Indian Roller (5)Coracias benghalensis IvanM Sri Lanka 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 12 2010 An Indian Roller enjoying the buildings in the ancient city of Polonnaruwa! Date uploaded: Jul 14 2014 Views: 2 Write comments
Black-rumped Woodpecker (2)Dinopium benghalense IvanM Sri Lanka 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 11 2010 A picture of one of the very colorful Sri Lankan woodpeckers, taken from a quite difficult angle... Date uploaded: Jul 14 2014 Views: 12 Write comments
Changeable Hawk-Eagle (5)Spizaetus cirrhatus IvanM Sri Lanka 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 8 2010 Details: adult An adult Changeable Hawk-Eagle observed at Bundala National Park. This park is a great spot especially for waterbirds but attracts raptors as well! Date uploaded: Jul 14 2014 Views: 3 Write comments
Ceylon Junglefowl (1)Gallus lafayettii IvanM Sri Lanka 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 7 2010 Details: male This species is endemic to Sri Lanka and is (quite obviously so) a wild relative of our chickens!! Date uploaded: Jul 14 2014 Views: 4 Write comments
Green Bee-eater (5)Merops orientalis IvanM Sri Lanka 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 7 2010 Bee-eaters are very swift aerial feeders. This one got a dragonfly and was so busy eating it that it let us approach to a very close distance! Date uploaded: Jul 14 2014 Views: 12 Write comments
Indian Thick-knee (1)Burhinus indicus IvanM Sri Lanka 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 7 2010 Thick-knees are very peculiar birds, with their huge yellow eyes. Here is the Indian representative of the group! Date uploaded: Jul 13 2014 Views: 1 Write comments
Red-vented Bulbul (5)Pycnonotus cafer IvanM Sri Lanka 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 6 2010 This is a very adaptable species and for this reason it has been accidentally introduced to several countries in the world. Its native range, though, is in Southern Asia. Date uploaded: Jul 13 2014 Views: 14 Write comments
Red-wattled Lapwing (4)Vanellus indicus IvanM Sri Lanka 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 6 2010 Another ubiquitous bird in Sri Lanka, captured at Yala National Park, a great place that actually looks more like African savanna! Date uploaded: Jul 13 2014 Views: 12 Write comments
Indian Pond Heron (2)Ardeola grayii IvanM Sri Lanka 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 6 2010 Indian Pond-Herons are very common at the edge of water throughout the country. Date uploaded: Jul 13 2014 Views: 12 Write comments
Painted Stork (2)Mycteria leucocephala (Near-threatened) IvanM Sri Lanka Date taken: Jan 6 2010 A common sight around wetlands in Sri Lanka. Date uploaded: Jul 13 2014 Views: 4 Write comments
