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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.
The red-billed streamertail is the national bird of Jamaica. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Jamaica. The avifauna of Jamaica included a total of 332 species as of July 2022, according to Bird Checklists of the World. Of them, 28 are endemic, 19 have been introduced by humans, and 159 are rare or accidental. Another species (great-tailed grackle) is concentrated in one area and ...
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.
Photographic Guide to Birds of Sri Lanka (2000) - ISBN 1-85974-511-3 [16] Sri Lanka Nature Sounds (2011) The Bird Sounds of Sri Lanka. An Identification Guide Part 1 (1997, 2nd ed. 2001) audio tape; 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 crown, including the forehead are usually grey, except in Sri Lanka green pigeons where the forehead is greenish-yellow. [3] The undertail coverts are mainly whitish or pale yellowish, though they are deep cinnamon in males of affinis and phayrei. The wings are blackish with distinct yellow edging to the wing coverts and tertials.
The Jamaican tody is a small, chunky bird that averages about 9 cm (or 4.25”) in size. [10] [11] The wing size for all tody species ranges between 42.8mm and 50.3mm. [2]The Jamaican tody's wing size is intermediate between these sizes (about 46mm) compared to the Cuban and Puerto Rican todies, which tend to have smaller wings, and the broad-billed tody, which has the largest. [2]
Horton Plains National Park is a national park in the central highlands of Sri Lanka . The dull-blue flycatcher (Eumyias sordidus) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It was previously included in the genus Muscicapa. [2] This species is an endemic resident breeder in the hills of central 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. ...