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: Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Taxonomy & status
: sp E garzetta resident in Sri Lanka
Remarks
: very rare dark morph, second record for Sri Lanka
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Erukkalampiddi bay, Mannar,
Date
: 28th May 2009
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
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: Christmas Island Frigate Bird Frigata andrewsi
Other names
: Christmas Frigate Bird
Taxonomy & status
: sp F andrewsi vagrant to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: juvenile
Red data status
: globally critically endangered
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Arippu
Date
: 27th May 2009
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
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: Brown Wood-Owl Strix leptogrammica
Taxonomy & status
: ssp S l ochrogenys resident in Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult
Red data status
: near threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Mirissala, Keppetigoda
Date
: 25th April 2010
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
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: Lesser Sand Plover Charadius mongolus
Other names
: Mongolian Plover
Taxonomy & status
: sp C mongolus common winter visitor to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult in breeding plumage
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Kora Kulam, Mannar
Date
: 28th May 2010
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
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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
: adult male in breeding plumage
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Thirukethiswaram, Mannar
Date
: 29th May 2010
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
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: Little Tern Sterna albifrons
Other names
: adult in breeding plumage
Taxonomy & status
: sp S albifrons resident in Sri Lanka
Remarks
: White-shafted Little Tern
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Kora Kulam, Mannar
Date
: 28th May 2010
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
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: Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata
Other names
: Wide-awake Tern
Taxonomy & status
: sp S fuscata non breeding visitor to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Pesalai, Mannar
Date
: 28th May 2010
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
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: Golden-backed Woodpecker Dinopium benghalense
Other names
: Black-rumped Flameback
Taxonomy & status
: ssp D b jaffnensis resident in Northern and North-western Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult male
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Pesalai, Mannar
Date
: 29th May 2010
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
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: Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Taxonomy & status
: ssp C a seebohmi resident in Sri Lanka
Remarks
: nestling
Red data status
: Not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Kora kulam, Mannar
Date
: 26th June 2010
Equipment
: Canon EOS 1D Mark IV with Canon 400 F5.6 lens and 1.4X teleconverter
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: Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Taxonomy & status
: ssp C a seebohmi resident in Sri Lanka
Remarks
: breeding male
Red data status
: Not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Kora kulam, Mannar
Date
: 26th June 2010
Equipment
: Canon EOS 1D Mark IV with Canon 400 F5.6 lens and 1.4X teleconverter
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