'Black-hooded Oriole' - Oriolus xanthornus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka

This beautiful bird is known as 'Kaha kurulla' (yellow-bird) in Sinhalese and 'Mambala kuruvi' (Mango-bird) in Tamil. It has a cry as they say in Sinhalese 'Loku putha ko' (Where is the elder son). They relish eating the mango fruit.

Asian Paradise Fly-catcher - Trepsiphone paradisi, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

This small bird because of its colour which is similar to the colour of a Buddhist Monk's robe is called 'Sivuru hora' - Stealer of the monk's robe, in Sinhalese. It is a very quick and shy bird.
Videos:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=som3Cn9Q74s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcb1w5kYK3g

'Greater Coucal' - Centropus sinensis, Avissawella, Sri Lanka

A predator, kills all the garden snails but it also plucks and eats fledgling chicks from birds' nests, just when they are about to fly.
Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fgApAOD0UI

'White-throated King-fisher' -Halcyon smyrnensis, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Despite its name 'King-fisher' this bird subsists mainly on lizards, dragonflies and other small insects. It fishes from the fishponds in the garden.

Video:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKS2izRXVNs

'Yellow-billed Babbler' - Turdoides affinis taprobanus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

The noisiest group of birds in the garden they forage in groups and are also called 'Seven sisters'. These and the squirrels keep a look-out for cats and other predators and signal each other on the latters presence in the vicinity.

Video:-

http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit?ns=1&video_id=21jMt-OqyzQ

Scaly-breasted and Black-headed Munias, foraging together, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

These two types of Munias are often seen together.

Cormorants and lotus leaves, Habarana, Sri Lanka.

 Cormorants resting on a tree trunk over a lotus pond, Habarana Lodge, Habarana.

Lotus leaf holding a ring of water, Habarana.

A 'Red-vented Bulbul', Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

The commonest bird next to the crow in Avissawella. Very plucky and playful. If a ripe banana fruit is left uncovered on a table they will cry with glee and start pecking into it leaving the mate as a look out. They nest on trees. Predators like the cat-snake ('Garandiya' S- 'Saarai' T) and the Coucal ('Aeti kukula' S-'Senpadaham' T) occasionally eat the young ones. The lower picture shows a fledgling learning to fly, a time when they are most vulnerable to predators..