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| Subspecies indicus, March 2017 |
(* 44) HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus
SRI LANKA 115
Found around habitation and cultivation. 15 cm. Locally common to rare breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka.
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
MALABAR TROGON
1097 MALABAR TROGON Harpactes fasciatus
SRI LANKA 112
Found in dense forests. 31 cm. Uncommon breeding resident in wet zone including the hills; rare and local in dry zone.
BROWN-CAPPED PYGMY WOODPECKER
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| Subspecies gymnopthalmus, March 2017 |
1096 BROWN-CAPPED PYGMY WOODPECKER Dendrocopos nanus
SRI LANKA 111
Found in forests and wooded areas. 13 cm. Uncommon breeding resident throughout lowlands up to mid hills.
LAYARD'S PARAKEET
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| March 2017 |
1095 LAYARD'S PARAKEET Psittacula calthropae
SRI LANKA 110
Endemic. Found in forest and wooded areas. 31 cm. Uncommon locally from wet lowlands to mid hills, restricted to foothill area in the dry lowlands.
LEGGE'S FLOWERPECKER
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 109
Endemic. Found in forests and adjoining woodland areas. 10 cm. Uncommon and local in wet lowlands and up to adjoining mid hills, rarely higher.
LESSER HILL MYNA
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 108
Usually treated as conspecific with Common Hill Myna. Found in wooded areas and forest edges and adjoining gardens. 25 cm. Locally rather than common breeding resident from wet lowlands to mid hills, rare and local in dry lowlands.
SRI LANKA DRONGO
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 107
Also known as Sri Lanka Crested Drongo, and considered as conspecific with Greater Racket-tailed Drongo. Found in tall forests. 32 cm. Fairly common breeding resident in wet zone up to adjoining wet mid hills (occasionally higher).
SRI LANKA GREEN PIGEON
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 106
Found in forest and woods. 28 cm. Fairly common breeding resident from lowlands to lower hills; local and uncommon up to mid hills.
COTTON PYGMY-GOOSE
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| Subspecies coromandelianus, March 2017 |
(* 228) COTTON PYGMY-GOOSE Nettapus coromandelianus
SRI LANKA 105
Found in freshwater tanks and large ponds partly covered in weed. 30-37 cm. Uncommon breeding resident in lowlands.
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
PAINTED STORK
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| March 2017 |
1091 PAINTED STORK Mycteria leucocephala
SRI LANKA 104
Found in marshes, tanks, lagoons, chiefly freshwater. 93-100 cm. Fairly common breeding resident in dry lowlands; an introduced population in and around Colombo.
FERAL PIGEON
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| March 2017 |
114 FERAL PIGEON Columba livia
SRI LANKA 103
Also known as Domestic or Homing pigeon or Rock Dove. 33-36 cm. Widespread across Europe, n Africa and w Asia, and Australia with European settlement. Widespread in villages, towns, cities and farm homesteads. Found in urban areas, grain installations, roadsides, woodlands, paddocks.
ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD
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| Subspecies ruficollis, March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 102
Also known as Crested Honey-buzzard. Mostly in well wooded areas. 57-60 cm. Fairly rare breeding resident; population much increased by winter migrants.
BLACK EAGLE
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| Subspecies perniger, March 2017 |
1090 BLACK EAGLE Ictinaetus malayensis
SRI LANKA 101
Found in forests and nearby open country. 69-81 cm. Uncommon breeding resident in wet lowlands and up to hills; also isolated forested hills in adjacent dry lowlands, visitor elsewhere.
CRESTED HAWK EAGLE
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| Subspecies ceylanensis, March 2017 |
1089 CRESTED HAWK EAGLE Nisaetus cirrhatus
SRI LANKA 100
Found in well-wooded areas. 61-72 cm. Locally fairly common breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka.
BOOTED EAGLE
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| March 2017 |
1088 BOOTED EAGLE Hieraaetus pennatus
SRI LANKA 99
Found near forest to lightly wooded and open areas. 45-53 cm. Rather rare winter migrant throughout Sri Lanka.
PHEASANT-TAILED JACANA
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| March 2017 |
1087 PHEASANT-TAILED JACANA Hydrophasianus chirurgus
SRI LANKA 98
Found on marshes, lakes and tanks with floating vegetation. 31 cm. Locally common breeding resident in the lowlands.
GREATER SAND PLOVER
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| Subspecies leschenaultii, March 2017 |
(* 684) GREATER SAND PLOVER Charadrius leschenaultii
SRI LANKA 684
Found along seashores, lagoons, mudflats. 22-25 cm. Fairly rare winter migrant to lowland coastal areas; more often in dry zone.
LESSER SAND PLOVER
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| Subspecies atrifrons, March 2017 |
(* 644) LESSER SAND PLOVER Charadrius mongolus
SRI LANKA 96
Found along the shoreline of a variety of wetlands and wet grasslands. 19-21 cm. Common winter migrant to the lowlands, more common in a dry zone.
ASIAN OPENBILL
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| March 2017 |
(* 318) ASIAN OPENBILL Anastomus oscitans
SRI LANKA 95
Found in marshes, tanks, lakes, rivers and lagoons. 68 cm. Fairly common breeding resident in lowlands, small numbers found along rivers in interior wet zone, and on lakes and rivers up to lower hills.
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