It is Known as a rich Biodiversity source in Sri Lanka. it has been designated a Biosphere Reserve and a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
According to International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Sinharaja is the country's last viable area of primary tropical rainforest. More than 60% of the trees are endemic and many of them are considered rare. 50% of Sri Lankan's endemics species of animals (especially butterfly, amphibians, birds, snakes and fish species). It is home to 95% endemic birds.
Black Bulbul
Hypsipetes
leucocephalus
Identification
– The largest Bulbul in Sri Lanka. Overall body colour is black, head and belly
lighter, it has a short black crest. Bill and feet red, tail is square shaped.
Eyes are visible in brown colour.
Very active,
always on the move doesn’t stay in a branch for a long time, commonly seen in
branches of tall trees in dense forests.
Distributed
in low country wet zone up to the central hills. A common breeding resident in
the Wet Zone.
Feeds on
small fruits and also small insects.
Yellow- browed Bulbul
Hypsipetes indicus
Identification - Overall yellow coloured bird, most commonly seen yellow coloured bulbul in Sri Lanka. Head and underparts bright yellowish, upper parts muddy yellow. Supercilium (the part above the eye) of this bird is bright yellow. Bill and eyes blackish.
Mostly seen in solitary or in pairs.
Distributed throughout the island but most uncommonly seen in Low Country Dry Zone, common in Wet Zone up to the Hills.
Orange-billed Babbler
Turdoides rufescens
Identification - Endemic bird to Sri Lanka. Body form is matching with the commonly seen Yellow-billed Babbler. Overall colour rufous, bill and feet orange. Often seen in small flocks feeding.
Distributed in Wet zone up to Hills.
Sri Lanka Scrimitar Babbler
Pomatorhinus melanurus
Identification - Endemic species to Sri Lanka. It can be identified by the long down-curved yellow bill and the white stripe above the eye which is extended towards the nape. Around the eye black. Upper parts dark brown, throat,breast and belly whitish. Can be seen with flocks of other babblers.
Distributed throughout the island, mostly seen in Wet Zone and Mid Hills.
Black-naped Monarch
Identification - Bright blue colour bird with a small pointed bill. It has a small black patch on the nape and a black throat, it has a long tail which can be extended as a fan. Belly and under part whitish. Females are duller in colour. Seen with small flocks of other birds.
Distributed in the lowlands up to the hills
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Sitta frontalis
Identification- Very small bird with a bright red bill, black forehead, blue crown, yellow eyes and around the eyes and the male has a black eye stripe extended towards the nape female lacking a eye stripe. Upper parts are bluish and throat, breast, belly whitish. This bird is really interesting as it can walk up side down on branches and also it can walk down tree stems.
Female
Distributed in Low land up to the Hills.
Sri Lanka Crested Drongo
Dicrurus lophorhinus
Identification - Endemic species to Sri Lanka. Very large Drongo, Glossy black in colour. It has a small crest on the forehead and a forked tail. Mostly seen in pairs catching insects like butterflies and bugs.
Distributed in the wet zone up to the mid hills.
Sri Lanka Blue Magpie
Urocissa ornata
Identification - Endemic, uncommon species in Sri Lanka. It has a chestnut brown head and feathers head is more darker. the rest of the body blue, tail is blue with a white tip. Bill and legs red and it also has a red eye ring. Very noisy bird.
Distributed in Wet zone and hills. Can be seen in thick dense forests.
Crimson - backed Woodpecker
Chrysocolaptes stricklandoi (Female)
Identification - Endemic and the largest woodpecker seen in Sri Lanka. Pale long bill longer than their head, paler eyes, white throat and nape, thick black eye stripe, thin white supercilium, crimson mantle and back, white breast and belly with black scale markings and the tail feathers are black. Male has a red crest while the Female has a white spotted black crest.
Distributed in the Wet Zone up to the Hills.
Malabar Trogon
( Female)
Harpactes fasciatus
Identification - Uncommon bird, Male - Black head, grayish upper breast, white breast band, Red underparts, Wing coverts white with black scaly markings. Female - Brown head, orange underparts,
light brown wing coverts with black scaly markings. Both male and female has a black bill, blue eye ring, brownish yellow mantle and back, long square shaped tail.
Distributed in the Wet Zone and Hills
Emerald Dove
(Male)
(Female)
Chalcophaps indica robinsoni Identification - Endemic species to Sri Lanka. Bright red bill, grey crown, white supercilium, brownish underparts, green upper parts. Rump is white with two parallel black bands. Male has a clearly visible white shoulder patch and a white forehead. Female much more duller.
Distributed throughout the Island
Red-faced Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
Identification - Endemic species to Srl Lanka, Rare bird with a pale green bill, bright red face, white spotted black nape, white throat black upper breast, underparts white, upper parts black with a greenish shine, tail feathers also black greenish with white tips. Male has completly black eyes while the Female has a white iris.
(Male)
Distributed in the Wet Zone . Very Rare
Sri Lanka Jungle-fowl
Identification - Endemic species to Sr Lanka. Male - No feathers on the face red in colour, red comb with a golden yellow center, wattle is also red, golden yellow feathers covering the neck, back and belly covered with red feathers. Wings and tail feathers black with a purple blue shine. Female - Brown coloured.
Distributed through out Sri Lanka.
Female
(Male)
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