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The Bird watching
zones of Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka is a birds paradise with 435 resident species. There are 26
endemic birds. Most of them are found in the wet zone. The winter migrants come
from distant Siberia and western Europe. The reservoirs attract vast number of
water birds. The forests attract many other species. There are many birds
sanctuaries across the little island 270 km by 140 km in size.
Kumana is situated in east Coast, Bundala, Kalamatiya are is in the
southern coast, Sinharaja Rain Forest, Udawatta Kale, Bellanwila, Muthurajawela,
Minneriya, Kitulgala and Minipe are other important Bird watching locations. In
additions you can see birds through out the country in pockets of forests,
lakes, lagoons and river sides during your travel.
Low Land Dry Zone Birds
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Malabar Pied Hornbill (Psittacula kraman), Drongo (Dicrurus
adsmilis), Racquet Trailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradieus), Little
Green Bee Eater (Merops Orientails), Peafowl (Pavo Cristata).
The Dryzone Tanks are shallow man made reservoirs forms very important
habitat for birds. The large Pot-billed Pelican (Pelicanus
Philippensis), Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), Cattle Egret
(Babulcus ibis), Red Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus),
Peasent Tailed Jacna (Hydrophasianus Chirurgus)
The Wet and Highland zone
 The
Wet and Highland zone birds has rich veriety of birds only found in this
areas other than common birds. Many of the 26 Endemic birds
including two members of parrots family are found in Sinhraja, Kitulgala,
Udawatta Kale. The Ceylon Lorikeet (Loriculus Berilinus),
The endemic Layard Parakeet (Psitticula calthorpae), The
Gackel or Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa), The Ceylon Grackel (Gracula
ptilogenys), The endemic Yellow Eared Bullbul (Pycnonotus
penicillatus)
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