Sri Lanka Bird watching tours

Sri Lanka Bird watching tours Sri Lanka's abundant bird-life makes the island a true Ornithologist's paradise.

Of the 427 recorded species, 250 are resident and 23 are endemic to the country. there's no end to the fascinating locations in which to spot many of these beautiful birds.

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23/12/2024

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Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus)...🦤The Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus), a striking and elegant wader, ca...
18/12/2024

Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus)...🦤
The Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus), a striking and elegant wader, can often be spotted in Sri Lanka's wetlands, marshes, and paddy fields. True to its name, this stork is easily identified by its unique, fluffy white neck that contrasts beautifully with its glossy black body and metallic sheen. With long, slender legs and a sharp, pointed bill, it wades gracefully through shallow waters in search of fish, amphibians, and small invertebrates. Often seen alone or in pairs, the Woolly-necked Stork exudes a calm, regal presence as it forages amidst tranquil landscapes. A symbol of balance and harmony, this bird plays an important role in Sri Lanka's wetland ecosystems, reflecting the richness of the island’s natural heritage.
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Sri Lanka Crested Hawk (Nisaetus ceylanensis)...🦅🦅🦅The Sri Lanka Crested Hawk (Nisaetus ceylanensis), also known as the ...
18/12/2024

Sri Lanka Crested Hawk (Nisaetus ceylanensis)...🦅🦅🦅
The Sri Lanka Crested Hawk (Nisaetus ceylanensis), also known as the Changeable Hawk-Eagle, is a striking bird of prey endemic to Sri Lanka's dense forests and open woodlands. Recognized for its distinct crest of feathers that rises majestically from its head, this raptor displays a stunning mix of brown, white, and cream-colored plumage with intricate streaking on its chest. Agile and powerful, it soars gracefully through the forest canopy, hunting for prey such as small mammals, reptiles, and birds. Often perched high on treetops, it emits a sharp, piercing call that echoes through the wilderness. This magnificent predator is not only a symbol of Sri Lanka's rich biodiversity but also a vital player in maintaining the delicate balance of its ecosystems.
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Oriental Magpie Robin...🐦‍⬛The Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis) is a charming and vocal songbird found through...
06/12/2024

Oriental Magpie Robin...🐦‍⬛
The Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis) is a charming and vocal songbird found throughout Sri Lanka and South Asia. Known for its striking black and white plumage, with a prominent white patch on its wings and tail, this bird is a common sight in gardens, parks, and woodlands. Often seen hopping on the ground or perched on low branches, the Oriental Magpie Robin is famous for its melodious and varied songs, making it a favorite among birdwatchers. Its inquisitive nature and bold behavior add to its charm, making it a delightful companion in the wild.
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White Rumped Munia 🦜The White-rumped Munia (Lonchura striata) is a small, social bird found in grasslands, paddy fields,...
06/12/2024

White Rumped Munia 🦜
The White-rumped Munia (Lonchura striata) is a small, social bird found in grasslands, paddy fields, and open woodlands across Sri Lanka and South Asia. It is easily identified by its dark brown plumage, white rump, and stubby, conical beak. These munias are highly gregarious, often seen in flocks foraging for seeds and grains. Known for their soft, chirping calls and lively behavior, White-rumped Munias play an important role in seed dispersal and are a delightful sight in both rural and urban areas.
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Purple-rumped Sunbird - Leptocoma zeylonica 🐦‍⬛A colorful sunbird; the male has a green metallic crown and shoulder patc...
25/11/2024

Purple-rumped Sunbird - Leptocoma zeylonica 🐦‍⬛
A colorful sunbird; the male has a green metallic crown and shoulder patch, a dark brown body with purple a rump, a purple throat, lemon-yellow underparts, and whitish flanks. The female is light grayish-brown above and pale yellow below. The female can be separated from female Purple Sunbirds by their grayish-white (not yellow) throat. Often seen hopping and hovering around flowers, picking up insects, and probing flowers for nectar. The song is a twittering “tityou, tityou, trritt, tityou.”
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Indian Robin - Copsychus fulicatus... 🐦A nondescript robin; males are primarily black with chestnut bottom feathers, alt...
25/11/2024

Indian Robin - Copsychus fulicatus... 🐦
A nondescript robin; males are primarily black with chestnut bottom feathers, although males in the northern population have brownish upperparts. Males also have a white shoulder patch and a relatively long tail. Females have completely brown upperparts, lack the male’s white shoulder patch, and have grayish-brown underparts. They are generally seen in pairs, foraging on the ground with the tail cocked up. Found in open country, at forest edges, around human habitation, and in scrub lands.
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Black-necked Stork - Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus...🦤 Large stately stork with an enormous black bill, black head and neck...
18/11/2024

Black-necked Stork - Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus...🦤
Large stately stork with an enormous black bill, black head and neck. Female has yellow eyes. In flight note white belly and mostly white wings with a central black panel, long red/pink legs trailing behind. Immature has darker upperwings. Usually found singly or in pairs around tropical wetlands and ponds.
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Common Moorhen...🦤The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), also known as the waterhen or swamp chicken, is a bird speci...
18/11/2024

Common Moorhen...🦤
The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), also known as the waterhen or swamp chicken, is a bird species in the rail family . It is distributed across many parts of the Old World, from Africa to Europe and Asia.
The common moorhen lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. The species is not found in the polar regions or many tropical rainforests. Elsewhere it is likely the most common rail species, except for the Eurasian coot in some regions.
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Sri Lanka Crested Drongo - (Dicrurus lophorinus)🐦‍⬛Also known as Sri Lanka Drongo it is a breeding resident commonly fou...
13/11/2024

