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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.
This is the first new bird species discovered in Sri Lanka since 1868, when the Sri Lanka whistling-thrush (Myophonus blighi) was described. [4] There are some proposals for species level taxonomic revisions, and therefore endemic status in Sri Lanka. [1] The country prefix "Sri Lanka" in common names is normally restricted to endemic species.
Ranging from 20 to 22 cm (8–8 3 ⁄ 4 in) long with a 32 cm (12 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) wingspan, the turquoise parrot is a small and slightly built parrot weighing around 40 g (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 oz). Both sexes have predominantly green upperparts and yellow underparts.
Important Bird Areas of Sri Lanka (10 P) Pages in category "Birds of Sri Lanka" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total.
The Bird Sounds of Sri Lanka. An Identification Guide Part 2 (1998) audio tape; The Bird Sounds of Sri Lanka. 99 Species (2003) audio CD; The Bird Sounds of Sri Lanka. Habitat Edition 2005 (2005) audio tape; Bird of Sri Lanka, MP3 sound and image collection (2008) CD-ROM – by Deepal Warakagoda and Uditha Hettige.
Layard's parakeet (Psittacula calthrapae) is a parrot which is a resident endemic breeder in Sri Lanka.The common name of this bird commemorates the British naturalist Edgar Leopold Layard; his first wife, Barbara Anne Calthrop, whom he married in 1845, is commemorated in the specific epithet.
The most easily bred are Bourke's parrot (as Neophema), the scarlet-chested parrot (N. splendida), the turquoise parrot (N. pulchella), and the elegant parrot (N. elegans). The most difficult and uncommon captive is the rock parrot (N. petrophila). Aside from Bourke's parrot, all are distinguished as predominantly green birds.
Parrots, also known as psittacines (/ ˈ s ɪ t ə s aɪ n z /), [1] [2] are the 402 species of birds that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions, of which 387 are extant. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the ...