Photographed at Wilpattu National Park.
Photographed from a distance at Horton Planes.
Photographed at Wilpattu National Park.
Photographed at Wilpattu National Park.
Oriental Honey Buzzard / Crested Honey Buzzard (සිලු බම්බරකුස්සා)
Pernis ptilorhynchus
Forst spotted this at Horton Planes, I had quite a bit of difficulty identifying him. Finally, Moditha from Lak Dasun forum gave a credible identification and I agree with him. We believe it's a pale morph, male, Crested Oriental Honey Buzzard. (Images 1 to 4)
Images 5 to 9 are from the outskirts of Yala National Park. Image 10 is I believe a juvenile photographed in the outskirts of Sigiriya.
Images 11 to 16 are from Wilpattu National Park.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Long-legged Buzzard
(දික්පා ලැසිකුස්සා)
Buteo rufinus
Yet to capture image
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Common Buzzard / Himalayan Buzzard
(යුරෑසියා ලැසිකුස්සා)
Buteo burmanicus
Yet to capture image
Photographed in the outskirts of Jaffna.
Photographed inside the Bundala National Park.
Juvenile photographed in the outskirts of Ampara.
Photographed in the outskirts of Jaffna.
Brahminy Kite
(බමුණු පියාකුස්සා)
Haliastur indus
An adult in images 1 to 3 is seen and photographed at Bundala National Park.
A juvenile in image 4 was photographed at Gampaha.
Images 5 to 9 are from various parts of Jaffna. The one on the ground is a juvenile. Image 10 is a pair photographed inside Yala National Park.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Photographed in Bundala National Park.
Photographed in Bundala National Park.
Photographed in Bundala National Park.
Osprey
(කුරාලයා)
Pandion haliaetus
Photographed in Bundala National Park just before the sunrise. It was on a distant tree and hence the low quality photographs. What a vicious looking bird of prey.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Rufous-bellied Eagle
(කුසරත් රාජාලියා)
Lophotriorchis kienerii
Yet to capture image
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Jerdon's Baza / Brown Baza
(ජර්ඩන්ස් සාරටකුස්සා)
Aviceda jerdoni
Yet to capture image
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Black Baza
(කලු සාරටකුස්සා)
Aviceda leuphotes
Yet to capture image
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Crested Goshawk
(සිලු උකුස්සා)
Accipiter trivirgatus
Yet to capture image
Photographed on the road from Mannar to Jaffna.
Photographed on the road from Mannar to Jaffna.
Photographed on the road from Mannar to Jaffna.
Photographed on the road from Mannar to Jaffna.
Besra / Besra Sparrowhawk
(බෙස්රා උකුස්සා)
Accipiter virgatus
Based on the more prominent bars on the chest and long legs, I believe this is a Besra. (not a Shikra) Seen and photographed on the road to Jaffna from Mannar. What a vicious looking predator.
Juvenile photographed in the outskirts of Hingurana.
Photographed in my backyard in the heart of Colombo.
Photographed in the outskirts of Sigiriya.
Juvenile photographed in the outskirts of Hingurana.
Shikra
(උකුස්සා)
Accipiter badius
The adult male Shikra in the first 2 images flew into my neighbours' backyard and was attacked by crows. He has captured a squirrel and the crows were after it. He defended his catch bravely until evening and ate it afterwards. It was an awesome experience.
The juvenile in images 3 and 4 was spotted in the same backyard many years afterwards. It was a small bird and I accidentally caught a glimpse of it while being at home. Images 5 and 6 are of a juvenile photographed in the outskirts of Hingurana.
Photographed on the road from Mannar to Jaffna.
Photographed on the road from Mannar to Jaffna.
Photographed on the road from Mannar to Jaffna.
Photographed on the road from Mannar to Jaffna.
Black-winged Kite
(උරිස්-කලු පතනුකුස්සා)
Elanus caeruleus
Photographed on the road from Mannar to Jaffna somewhere after Vidithalathiw, this beauty has the most vicious looking eyes on a bird I have ever seen. He flew away before I could take some more pictures from another angle.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
(යුරාසියා උකුස්සා)
Accipiter nisus
Yet to capture image
