Open-bills, Grey Heron and Egret, Amithirigala, Sri Lanka.

'Brown-headed Barbet' - Megalaima zeylanica, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

The 'Barbet' relishes the unripe berries of the black pepper tree as you see in this picture.

Pictures taken by Dr.Charaka Wickremasinghe.

'Red-wattled Lapwing' - Vanellus indicus, Thihariya, Sri Lanka.

Domestic Fowl, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

So much of imported strains and interbreeding producing these results.

'Oriental Magpie Robin' - Copsychus saularis, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

A very common bird. This bird is the first to start singing at dawn. It has quite a few variations in tune in its singing. 'Polkichchaa' - S, 'Karikkuruvi' - T.

Female 'Black Robin' - Saxicoloides fulicata, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

'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