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Bird Guides of the World: Susantha Weerappuli, Sri Lanka

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Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon & Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon. My name is Susantha Weerappuli & I’m from Sri Lanka. What is your favorite bird species? I appreciate both species. What is your name, and where do you live? I offer bird guiding services across the entire island.

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Species Spotlight: Sri Lanka Blue Magpie

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Unfortunately, there is not too much information on the Sri Lanka Blue Magpie – but its appearance alone justifies a separate post. ” It is a Sri Lanka endemic with only a rather restricted range even within the confines of the island… Source

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Species Spotlight: Malabar Pied Hornbill

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It is distributed in three separate geographic areas, two in India and one in Sri Lanka, where the photos in this post were taken in March 2025. The Malabar Pied Hornbill is a medium-sized hornbill, somewhat larger than the much more common Oriental Pied Hornbill. However… Source

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Sri Lanka Attempts to Establish Animal Research Guidelines

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From the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka. Tags: animal research sri lanka. Harsha Seneviratne and the faculty’s Ethics Review Committee Chairman Prof. Hemantha Senanayake.

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Mammals of South Asia (Lynx Edicions)

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Beside India, Lynx Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of South Asia covers Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Mammals of South Asia (Paperback) Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka Pages 173 Dimensions 14 × 22.8 I clearly needed a mammal book. cm Weight 0.4

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Three Photos: Blue Eyerings

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Black Paradise Flycatcher, Nanhui, Shanghai, China, May 2025 Blue-faced Honeyeater, Brisbane, Australia, December 2016 Blue-faced Malkoha, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, March 2025 Photos by Kai Pflug… Source

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Pheasant-tailed Jacana courtship dance

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Whilst leading a birding tour to Sri Lanka, I spotted a flash of bright white in a lily-choked wetland near Ambalantota in the south-east of this verdant island. A bright flash of white caught my attention in this lilly-choked wetland Closer investigation revealed a stunning male Pheasant-tailed Jacana perched atop a female.

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