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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.
The Sri Lanka shama was formally described in 1941 by the English ornithologist Hugh Whistler as a subspecies of the white-rumped shama.He coined the trinomial name Kittacincla malabarica leggei where the epithet leggei was chosen to honour the memory of the ornithologist William Vincent Legge who had documented the birds of Sri Lanka.
In Sri Lanka, this bird is known as mukalang kottoruwa - මූකලන් කොට්ටෝරුවා in Sinhala language. [3] Yellow-fronted barbet appears on a 5 rupee Sri Lankan postal stamp, [4]
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 Sri Lanka white-eye ... In Sri Lanka, this bird is known as Lanka Sithasiya in the Sinhala language. This bird appears on a 35c Sri Lankan postage stamp first ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This category is for resident breeder birds that are indigenous or naturalised in Sri Lanka. Birds that are ...
The Pompadour green pigeon, Sri Lanka green pigeon or Ceylon green pigeon (Treron pompadora) is a pigeon in the genus Treron. In Sri Lanka, this bird and several other green pigeon are known as bata goya in the Sinhala language. [2] It is found in the forests of Sri Lanka. Many authorities split the species from the pompadour green pigeon complex.