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.

COLOMBO — When Uditha Hettige started out doing field excursions in 1990, in search of Sri Lanka’s rich bird life, he would visit Bodhinagala Forest Reserve in the country’s west each week.

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.

As migratory birds of all shapes and shades start flocking to Sri Lanka for the northern hemisphere winter, prominent local environmental lawyer and naturalist Jagath Gunawardena prepares to once ...

The book on Sri Lankan birds is a 122 page volume giving scientific names of the various bird species as well over 120 colourful photos of birds. Professional biologists specializing in birds, visited ...

As Sri Lanka marks the final landmass along the Central Asian Flyway, it hosts over 200 bird species migrating to the Indian Ocean island for the winter season.

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 ...

COLOMBO, Jan 10: Sri Lanka's veterinary authorities have begun tests on hundreds of migratory birds that dropped dead in two sanctuaries, health officials said on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka’s civil war lasted 26 years, coming to an end in 2009. But the country’s birds haven’t forgotten. “There were many incidents reported, while growing up in Sri Lanka, of landmines ...