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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 132
Found in forest, well-wooded areas, often near streams. 14 cm. Rather uncommon winter migrant to wet lowlands and up to lower hills; local and less common in dry lowlands and mid hills.
Sunday, May 28, 2017
BROWN-BREASTED FLYCATCHER
SRI LANKA 132
Found in forest, well-wooded areas, often near streams. 14 cm. Rather uncommon winter migrant to wet lowlands and up to lower hills; local and less common in dry lowlands and mid hills.
BLACK-HEADED MUNIA
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| Subspecies malacca, March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 131
Also known as Tri-coloured Muni. Found in marshes, paddy fields and log grass. 11.5 cm. Fairly common to rare breeding resident locally throughout Sri Lanka.
CRIMSON-FRONTED BARBET
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| March 2017 |
1108 CRIMSON-FRONTED BARBET Megalaima rubricapillus
SRI LANKA 130
Endemic. Also known as Ceylon Small Barbet. Found in forest and open wooded country. 17 cm. Fairly common from lowlands up to mid hills, but rather local in dry zone.
GOLDEN-FRONTED LEAFBIRD
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| Subspecies insularis, March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 129
Found in forest and wooded areas. 19 cm. Uncommon breeding resident from lowlands up to mid hills.
WESTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL
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| Subspecies thunbergi, March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 128
Found in damp grasslands and marshes. 18 cm. Four races have been recorded in Sri Lanka; thunbergi is common winter migrant throughout Sri Lanka, mainly in dry lowlands; other races are rare to very rare migrants to dry lowlands.
YELLOW-EARRED BULBUL
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| March 2017 |
1105 YELLOW-EARRED BULBUL Pycnonotus penicillatus
SRI LANKA 127
Endemic. Found in forests, well-wooded areas and gardens. 20 cm. Fairly common from mid hills up to high hills.
WHITE-BROWED BULBUL
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| Subspecies insulae, March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 126
Found in dry forest, scrub and gardens. 20 cm. Common breeding resident mainly in dry lowlands; and uncommon in wet lowlands and up to mid hills.
YELLOW-BROWED BULBUL
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 125
Found in forest, wooded areas and adjoining gardens. 20 cm. Fairly common breeding resident, rather local in wet lowlands and up to mid hills, rarer and more local in dry lowlands.
SRI LANKA BUSH WARBLER
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 124
Endemic. Found in dense forest undergrowth, occasionally in adjacent tea estates. 16 cm. Local and rather uncommon in high hills, rare in mid hills.
GREY-HEADED CANARY FLYCATCHER
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| Subspecies ceylonensis, March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 123
Found in forest and wooded areas. 13 cm. Rather uncommon breeding resident in mid hills and above.
DULL-BLUE FLYCATCHER
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 122
Also known as Dusky Blue Flycatcher. Endemic. Found in forest and well wooded areas. 15 cm. Rather uncommon in mid hills and above; occasionally descends to lower elevations.
MARSHALL'S IORA
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 121
Found in open wooded areas and scrub with scattered trees. 14 cm. Uncommon breeding resident, locally in dry lowlands from east to south.
JERDON'S LEAFBIRD
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 120
Found in forest, open wooded areas and gardens. 20 cm. Uncommon breeding resident from lowlands up to mid hills, more common in dry zone.
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 119
Found on coast, coastal waters, lagoons and salt-pans. 18-19 cm. Fairly rare winter migrant to dry lowland coastal areas.
Saturday, May 27, 2017
PADDYFIELD PIPIT
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 118
Found in grassland and low scrub. 15 cm. Fairly common breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka.
BAYA WEAVER
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 117
Found in open country and scrub. 15 cm. Fairly common breeding resident locally in dry lowlands, more local and uncommon in wet lowlands.
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