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Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The bird life of Sri Lanka is very rich for its size and more than 500 species have been recorded. In addition to the many resident birds, a considerable number of migratory species winter in the country to escape their northern breeding grounds.
Wijesinghe – A Checklist of the Birds of Sri Lanka: Three species are suggested as endemic 1996: 23+3: Inskip et al. – An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Oriental Region: Follow Sibley and Monroe refers to Wijesinghe 1998: 23: Grimmett et al. – Birds of the Indian Subcontinent: 1999: 23: Harrison – A Field Guide to the Birds of ...
From 2008, Field Ornithology Group conducts a bird count in December in the lines of Christmas Bird Count by the National Audubon Society of the United States. [5] Sri Lanka's location at the tip of the Indian subcontinent has made the island a termination point in the North-South bird migratory route. [6]
Numerous varieties of water and wader birds are found in the sanctuary including cormorants, ducks, egrets, flamingoes, herons, ibis, pelicans and storks. [1] [9] [12] The sanctuary is a haven for birds migrating along Sri Lanka's east coast. [9] Elephants are also found in the sanctuary. [13] [14]
The State Intelligence Service (SIS) is an intelligence agency of the Sri Lankan government. [1] [2] It is the primary civilian intelligence agency of Sri Lanka and is responsible for both internal and external intelligence-gathering. It comes under the purview of the Ministry of Defence. The agency was originally named National Intelligence ...
Sri Lanka is known to be home to 794 species of Hemipterans. Detailed work of Sri Lankan hemipterans are recorded in the book Catalogue of Hemiptera of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka comprises 74 species in 46 genera and 6 families of aphids within the order Hemiptera. 2 endemic aphid species are found on Sri Lanka
Pages in category "Birds of Sri Lanka" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "Endemic birds of Sri Lanka" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.