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 ...
National bird of Sri Lanka with amazing colors and quite difficult bird to photograph as it moves fast on the turf. I manage to capture this beautiful bird at Horton Plains National Park as he walks down on a small foot path near the wildlife bungalow (inside the park) that we stayed.The Sri Lankan junglefowl, also known as the Ceylon ...
Sri Lankan leopard crunching its thirst from the waterhole in Yala National Park. After having a successful day of few leopards sightings in the morning we were in search for more leopards in the afternoon. Then we got alerted by the fellow trackers that there has been a leopard sighting and we too rushed to the area that notified by ...
Sri Lankan leopard cub @ Yala National Park, Sri LankaFeeling privileged and grateful of being among the first set of people to witness this newly born cub with her mother. This is one of the first ever photographs taken of this cub and reveal its identity to the world.Location: Yala National Park - Sri LankaName: Sri Lankan leopardScientific name: Panthera ...
Sri Lankan Sambar deer looking through the misty fog at Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka. Male samber is giving the guard to the female samber by giving the eye to eye focus with me saying he is aware of my presence. Its always great sight to see a well build male samber deer with well built AntlersThe Sri Lankan ...
Sri Lankan Sambar Deer @ Horton Plains National Park, Sri LankaI had this close encounter with this well built Sri Lankan Sambar Deer near the Mahaeliya wildlife bungalow. He was very curious about my presence and stood stand its ground for few minutes before realizing that I would not do any harm to him. Morning light through the misty morning ...
Young Sri Lankan tusker (Elephant) gazing on grass. It is a very rare and glorious sight to see a Sri Lankan tuskers in the wild. This young tusker will have a tough time ahead to reach the adulthood (mainly to do to human interventions) and also to continue the legacy of magnificent tusker population of Sri Lankan tuskers.Sri Lankan tuskers ...
Pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) looking for its morning meal at Diyasaru Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka. I manged to capture this moment as it looking at its own reflection from the water. It's always refreshing to them active and always in search of food floating on the water or walking on top the the floating vegetation on shallow water beds.Like all ...
Green pond frog looking at its possible pray of mosquito at Diyasaru Park , Sri Lanka. Green pond frog also know as Indian green frog or Indian five-fingered frog, is a common species of aquatic frog found in Sri Lanka. Location : Diyasaru Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka English: Green pond frogScientific Name: Euphlyctis hexadactylus
Chestnut-backed owlet chick waiting for its mom to arrive with food at Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka.Even though its a fairly common bird to Sinharaja Forest Reserve, spotting them is challenging as they always prefer to stay up in the forest canopy. We found two chicks perching on this same tree but one was hiding away from me to capture ...
Sri Lankan sloth bear coming down from a Palu tree at Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Slightly open mouth showing the tree trunk behind him appearing as the teeth of the bear making it looks like he is smiling for some reason :)The Sri Lankan sloth bear with its black shaggy coat and heavy build is often spotted in several ...
Sri Lankan Tusker (Elephant) walking back from near by tank after drinking water. This is one of the very few giants living in Sri Lanka with its magnificent tusks.Sri Lankan tuskers are facing great danger from porches as they killed in search of ivory. Only 7% of male elephants in Sri Lanka grow tusks, and at present only 2% of ...
Sri Lankan Tasker (Elephant) gazing on grass behind a tree. He was one of the biggest elephants in the heard that we en counted. It was one of the best experiences that I had observing the natural behavior of these amazing mammals.Sri Lankan tuskers are facing great danger from porches as they killed in search of ivory. Only 7% of ...
Two Sri Lankan Tuskers (Elephant) walking alongside of each other.One of the rarest moments to witness two magnificent tuskers together in the wild. These two well build tuskers have almost similar features and like there company while in the heard as well.Sri Lankan tuskers are facing great danger from porches as they killed in search of ivory. Only 7% of ...
Sri Lankan White-eye hanging on a branch of tree and searching for more insects to eat. Morning light on this bird highlighting its beautiful yellow color from the greenish background behind.The Sri Lanka white-eye (Zosterops ceylonensis) is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is a resident breeder in forests, gardens and plantations which is endemic to Sri ...
