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: Little Green Heron Butorides striata
Other names
: Striated Heron
Taxonomy & status
: ssp B s javanicus resident in Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Vankalai sanctuary, Mannar
Date
: 27th March 2010
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
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: Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
Taxonomy & status
: sp C coromandelicus scarce resident/ migrant? in the Northern & North-western semi-arid zone of Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult
Red data status
: critically endangered
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Mannar
Date
: 27th March 2010
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
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: Layard’s Parakeet Psittacula calthropae
Other names
: Emerald-collared Parakeet
Taxonomy & status
: endemic sp P calthropae resident in Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult female
Red data status
: near threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Deniyaya
Date
: 29th April 2007
Equipment
: digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED 82 and Nikon Coolpix 7900
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: Layard’s Parakeet Psittacula calthropae
Other names
: Emerald-collared Parakeet
Taxonomy & status
: endemic sp P calthropae resident in Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult male
Red data status
: near threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Deniyaya
Date
: 29th April 2007
Equipment
: digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED 82 and Nikon Coolpix 7900
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: Cotton Teal Nettapus coromandelianus
Other names
: Cotton Pygmy-goose, Quacky Duck
Taxonomy & status
: sp N coromandelianus resident in Sri Lanka
Remarks
: breeding male
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Vankalai sanctuary, Mannar
Date
: 29th March 2009
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
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: White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Other names
: White-winged Tern
Taxonomy & status
: sp C leucopterus winter visitor to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adults in non breeding plumage
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Kora Kulam, Mannar
Date
: 29th March 2009
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
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: Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Taxonomy & status
: ssp H h ceylonensis resident in Sri Lanka with an influx of nominate ssp H h himantopus as winter visitors
Remarks
: adult male with black hind neck
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Kotte marshes
Date
: 13th December 2009
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
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: Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Taxonomy & status
: ssp H h ceylonensis resident in Sri Lanka with an influx of nominate ssp H h himantopus as winter visitors
Remarks
: adult female
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Talangama
Date
: 13th December 2009
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
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: Great Stone Plover Esacus recurvirostris
Other names
: Great Thick-Knee
Taxonomy & status
: monotypic sp E recurvirostris resident in Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult
Red data status
: near threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Bundala
Date
: 24th December 2008
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
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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
: immature male
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Pidurangala, Sigiriya
Date
: 27th December 2008
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens
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