Our Tour Leaders-

Tharanga Herath - Bird/Butterfly Expert

Leading Birding tours

Tharanga is a well known Birder,Bird/ Butterfly Instructor and a wildlife Artist. He has been studying Birds and wildlife, his passion in life, from his very Young age and handling large Birding/Butterfly groups for last 12 years. He serves as local tour Leader for many good Birding tour Groups like Limosa UK for many years and highly recommended by the Travelers for his very Knowledgeable, highly professional and very friendly services. Please refer our site www.ornithvacations.com for the Comments he had received.
Tharanga is Volunteering in many leading Birding & wildlife organizations in Sri Lanka and conducting lectures for Government organizations and other institutions on wildlife, while featuring in National and International wildlife Art Exhibitions. His art work can be seen on www.tharangaherath.com. He is a director of Ornithvactions and serving the company by giving his valuable knowledge, gathered through many years of experience in tourism field as an expert tour leader and a birder.
Birding with Tharanga is a life time experience as he knows his Birds very well.

Tharanga with bird watchers, at a Birding Tour

Tour Leading for Limosa Holidays, UK 

 

Tharanga as a resource person in a national Radio Channel

                               

Tharanga conducting School Lectures for Student

More School Lectures

with young environmental enthusiasts

Exhibiting his paintings at Art & Vielfalt 2018, at Magdeburg Natural science Museum, Germany

activities With school kids while a lecture

with another  group of butterfly watchers

at a safari, while  a tour

another tour photo

delegating at  Global Bird watchers conference Gujarat, India accepting invitation from India

leading a Butterfly and Birding Tour

about to start a safari  at a tour

Limosa Holidays Group

while conducting Community awareness Programme on  wildlife

Another tour photo

Volunteering as an Instructor to a  young Bird study group in the field

His Art Work at Singapore

another Birding tour with expert Birders

featuring on a local news paper

                     Endemic Birds of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is rich with 34 endemic Bird species and We are planning on a series of articles about the endemic Birds of Sri Lanka  and This is the First One of it.

01. Sri Lanka Blue Magpie (Urocissa ornata)

Perfectly colored Sri Lanka Blue magpie is an Medium sized  omnivorous bird with strong bill and feet, found in wet zone and mountain forests of Sri Lanka .
 Even though it is not very common, you will hear it's very  loud noisy, far carrying calls when a bird is available around  and mostly found in pairs or small groups.This species show very social behaviors, hopping through the foliage, seeking food and also can be seen feeding on the ground.
Nesting/Breeding season occurs from January to May and nesting high in forest trees.

Colouration/ID-
Cobalt Blue Body, Chestnut colour head,neck and wings and Red Bill. Long blue tail with black and then white tip. Red eye-ring.
Sexes alike.
Juveniles are paler and shorter tailed.

Global Status-
Endemic to Sri Lanka and Globally Threatened

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While Our Tours...😊😆😍

Mineral sucking Emigrants😃

Some Tour Photos of OrnithVacations

Endemic Birds of Sri Lanka . Poster illustrated by Tharanga Hearth.

Endemic Birds of  Sri Lanka
A Poster illustrated by OrnithVacations Director and Bird Tour Leader ,Wildlife Artist Tharanga Herath.This was published by Wildlife Trust ,Sri lanka.

Few highlights from our endemic Tours

Sri Lanka is home to 34 beautiful endemic Bird Species,which mostly  distributed in the wet zone rain forests of the island.Ornithvacations has an tailor made 10 Days endemic finder tour, which we mainly target these endemics, while watching other wonderful resident and migrant bird species.

We also have 08 days short visit birding trip, for those who cannot afford 10 or 14 days but still want to see these beauties.

Please Visit our website www.ornithvacations.com for more info or inquire via info@ornithvacations.com 

extremely colourful Sri Lanka Blue Magpie

Serendib Scops Owl. A rare addition to Sri Lankan endemic list,but usually seen in our Tours

Sri Lanka Hill Myna

Beautiful Kashmir Flycatcher is rarely seen at Motherland and a rare winter visitor to Sri Lanka and a usual sight at our  tours.

Lorikeet or Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot

Chestnut-backed Owlet

Congratulations!!! to OrnithVacations Director and Bird/Butterfly Expert Tour Leader, Tharanga Herath for his participation and featuring at Art und Vielfalt -2018, Wildlife Art exhibition at Magdeberg Natural History Museum, Germany.

A recent Butterfly and Bird group tour by OrnithVacations, Led by our Bird and Butterfly expert Tharanga Herath. The tour Participants are from Singapore, Hong Kong and United States of America.