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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 138
Found along paths and in clearings in wooded areas. 18 cm. Fairly common winter migrant throughout Sri Lanka.
Sunday, May 28, 2017
FOREST WAGTAIL
SRI LANKA 138
Found along paths and in clearings in wooded areas. 18 cm. Fairly common winter migrant throughout Sri Lanka.
CLAMOROUS REED WARBLER
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| Subspecies meridionalis, March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 137
Also known as Indian Reed Warbler. Found in reed beds and tangles around wetlands. 19 cm. Locally rather common breeding resident throughout dry lowlands, occasionally visits wet zone.
SRI LANKA WHISTLING THRUSH
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 136
Endemic. Globally threatened. Found near fast flowing mountain streams and ponds in dense forest; undergrowth of plantations. 20 cm. Local and fairly rare in high hills.
PIED THRUSH
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 135
Found in forest, well-wooded gardens and ravines. 22 cm. rather uncommon winter migrant to mid hills and above.
INDIAN BLACKBIRD
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| Subspecies kinnisii, March 2017 |
1111 INDIAN BLACKBIRD Turdus (merula) simillimus
SRI LANKA 134
Found in forest and wooded areas. 25-28 cm. Uncommon to locally rather common breeding resident from mid to high hills of wet zone.
PIED BUSHCHAT
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| Subspecies atratus, March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 133
Found in grassy areas open cultivation and open gardens. 13.5 cm. Uncommon to locally fairly common breeding resident in mid hills and above.
BROWN-BREASTED FLYCATCHER
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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.
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.
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