEER MALKOHL                 Taccocua leschenaultii

SRI LANKA         158

Found in grassland, scrub and open wooded areas. 42 cm. Fairly uncommon breeding resident, in dry lowlands to drier mid hills, but rarer in the hills.



CRESTED TREESWIFT

March 2017
1128              CRESTED TREESWIFT                Hemiprocne coronata

SRI LANKA          157

Found in open wooded areas. 23 cm. Rather uncommon breeding resident locally from lowlands to mid hills; rarer and more local from wet lowlands up to hills.




YELLOW-CROWNED WOODPECKER

March 2017
1127           YELLOW-CROWNED WOODPECKER                 Dendrocopos mahrattensis

SRI LANKA          156

Found in forests, well-wooded and open wooded areas. 17-18 cm. Uncommon breeding resident throughout dry lowlands and up to dry mid hills; also a rare scattered population in wet lower hills near Kandy.




















SMALL MINIVET

March 2017
1126         SMALL MINIVET             Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

SRI LANKA            155

Found in open forest and bushes with open trees. 16 cm. Uncommon breeding resident in lowlands and up to mid hills.



SRI LANKA SPURFOWL

March 2017
1125       SRI LANKA SPURFOWL              Galloperdix bicarata  

SRI LANKA            154

Endemic. Found in dense forest, and catchments of reservoirs and riverine forests in dry zones. 34 cm. Uncommon, throughout Sri Lanka; mainly in wet zone, local and rarer in dry zone and hills.





BRAHMINY STARLING

March 2017
1124           BRAHMINY STARLING                Sturnia pagodarum

SRI LANKA              153

Found in forest, scrub and cultivation in flocks. 21 cm. Uncommon winter migrant to dry lowlands, mainly coastal areas.



STREAKED WEAVER

Subspecies flaviceps, March 2017
1123             STREAKED WEAVER                   Plocceus manyar

SRI LANKA            152

Found in tall reeds in marshes or tank edges. 14 cm. Fairly common breeding resident locally in dry lowlands, occasionally visits wet lowlands.




INDIAN SILVERBILL

March 2017
1122         INDIAN SILVERBILL                   Lonchura malabarica  

SRI LANKA               151

Found in cultivation and grassland. 11-11.5 cm. Fairly uncommon and local breeding resident in dry  lowlands.



      


SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA

March 2017
 (*   712)         SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA                 Lonchura punctulata

SRI LANKA            150

Found in cultivation and gardens. 10.7-12 cm. Common breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka.