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Oriental Magpie-Robin at Ella, Sri Lanka- Andy Hurley
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- copsychus saularis ceylonensis ella oriental magpie-robin sri lanka
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Loten's Sunbird
- charelli
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- cinnyris lotenius loten's sunbird sri lanka
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Rose-ringed Parakeet
A Rose-ringed parakeet patiently waiting to raid a rice paddy.- the_kenyanbirder
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- asia birds birds of asia birds of sri lanka birdwatching parakeet psittacula krameri sri lanka
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Jerdon's Leafbird
Sri Lanka, Galle last week- jforgham
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- 1dt chloropsis jerdoni jerdon's leafbird sri lanka
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Pied Thrush
I was told that most birders who see this species see it at this location. It's not the greatest image, but considering the overcast conditions and the skulking nature of the species, I"ll take it.- Jeff Hopkins
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- pied thrush sri lanka
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Small Indian civet
A common species during the spotlighting of Sri Lanka- baboon
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- small indian civet sri lanka viverricula indica
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- Category: Wild Mammals
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Grey slender loris
We have spotted more than a dozen of grey slender loris during five nights of spotlighting. This species move as quickly as rats!- baboon
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- grey slender loris loris lydekkerianus primate sri lanka
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Flight shot of Great Thick-Knee
A record shot of a Great Thick-knee taken at Yala, Sri Lanka- Andy Hurley
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- great thick-knee sri lanka yala
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Great Thick-Knee in flight, Yala, Sri Lanka
Not a great photo, but as there are no flight photos I thought it was worthwhile to add it to the Gallery- Andy Hurley
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- great thick-knee sri lanka yala
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Indian Roller at Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
Indian Roller at Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. The indicus subspecies is rather common in the dry lowlands, but this beauty was the only one I met in 3 weeks on the island.- Andy Hurley
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- indian roller sri lanka yala national park
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Sri Lanka Junglefowl
A fairly common endemic species from Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, but with the forest being turned into plantations, it will become more isolated.- Andy Hurley
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- sri lanka yala national park
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Red-backed Flameback
One of the recent splits, this endemic male Red-backed Flameback is looking splendid posing in woodland near Ella, Sri Lanka- Andy Hurley
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- ella red-backed flameback sri lanka
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Malabar trogon
During my recent visits to Bodhinagala forest reserve one of the hot birding spot in Sri Lanka, I was lucky to take this snap of the rare bird - Malabar trogon (male) --------------------------------------------------------- Danesh Manjula - http://birdwatchinginsrilanka.com- daneshmanjula
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- bird watching in sri lanka bodhinagala forest reserve sri lanka
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Asian openbill
Asian Openbill ------------------------------------------------- Danesh Manjula http://www.birdwatchinginsrilanka.com/blog- daneshmanjula
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- asian openbill sri lanka
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Red-faced Malkoha, Female, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka
Only 1 pair seen of Red-faced Malkohas, feeding together, high in a tree at Sinharaja, Sri Lanka, at the outer edge of the rainforest. They were very hard to see and photograph, due to dense foliage. This photograph shows the white eye of the female. I could not get a photograph which showed...- Carol Rushton
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- female red-faced malkoha sinharaja sri lanka
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Painted Stork - Juvenile
Taken at Somawathiya National Park in Sri Lanka- daneshmanjula
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- bird watching in sri lanka somawathiya national park sri lanka
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Spot-billed pelican
The spot-billed pelican or grey pelican is a member of the pelican family. It breeds in southern Asia from southern Pakistan across India east to Indonesia- daneshmanjula
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- bird watching in sri lanka birding sri lanka bundala national park spot-billed pelican sri lanka
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White-rumped Shama
This was taken at Namal Uyana Forest Reserve at Sri Lanka.- daneshmanjula
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- bird watching in sri lanka birding sri lanka namal uyana sri lanka white-rumped shama
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Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
My favourite bird to capture....- kctsang
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- sitta frontalis sri lanka velvet-fronted nuthatch
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Green Bee-eater
Green Bee-eater still hunting in the setting sun Kaudulla National Park, Sri Lanka- Windrider
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- bee-eater green kaudulla merops orientalis sri lanka
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Indian Peafowl
The Indian Peafowl in full regalia is an impressive sight- Windrider
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- indian peacock peafowl sri lanka
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Sri Lankan Junglefowl
- Windrider
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- cockrel junglefowl sri lanka
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Crested Serpent Eagle Hunting
A pale morph Crested Serpent Eagle hunting from a perch - Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka- Windrider
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- crested eagle raptor serpent sri lanka wilpattu
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Hunt Practice
Crested Serpent Eagle. I have never seen a raptor practice hunting before. This juvenile was really going at the branch like a kitten!- Windrider
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- crested eagle juvenile immature raptor serpent spilornis cheela sri lanka wilpattu
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Orange-billed Babbler
A Sri Lankan endemic- martinuk
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- argya rufescens orange-billed babbler sri lanka
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands