BARRED BUTTONQUAIL

Subspecies leggei, photographed March 2017

1073               BARRED BUTTONQUAIL               Turnix suscitator

SRI LANKA             72

Found in grasslands, scrubland, paddy fields and tea plantations. 15 cm. Fairly common breeding resident from lowlands to mid hills, more common in dry zone.

WHITE-RUMPED SHAMA

Subspecies leggei, photographed March 2017

(*   1044)                WHITE-RUMPED SHAMA                 Copsychus malabaricus

SRI LANKA                   42

Founds in forests. 22 cm. Rare to locally fairly common breeding resident from lowlands up to mid hills, mainly in dry lowlands.

ORANGE-BREASTED GREEN PIGEON

Subspecies leggei, photographed March 2017

(*  1064)                 ORANGE-BREASTED GREEN PIGEON                      Treron bicinctus  

SRI LANKA                   40

Found in woods and scrub. 29 cm. Fairly common breeding resident in dry lowlands, local and fairly rare in wet lowlands.