'Asian Paradise Fly-catcher' - Terpsiphone paradisi ceylonensis, Lunama, Sri Lanka.

On the road to Hambanthota from Mathara, we stopped for lunch at a wayside restaurant. I spotted this bird in the surrounding foliage.

Little Egret and Yellow Bittern fishing together, Puwakpitiya, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Yellow Bittern - Ixobrychus sinensis, Puwakpitiya, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

'Long-billed Sunbird' - Nectarinia lotenia, home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Little Egret and Yellow Bittern - companionship, Puwakpitiya, Sri Lanka.

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

I took these photos of this bird foraging in a storm drain in the heart of Puwakpitiya town.

Cormorant on a water reservoir, Kahahena, Waga, Sri Lanka.

They spread their wings to cool their body as they have no sweat-glands.

Purple Swamp-hen and chicks- Porphyrio porphyrio, Kahahena, Waga, Sri Lanka.

I took these pictures from a Villu (water collection), in front of the Boralugoda Maha Vidyalaya on the road from Kaluaggala to Labugama.
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