'Spotted dove' - Streptopelia chinensis ceylonensis, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Video:-

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

'Lesser Whistling Duck' - Dendrocygna javanica, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

In a paddy field at Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

'White-breasted water-hen' - Amaurornis phoenicurus, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

In a paddy field.

'Little Egret' - Egretta garzetta, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

In a paddy-field at Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

'Cattle Egret', 'Yellow Bittern', and 'Lap-wing', Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

In a paddy field.

'Black Bittern' - Dupetor flavicollis, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

I spotted this bird on a paddy field in Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Greater Coucal - Centropus sinensis, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

This is a very shy bird. It is seen early in the mornings picking up and eating the snails in the garden. It watches the nests of birds and attacks and eats the young birdlings from the nests before they learn to fly.

House Sparrow - Passer domesticus indicus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

This was one of the commonest birds in Sri Lanka. It would build its nest inside the houses or in receptacles kept on the wall.by the householders. They disappeared for a few years. Now they are coming back.