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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 161
Found in dense forest. 23 cm. Rather common breeding resident from lowlands to higher hills; but local and rarer in dry lowlands and the high hills.
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SRI LANKA FROGMOUTH
SRI LANKA 161
Found in dense forest. 23 cm. Rather common breeding resident from lowlands to higher hills; but local and rarer in dry lowlands and the high hills.
DARK-FRONTED BABBLER
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 160
Found skulking in dense undergrowth in forest. 13 cm. Locally uncommon breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka, more common in dry zone.
YELLOW BITTERN
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 159
Found in roadbeds and vegetation at wetland edges. 38 cm. Fairly rare breeding resident in lowlands; common winter migrant to lowlands and up to lower hills and occasionally higher altitude.
SIRKEER MALKOHA
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 158
Found in grassland, scrub and open wooded areas. 42 cm. Fairly uncommon breeding resident, in dry lowlands to drier mid hills, but rarer in the hills.
CRESTED TREESWIFT
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 157
Found in open wooded areas. 23 cm. Rather uncommon breeding resident locally from lowlands to mid hills; rarer and more local from wet lowlands up to hills.
YELLOW-CROWNED WOODPECKER
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 156
Found in forests, well-wooded and open wooded areas. 17-18 cm. Uncommon breeding resident throughout dry lowlands and up to dry mid hills; also a rare scattered population in wet lower hills near Kandy.
SMALL MINIVET
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 155
Found in open forest and bushes with open trees. 16 cm. Uncommon breeding resident in lowlands and up to mid hills.
SRI LANKA SPURFOWL
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 154
Endemic. Found in dense forest, and catchments of reservoirs and riverine forests in dry zones. 34 cm. Uncommon, throughout Sri Lanka; mainly in wet zone, local and rarer in dry zone and hills.
BRAHMINY STARLING
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 153
Found in forest, scrub and cultivation in flocks. 21 cm. Uncommon winter migrant to dry lowlands, mainly coastal areas.
STREAKED WEAVER
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| Subspecies flaviceps, March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 152
Found in tall reeds in marshes or tank edges. 14 cm. Fairly common breeding resident locally in dry lowlands, occasionally visits wet lowlands.
INDIAN SILVERBILL
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 151
Found in cultivation and grassland. 11-11.5 cm. Fairly uncommon and local breeding resident in dry lowlands.
SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 150
Found in cultivation and gardens. 10.7-12 cm. Common breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka.
ASHY-CROWNED SPARROW LARK
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 149
Also called Ashy-crowned Finch Lark. Found in open areas. 12 cm. Locally, fairly common breeding resident in dry lowlands, visits wet zone, and rarely hills.
SERENDIB SCOPS OWL
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 148
Endemic. Globally threatened. Found in large dense rainforests and submontane forest. 17 cm. Fairly rare and local, in wet lowlands up to mid hills.
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