Birds

Asian Openbill (Anastomous oscitans)
Layard's Parakeet (male) (Psittacula calthropae)
Sri Lanka Paradise Flycatcher (male) (Terpsiphone paradisi ceylonensis)
A pair of Sri Lankan Grey Hornbills (female front, male at the back) (Tockus gingalensis)
Sri Lankan Jungle Fowl (male left, female right) (Gallus Lafayettii)
Changeable Hawk Eagle (juvenile) (Spizaetus cirrhatus)
Blue-tailed Bee-eaters (Merops phillippinus)
Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala)
Emerald Dove (male) (Chalcophaps indica robinsoni)
Common Kingfisher (female) (Alcedo atthis)
Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus ceylonensis)
Long-billed Sunbird (male) (Nectarinia lotenia lotenia)
Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)
Black-winged Stilt (male in breeding plumage) (Himantopus himantopus ceylonensis)
Sri Lankan Tailorbird (hill resident, male in breeding plumage) (Orthotomus sutorius sutorius)
Purple Swamphen (Porphyria porphyria)
Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)
Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)
 
Asian Openbill (Anastomous oscitans)
Layard's Parakeet (male) (Psittacula calthropae)
Sri Lanka Paradise Flycatcher (male) (Terpsiphone paradisi ceylonensis)
A pair of Sri Lankan Grey Hornbills (female front, male at the back) (Tockus gingalensis)
Sri Lankan Jungle Fowl (male left, female right) (Gallus Lafayettii)
Changeable Hawk Eagle (juvenile) (Spizaetus cirrhatus)
Blue-tailed Bee-eaters (Merops phillippinus)
Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala)
Emerald Dove (male) (Chalcophaps indica robinsoni)
Common Kingfisher (female) (Alcedo atthis)
Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus ceylonensis)
Long-billed Sunbird (male) (Nectarinia lotenia lotenia)
Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)
Black-winged Stilt (male in breeding plumage) (Himantopus himantopus ceylonensis)
Sri Lankan Tailorbird (hill resident, male in breeding plumage) (Orthotomus sutorius sutorius)
Purple Swamphen (Porphyria porphyria)
Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)
Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)
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Bird References
1. Harrison J. A Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka, 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2011.
2. Henry G.M. A Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka, 3rd edn. Colombo: Oxford University Press; 1998.