Dominic Couzens travelled around Sri Lanka on a bird-watching tour. His itinerary included a rainforest where you can see all 33 of the island's unique bird species.

With over 400 species of birds sighted in and around the island, Sri Lanka is recognised as a fantastic destination for bird watching. In addition to native birds, migratory birds arrive in flocks ...

Sri Lanka is home to 439 bird species, ... In winter, these birds migrate only to Sri Lanka and ideally, there should be joint conservation efforts with India,” he says.

Young birder Lahiru Walpita begins most of his days at dawn by scanning the skies for seabirds along the coastline in northern Sri Lanka. In July 2024, during one of his routine beach surveys, Walpita ...

Traditional bird migration maps show three main routes that birds use to reach Sri Lanka along the CAF corridor: eastern, western, and via India’s Andaman Islands.

In contrast, A Naturalist’s Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka is much more compact and focuses on the commoner birds. It is a portable book in a pocket size (18 cm tall, 13cm wide) and affordable.

by Zanita Careem A new bird species endemic to Sri Lanka and Islands in the Palk Strait named in Sinhala as Hanuman Oleviya and Hanuman Plover in English were identified by Dr. Sampath Seneratne of ...

Picking up a rather underrated medium, Nirosh Perera is one of the very few soft pastel artists in the island – his focus being the many colourful birds of Sri Lanka. A wildlife enthusiast, a large ...