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    Sri Lanka, August 2018

    Dear Sir Whilst it is indeed a Cormorant, there are 3 species of Cormorant in Sri Lanka These are : Great Cormorant Indian Cormorant Little Cormorant When one zooms in to the bill with your photo, one can see bill-shape in my view, rules out Great Cormorant and Indian Cormorant. I am strongly...
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    Sri Lanka, August 2018

    Dear Sir Whilst it is indeed a Cormorant, there are 3 species of Cormorant in Sri Lanka These are : Great Cormorant Indian Cormorant Little Cormorant When one zooms in to the bill with your photo, one can see bill-shape (admittedly this is not easy to see with a whitish bill against a whitish...
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    Sri Lanka, August 2018

    Dear Sir Thank you for sharing that knowledge in this matter. I defer to your diagnosis. On reflection your diagnosis of Oriental Honey Buzzard to me seems preferable.
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    Sri Lanka, August 2018

    I hadn't taken into account the floating leaf behind the bill. I could be mistaken but now I took a closer look at the bill I get the impression this is a Little Cormorant. The bill looks to be a short one and too short for an Indian Cormorant. Still I could be mistaken
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    Sri Lanka, August 2018

    I think the first bird could be Crested Hawk Eagle (otherwise known as Changeable Hawk Eagle) I think the cormorant species would most likely be the Indian Cormorant and second choice would be Great Cormorant (one or the other of these two but leaning toward the Indian Cormorant because I think...
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