Sri Lanka Crested Drongo - (Dicrurus lophorinus)🐦‍⬛
Also known as Sri Lanka Drongo it is a breeding resident commonly found in subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests situated in the wet zone and moist montane forests in the mid mountainous regions and sometimes even higher. Known to dwell in dense forests especially the rainforests. This bird can be observed in the Bodhinagala Forest Reserve, The Peak Wilderness Sanctuary, Morapitiya Forest Reserve, Sinharaja Rain Forest, Kanneliya Forest Reserve and the Hiyare Forest Reserve.
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Orange-billed Babbler - Argya rufescens 🦜A large, uniform rufous-brown babbler with conspicuous orange bill and feet, an...
13/11/2024

Orange-billed Babbler - Argya rufescens 🦜
A large, uniform rufous-brown babbler with conspicuous orange bill and feet, and a beady yellow eye. Highly gregarious, usually encountered in noisy flocks within wet rainforest understory. Orange-billed Babbler differs from the similar Yellow-billed Babbler in having a rufous body and orange legs and bill. Frequently vocal, giving a variety of rasping, chattering, and squeaking notes, grating calls, as well as laughter like noises.
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Blue-cheeked Bee-eater - Merops persicus 🦜A lime-green bee-eater with a thin black mask edged with aquamarine blue. Brig...
11/11/2024

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater - Merops persicus 🦜
A lime-green bee-eater with a thin black mask edged with aquamarine blue. Bright yellow-and-red throat patch is small compared to many other bee-eaters. Somewhat similar to Blue-tailed Bee-eater; look out for less extensive blue around the eye on Blue-tailed, the namesake blue tail, and a larger orange throat patch compared to Blue-cheeked Bee-eater. Found in open areas as well as forests from lowlands up into middle elevations. Gives a pleasantly mellow call starting off with a ticking note, followed by a trill.
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Indian Peafowl - Pavo cristatus 🦚An unmistakable, large ground bird. The unmistakable iridescent blue male spreads out i...
11/11/2024

Indian Peafowl - Pavo cristatus 🦚
An unmistakable, large ground bird. The unmistakable iridescent blue male spreads out its ornamental upper tail feathers when courting females. Females have a shorter tail, an iridescent green neck, and browner plumage. Found in forest, forest edge, and agricultural land. Often seen on paths or alertly feeding in the undergrowth. Can be fairly confiding especially when found close to human habitation. Its loud screaming “may-yow” calls are heard incessantly during the rainy season..
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Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis 🐦‍⬛A medium-sized robin with a broad white wingbar running from the shoulder ...
04/11/2024

Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis 🐦‍⬛
A medium-sized robin with a broad white wingbar running from the shoulder to the tip of the wing. Note white outertail feathers, particularly when in flight. Males sport black-and-white plumage while the females are grayish brown and white. Juveniles resemble females, but have a scaly head and upperparts. They have a good repertoire of melodious calls and are known to imitate other bird calls. The most commonly heard call is a whistle given at dawn. Most often seen singing from a high exposed perch. These birds are often seen in cultivated areas, open woodlands, and gardens.
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White-rumped Munia - Lonchura striata 🐦The only munia in its range with white on the lower back and rump. It has a black...
04/11/2024

White-rumped Munia - Lonchura striata 🐦
The only munia in its range with white on the lower back and rump. It has a blackish-brown head and back with pure white underparts and rump. Its back is finely streaked with pale shafts. Juvenile is rufous-brown with indistinct streaks above, rump buffy gray, breast light rufous, and underparts buffy gray. Races differ in the amount of white-and-gray streaking on the underparts and the extent of the blackish-brown on the head. Found in a variety of open landscapes including grasslands, shrubby open country, forest edges, thickets, plantations, village gardens, agricultural fields, and sometimes towns and cities.
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Rock Pipit - Anthus petrosus 🐦‍⬛Plumage relatively dull and dark: grayish brown to grayish above with weak darker streak...
30/10/2024

Rock Pipit - Anthus petrosus 🐦‍⬛
Plumage relatively dull and dark: grayish brown to grayish above with weak darker streaking; dingy whitish below with heavy and rather blurry dark streaking. Also note the dark legs (pink on smaller and buffier Meadow Pipit, which often occurs in coastal grassland adjacent to Rock Pipits). Song is a bland, repetitive, high-pitched series, often accelerating towards the end. Call a high, lisping, slightly harsh "ssiip", very similar to that of Water Pipit. Like other pipits, walks strongly and often pumps its tail a little. Found along rocky coasts; infrequent inland. Often seen on rocks and adjacent areas with short grass.
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Asian Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis 🐦A small, dainty bee-eater of open woodlands, farmland, and sparse human habit...
30/10/2024

Asian Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis 🐦
A small, dainty bee-eater of open woodlands, farmland, and sparse human habitation. Mainly green with a bluish throat, slender black eye mask and throat band, rufous or slightly rusty crown and back of the neck, and central tail streamers. Juveniles are duller than adults and lack the long tail feathers. In flight, note the rusty underwing with a black trailing edge. Flies gracefully as it catches insects and other prey. Calls are a series of gentle liquid trills or more staccato notes.
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Sri Lanka Blue-Magpie - Urocissa ornata🐦‍⬛A large, long-tailed blue bird with a white-tipped tail, and chestnut hood and...
24/10/2024

Sri Lanka Blue-Magpie - Urocissa ornata🐦‍⬛
A large, long-tailed blue bird with a white-tipped tail, and chestnut hood and wings. Inhabits humid forest from lowlands to hills, where it often accompanies mixed canopy flocks, either singly or in small groups. There are no other large, long-tailed blue birds in its range. A noisy species. Sounds typically a series of high-pitched, piercing “clink” calls, as well as some rasping “krak” notes often given in a sequence.
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