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Watching Ceylon Whisting Thrush or Arrenga on Our Birding Tours....

Ceylon Whistling Thrush or Arrenga is definitely a very  very special encounter in our Bird watching Tours, which most other bird watching tours would not offer, as it needs a lot of experience  in Birding and study on this extremely elusive endemic species, that ordinary Tour guides would not come-across.
 We take a very early start in a very chilly dawn from Nuwara eliya , to higher hills nearly 7000ft from sea level. we are headed to highland cloud forests of  Misty peaks.

View Point Worlds end, Photo Credit - Trip Advisor.co.uk

 When it comes to Bird watching central  Highlands of Sri Lanka has a lot to give. It is a misty paradise of Birds and named as a World Heritage Site by IUCN, considering the great capacity of diversity it offers the world.  We would reach the our destination with the first rays of the sun while our tour participants enjoy the view of sun rays in one side and the other  side still dark with the moon light and the clouds below them like you are flying above the clouds.

Sun is up on one side while moon is still there.

Clouds below you

 We then look for this early Bird which normally active in Dawn and Dusk and it is a regular sighting in our Tours with many more bird species including some other endemics ,thanks to our Bird Experts, who are not only Tour Leaders, but also countries foremost Bird watchers who have been studying bird life of Sri Lanka for many many years and love Birds as much as you do.

a record of a nest of This species by our Director /Bird Tour Leaders Tharanga Herath. This was the first record of this species building a nest in a man made settlement.

Sambas in plains

Watch Indian Pitta @ Sri Lanka with OrnithVacations Guided Birding Tours..

Indian Pitta

Subcontinent Endemic,
Hard to find in Motherland India, But a regular sight in OrnithVacations Birding Tours in Sri Lanka, from October to April.

Endemic Birds Of Sri Lanka

4.Chestnut-backed Owlet (Glaucidium radiatum)

This endemic is an uncommon species seen from lowlands to high hills of the wet zone. it is an barred small owlet,in  size of a collard scopes owl and similar to Jungle Owlet except the bright Chestnut Colour on its back,scapulars and wing coverts.  
This shy owlet prefers tops of the tall trees, and very diurnal in its behavior and sometimes seen hunting and calling in day light too. It mainly feeds on Insects,Mice, small lizards, and birds. Breeding season occurs from March to May and lays about 02 glossy white eggs in a hole of a tree trunk or a limb.

Coloration /ID

About 20 am in size. Bright Chestnut back,scapulars and wing coverts. White underparts with heavily streaked with blackish streaks. Head dark brown and barred with whitish. Feet pale yellow and irides Bright Yellow.

 

Endemic Birds of Sri Lanka 

2.Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot ( Ceylon Lorikeet) - 

loriculus beryllinus

This very little parrot (14cm) is a fairly common species in wet lowlands to mid hills, and restricted to the foot hills, of Sri Lanka.You can hear their high frequency call, made by flying birds, while walking in forested areas . This species Mostly prefers to be  paired or seen single and seen resting up side down on branches like bats in wooded areas.
Lorikeets mostly feeds on Fruits and seeds there are records of them found dead inside local toddy pots as they are fond of drinking toddy.
They make nests in holes of the tree trunks,mainly in March to June and also in August and September.
 
Coloration/ID
Adult male has a crimson crown, Golden tinged nape,blue throat,orange cast to mantle,Crimson rump and upper tail-coverts and a orange bill. The  females are little duller in colors and less blue on throat. Juveniles has more green on the head and no blue on throat at all.Tail is short and rather square in shape. 


Hanging Parrot is surly a joyful sight to a bird watcher.

 

This beautiful and very photogenic species is also one of the highlights in our birding tours. 

Some Tour Photos of OrnithVacations

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.

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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