Photographed in the outskirts of Batticaloa.
Photographed in the outskirts of Batticaloa.
Photographed in the outskirts of Batticaloa.
Rock Pigeon
(පොදු පරවියා)
Columba livia
This group was photographed in the outskirts of Batticaloa on the bund of a lake. Given there were no human dwellings close and as they showed very cautious/shy behaviour towards me, I'm inclined to think they are not a feral population. I may be wrong.
Photographed on the outskirts of Sinharaja rain forest.
Photographed on the outskirts of Sinharaja rain forest.
Photographed on the outskirts of Sinharaja rain forest.
Photographed on the outskirts of Sinharaja rain forest.
Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon / Ceylon Wood Pigeon (ශ්රි ලංකා මයිල පරවියා)
Columba torringtoniae
This endemic beauty was photographed on the outskirts of the Sinharaja rainforest. It was in the canopy hidden among the foliage which made it very difficult to take a better picture. Hopefully, I will come across them again so I can do justice to their beauty.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Pale-capped Pigeon / Purple Wood Pigeon
(ලා-එසාසි පරවියා)
Columba punicea
Yet to capture image
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Oriental Turtle Dove / Rufous Turtle Dove
(පෙරදිගු කයුරු කොබෙයියා)
Streptopelia orientalis
Yet to capture image
Photographed in Mannar.
Photographed inside the Dehiwala Zoo birds enclosure.
Photographed in Mannar.
Photographed in Mannar.
Eurasian Collared Dove / Collared Dove
(මාල කොබෙයියා)
Streptopelia decaocto
These Eurasian Collared Dove's are spotted only towards the north of the country near Mannar. The first 2 images, however, were taken inside the birds' enclosure at the Dehiwala zoo.
I came across many of them in Mannar at a later day but almost didn't take proper images as I mistook them for common Spotted Dove's. Last 3 images are from Mannar.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Red Collared Dove / Red Turtle Dove
(රත්මාල කොබෙයියා)
Streptopelia tranquebarica
Yet to capture image
Photographed at Baddagana Wetland Park in Kotte.
Photo taken inside the bird’s enclosure in Dehiwala Zoo.
Photographed in the outskirts of Weeravila.
Photographed at Baddagana Wetland Park in Kotte.
Spotted Dove
(අලු කොබෙයියා)
Spilopelia chinensis
These guys are very common across the country. They are brave birds and do commonly build nests inside houses to lay their eggs. One pair actually had a nest on top of my mother’s cabinet in the bedroom. 1st photo was taken inside the bird’s enclosure in Dehiwala zoo.
Others in Anamaduwa where there were a bunch of them who gave me a good photo opportunity.
Image 4 from Thalawathugoda where a couple of them were grooming in the morning. Image 5 and 6 also from the Diyawanna Oya area.
Photographed in the outskirts of Sinharaja Rain Forest.
Photographed in the outskirts of Sinharaja Rain Forest.
Photographed inside the Wilpattu National Park.
Photographed in the outskirts of Sinharaja Rain Forest.
Emerald Dove
(නීල කොබෙයියා)
Chalcophaps indica
This beauty was 1st seen at the entrance to Sinharaja rain forest where she was busy picking up rice petals that fall off when other birds eat from the rice bowl.
The next batch (images 3 to 13) is of a male I believe. What a beauty.
Images 14 and 15 are from Wilpattu National Park.
Photographed in Bundala National Park.
Photographed in Kuchchaveli.
Photographed in Yala National Park.
Photographed in Bundala National Park.
Orange-breasted Green Pigeon
(ළය-රන් බටගොයා)
Treron bicinctus
This beautiful pigeon was properly photographed at Bundala National Park where it allowed me to get very close. What a magnificent beauty.
I first came across one in Yala. Then in Kuchaveli and on the outskirts of Wilpattu National Park.
Photographed on the outskirts of Wilpattu.
Photographed on the outskirts of Kithulgala.
Photographed inside Yala National Park.
Photographed on the outskirts of Wilpattu.
Sri Lanka Green Pigeon / Pompadour Green Pigeon (පොම්පදෝරු බටගොයා)
Treron pompadora
These native beauties have proved notoriously difficult to photograph. The first photos were taken on the outskirts of Kithulgala from afar. A whole bunch were in the canopy and never came down closer.
I came across a flock of them on the outskirts of Wilpattu and got lucky. (Images 3 to 6)
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon / Yellow-legged Green Pigeon (සීපාදු බටගොයා)
Treron phoenicoptera
Yet to capture image
Photographed at Nawala.
Photographed inside the Dehiwala Zoo birds enclosure.
Photographed in the outskirts of Yala.
Photographed at Nawala.
Green Imperial Pigeon
(නීල මහගොයා)
Ducula aenea
I snapped the first picture of this majestic bird inside the bird’s enclosure at the Dehiwala zoo. 2nd one at Habarana.
Images 3 and 4 are from Baddagana Wetland Park, Kotte.
Images 6 and 7 are of a pair photographed in front of my house in Nawala. Images 8 and 9 are from the outskirts of Bulathsinhala where a bunch of them were feeding on seeds of a kithul palm tree.