Among the many wildlife parks around Sri Lanka, Kumana national park is has best sceneries that you can see while at the game drive. Compare to the Yala national park, Kumana has lesser number of visitors mainly due to the distance / long drives from major towns in Sri Lanka.But you will never get disappoint spotting the world famous ...
The most unforgettable (still gives me chills) and most rarest Sri Lankan hill country leopard sighting I even had in my life. It is a very much challenging task to spot a leopard (even from far) in Horton Plains National Park as it does not give much access to wildlife mainly because its landscape. So witnessing such beauty just ...
Location : Horton Plains National Park - Sri LankaName : Sri Lankan leopardScientific name: Panthera pardus kotiyaConservation status: Endangered (Population decreasing)Date of Photograph : 16th June 2020
One of the rarest / extremely difficult to spot, yet amazingly beautiful lizards found in the paradise isle of Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Rhino-horned lizard can only be found in the tropical lowland and mountain cloud forests of Sri Lanka. After scouting about 10-20 mins we finally managed to spot our first Rhino-horned lizard in Horton Plains National Park. To ...
"Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation" - Alejandro Gonzalez InarrituThis Black-winged kite was perching on the dead tree bark (on to right of the screen) with it's catch (some reptile I think) when I spotted him. But within few seconds he lost the grip of its catch and it fell down to the ...
"Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation" - Alejandro Gonzalez InarrituThis Black-winged kite was perching on the dead tree bark (on to right of the screen) with it's catch (some reptile I think) when I spotted him. But within few seconds he lost the grip of its catch and it fell down to the ...
One of the most rarest sightings that you can have in Horton Plains National Park - Sri Lanka. In fact this is my first ever encounter of Hotron plain leopards and to photograph it. Mesmerizing greenery and the always gloomy surrounding added extra vibrant to this shot as I believe. Why its hard task to spot leopards in Horton Plains ...
One of the most rarest sightings that you can have in Horton Plains National Park - Sri Lanka. In fact this is my first ever encounter of Hotron plain leopards and to photograph it. Mesmerizing greenery and the always gloomy surrounding added extra vibrant to this shot as I believe. Why its hard task to spot leopards in Horton Plains ...
The Legge's flowerpecker or white-throated flowerpecker is a small passerine bird. It is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka. Males have dark blue-grey upperparts with white tips on outer tail feathers (less apparent in female), white throat and upper breast. Females are generally paler with grey-olive upperparts. Can be seen in pairs or in small family parties.Can be misidentify ...
Ashy-headed Laughingthrush (Endemic bird to Sri Lanka)The ashy-headed laughingthrush is a rangy bird, 23 centimetre (9 in) in length with a long floppy tail. It is rufous brown above and deep buff below, with a grey head and white throat. Like other babblers, these are noisy birds, and the characteristic laughing calls are often the best indication that they are ...
The orange-billed babbler also known as Ceylon rufous babbler or Sri Lankan rufous babbler is an endemic to Sri Lanka. Commonly found in largely undisturbed forests.Always in small groups busily working their way through foliage of trees and under story. I was lucky enough to observe this mother feeding the baby and capture this unique moment.Location : Sinharaja Forest Reserve ...
Few months old Sri Lankan leopard cub photographed at Yala national park. As we were in the morning game drive, we spotted a female leopard on a tree top but didn't get a clear view of the leopard to take any decent photographs. After few minutes of observation we noticed that she is getting down from the tree and walked ...
Almost after spending two days inside the park we were in our last hour in search of the leopards when we spotted this beauty resting on this rock. But within few seconds we heard a growling noise behind the bushes and within a split seconds this leopard got up, looked down the rock with very threatened / suspicious eyes and ...
