This is a blog devoted to my collection of photos of the birds of Sri Lanka. Most were taken by me. Picture above was taken at Sithulpawwa, Sri Lanka, shows a Pea-cock. Philip G Veerasingam. Contact - philipv203@gmail.com.
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.
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:-
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
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.