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| Photographed March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 54
Also known as Indian Stone-curlew. Found in open scrub. 40-44 cm. Uncommon breeding resident in the lowlands; local and rare in the wet lowlands.
Friday, April 21, 2017
INDIAN THICK-KNEE
SRI LANKA 54
Also known as Indian Stone-curlew. Found in open scrub. 40-44 cm. Uncommon breeding resident in the lowlands; local and rare in the wet lowlands.
Monday, April 17, 2017
GREAT THICK-KNEE
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| Photographed March 2017. |
1068 GREAT THICK-KNEE Esacus recurvirostris
SRI LANKA 53
Found on the shores of estuaries, coastal lagoons and edges of large tanks. 49-54 cm. Uncommon breeding resident mainly in the dry lowlands, and local and rare in coastal wet lowlands.
INDIAN BLUE ROBIN
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| Subspecies brunnea, photographed March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 52
Found in forests and ravines. 15 cm. Uncommon to locally rather common winter migrant throughout Sri Lanka.
PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER
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| Photographed March 2017 |
(* 424) PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis fulva
SRI LANKA 51
Found in open grasslands, near water, mudflats, dry paddy fields and lagoon shores. 23-26 cm. Fairly common winter migrant to lowlands, more common in dry lowlands.
Sunday, April 16, 2017
GREATER COUCAL
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| Subspecies parroti, photographed March 2017 |
(* 991) GREATER COUCAL Centropus sinensis
SRI LANKA 50
Also known as Southern Coucal. Found in forest edges of wet zone, dry forest, scrub and thickets in gardens and around cultivation. 48 cm. Common breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka.
NOTE: If Greater Coucal , C. sinensis, is split this would be called Southern Coucal, C parroti.
SRI LANKAN WOODSHRIKE
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| Photographed March 2017 |
1066 SRI LANKAN WOODSHRIKE Tephrodornis (pondicerianus) affinis
SRI LANKA 49
Found in open forest, well-wooded areas and scrub with scattered trees. 18 cm. Fairly common breeding resident in dry lowlands and scattered localities in wet lowlands and up to mid hills.
NOTE: treated as conspecific with Common Woodshrike.
DARTER
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| Photographed March 2017 |
(* 134) DARTER Anhinga melanogaster
SRI LANKA 48
Also called Oriental Darter. Found near tanks, lakes, larger rivers and lagoons. 85-97 cm. Uncommon breeding resident in dry lowlands; very rare in wet lowlands and high hills.
BLACK-HEADED IBIS
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| Photographed March 2017 |
(* 999) BLACK-HEADED IBIS Threskiornis melanocephalus
SRI LANKA 47
Found on freshwater tanks, marshes and paddy fields. 75 cm. Fairly common breeding resident in lowlands.
LESSER WHISTLING-DUCK
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| Photographed March 2017 |
(* 901) LESSER WHISTLING-DUCK Dendrocygna javanica
SRI LANKA 46
Found on freshwater marshes and tanks. 42 cm. Common breeding resident throughout lowlands.
BARN SWALLOW
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| Subspecies gutturalis, photographed March 2017 |
(* 805) BARN SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
SRI LANKA 45
Found over open country and towns, often near water. 18 cm. Very common winter migrant throughout Sri Lanka.
SRI LANKA GREY HORNBILL
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| Photographed March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 44
Endemic to Sri Lanka. Found in forests and wooded gardens. 45 cm. Fairly common, found from lowlands up to mid hills.
COMMON SANDPIPER
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| Photographed March 2017 |
(* 508) COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
SRI LANKA 43
WHITE-RUMPED SHAMA
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| 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.
CRESTED SERPENT EAGLE
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| Subspecies spilogaster, photographed March 2017 |
(* 1051) CRESTED SERPENT EAGLE Spilornis cheela
SRI LANKA 41
Found in forest and wooded country. 56-74 cm. Fairly common breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka.
ORANGE-BREASTED GREEN PIGEON
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| Subspecies leggei, photographed March 2017 |
(* 1064) ORANGE-BREASTED GREEN PIGEON Treron bicinctus
SRI LANKA 40
LESSER ADJUTANT
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| Photographed March 2017 |
(* 835) LESSER ADJUTANT Leptoptiles javanicus
SRI LANKA 39
Found in marshes, pools, water holes and tank edges in and adjoining forests. 110-120 cm. Rare breeding resident in dry zone lowlands.
NOTE: Globally threatened.
GREY-BELLIED CUCKOO
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| Photographed March 2017 |
1063 GREY-BELLIED CUCKOO Cacomantis passerinus
SRI LANKA 438
found in open forest, gardens and scrub. 23 cm. Rather uncommon migrant, to lowlands to mid hills, rarer in wet lowlands and hills.
BLACK-NAPED MONARCH
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| Subspecies ceylonensis, photographed March 2017 |
(* 870) BLACK-NAPED MONARCH Hypothymis azurea
SRI LANKA 37
Found in forest, wooded areas and adjoining home gardens. 16 cm. Uncommon breeding resident in lowlands to mid hills, comparatively more in wet zone.
INDIAN PEAFOWL
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| Photographed March 2017 |
(* 263) INDIAN PEAFOWL Pavo cristatus
SRI LANKA 36
Found in scrub and open country. M 180-230 cm; F 90-100 cm. Common breeding resident in dry zone lowlands and uncommon in adjacent intermediate zone, small scattered feral populations in southern part of wet zone.
COMMON KINGFISHER
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| Subspecies taprobana, photographed March 2017 |
(* 885) COMMON KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis
SRI LANKA 35
Found in wetlands in open country and forest. 16 cm. Rather uncommon breeding resident almost throughout Sri Lanka, but rare in higher hills.
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