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<div style="{{psubheader}}">Featured Article: '''[[Brubru]]'''</div>
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<div style="{{psubheader}}">Featured Article: '''[[Sinharaja]]'''</div>
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[[Image:Brubru.jpg|thumb|400px|left|Subspecies ''brubru''<br /> Photo by {{user|albertvoigts|albertvoigts}}]]
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[[Image:Sinha2.jpg|thumb|450px|left|Ticket Office<br />Photo by {{user|Wintibird|Wintibird}}]]
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==Distribution==
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==Overview==
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Widespread in Sub-Saharan [[Africa]]<br />
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Sinharaja Forest Reserve in the southwest of [[Sri Lanka]] is the last significant relict of rainforest in the wet zone of the island. It's a national park and it has been declared a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Sinharaja means Kingdom of the Lion.<br />
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'''Western Africa''': [[Mauritania]], [[Senegambia]], [[Senegal]], [[The Gambia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Guinea]], [[Mali]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Benin]], [[Nigeria]], [[Niger]], [[Chad]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], [[DRC]] and [[Angola]]<br />
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The forest holds most of the endemic birds of Sri Lanka and should be included on every birding trip to this island.
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]], [[Mozambique]] and [[Malawi]]<br />
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==Birds==
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'''Southern Africa''': [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[South Africa]] and [[Swaziland]] (not found in the southern-most part of South Africa)
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===Notable Species===
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==Habitat==
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Most of the endemic species of Sri Lanka can be found in Sinharaja, most notably [[Red-faced Malkoha]], [[Green-billed Coucal]], [[Serendib Scops Owl]], [[Sri Lanka Blue Magpie]], [[Ashy-headed Laughingthrush]], [[Sri Lanka Thrush]], [[White-faced Starling]] and [[Legge's Flowerpecker]].
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Open broad-leaved woodland, and acacia savanna. Generally found in the canopy.
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===Rarities===
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====Vocalisation====
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[[Oriental Bay Owl]] is sometimes found, but this needs a lot of luck.
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'''Call''': A repeated "brrr brrr ..." (hence the common name); similar to a ringing telephone.
 
  
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Revision as of 17:15, 31 January 2015

Featured Article: Sinharaja
Ticket Office
Photo by Wintibird

Overview

Sinharaja Forest Reserve in the southwest of Sri Lanka is the last significant relict of rainforest in the wet zone of the island. It's a national park and it has been declared a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Sinharaja means Kingdom of the Lion.
The forest holds most of the endemic birds of Sri Lanka and should be included on every birding trip to this island.

Birds

Notable Species

Most of the endemic species of Sri Lanka can be found in Sinharaja, most notably Red-faced Malkoha, Green-billed Coucal, Serendib Scops Owl, Sri Lanka Blue Magpie, Ashy-headed Laughingthrush, Sri Lanka Thrush, White-faced Starling and Legge's Flowerpecker.

Rarities

Oriental Bay Owl is sometimes found, but this needs a lot of luck.

[Read More...]

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