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: Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Other names
: Pied Avocet
Taxonomy & status
: sp R avosetta scarce winter visitor to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adults
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Vankalai sanctuary, Mannar
Date
: 4th February 2007
Equipment
: digiscoped with Nikon fieldscope ED 82 and Nikon coolpix 7900
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: Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
Other names
: Indian Spot billed Duck
Taxonomy & status
: sp A.poecilorhyncha earlier thought to be a rare visitor to northern Sri Lanka but now a scarce breeding resident.
Remarks
: adult male
Red data status
: critically endangered
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Talladi, Mannar
Date
: 4th February 2007
Equipment
: digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED 82 abd Nikon Coolpix 7900
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: Yellow fronted Barbet Megalaima flavifrons
Taxonomy & status
: sp endemic to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Maskeliya
Date
: 5th July 2009
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 f2.8 with 1.4 X converter
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: Black-Capped Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus
Other names
: Black-crested Bulbul
Taxonomy & status
: endemic sp P melanicterus resident in Sri lanka
Remarks
: adult
Red data status
: near threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Pidurangala, Sigiriya
Date
: 6th September 2008
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens
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: Black winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Taxonomy & status
: endemic ssp status H. h. ceylonensis recognized for breeding residents in dry zone of Sri Lanka, and winter migrants to wet and dry zones have to be of the nominate ssp. However, ssp. identity is uncertain of the birds which bred recently in the wet zone.
Remarks
: juvenile
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Pelawatta, Battaramulla
Date
: 6th June 2009
Equipment
: Canon 40D and Canon 400 F 2.8 lens with 1.4 converter
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: Indian Blue Chat Luscinia brunnea
Other names
: Indian Blue Robin
Taxonomy & status
: sp L brunnea winter visitor to Sri lanka
Remarks
: adult male
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Pidurangala, Sigiriya
Date
: 27th December 2008
Equipment
: Canon 40D and Canon 400 F2.8 lens
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: Jerdon´s Chloropsis Chloropsis jerdonii
Other names
: Jerdon´s Leafbird
Taxonomy & status
: sp C jerdonii resident in Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult female
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Walahanduwa, Galle
Date
: 4th February 2009
Equipment
: Canon 40D and Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4 converter
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: Ceylon Crested Drongo Dicrurus lophorinus
Other names
: Black Crested Drongo, Greater racket-tailed Drongo
Taxonomy & status
: endemic sp D lophorinus resident in Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult
Red data status
: near threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Kithulgala
Date
: 30th December 2006
Equipment
: digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED 82 and Nikon coolpix 7900
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: Ceylon Wood Pigeon Columba torringtonii
Other names
: Lady Torrington´s Pigeon
Taxonomy & status
: endemic sp C torringtonii resident in Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult
Red data status
: vulnerable
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Haldummulla
Date
: 14th September 2008
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 2.8 lens and 2 X converter
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: Shoveller Anas clypeata
Other names
: Northern Shoveler
Taxonomy & status
: scarce winter migrant
Remarks
: male in breeding plumage
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Vankalai sanctuary, Mannar
Date
: 15th january 2010
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4 X converter
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