Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Blue Rock Thrush
(නිල් ගල්-තිරසිකයා)
Monticola solitarius
Yet to capture image
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush / Ceylon Whistling Thrush (ශ්රි ලංකා උරුවන්-තිරසිකයා) Myophonus blighi
Yet to capture image
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Pied Thrush / Pied Ground Thrush
(ගෝමර තිරසිකයා)
Geokichla wardii
Yet to capture image
Photographed in the outskirts of Sinharaja Forest Reserve.
Photographed in the outskirts of Sinharaja Forest Reserve.
Photographed inside Sinharaja Forest Reserve.
Photographed in the outskirts of Sinharaja Forest Reserve.
Spot-winged Thrush / Spotted-winged Thrush (තිත්-පියා තිරසිකයා)
Geokichla spiloptera
First seen at Sinharaja rain forest, this endemic thrush put on a very good display for me. There were a couple of them flying around and fighting in the tea bushes on the outskirts of the forest.
Image 8 is taken inside Udawatta Forest Reserve in Kandy. This one was feasting on ground worms.
Photographed inside Sinharaja Rainforest.
Photographed inside Sinharaja Rainforest.
Photographed inside Sinharaja Rainforest.
Photographed inside Sinharaja Rainforest.
Sri Lanka Scaly Thrush / Ceylon Scaly Thrush
(කයුරු තිරසිකයා)
Zoothera imbricata
This sighting was special. Walked for a long time before coming across 3 of them. Competing in the same area with 2 other Spot-winged Thrush. It is a bit unfortunate I couldn't take a video. I was too excited by the opportunity to see them let alone take photographs. Not to mention the gloom at the time. What a specialist. Was eating earth worms like it was walk in the park.
Photographed in the outskirts of Wilpattu.
Photographed in the outskirts of Wilpattu.
Photographed in the outskirts of Wilpattu.
Photographed in the outskirts of Wilpattu.
Orange-headed Thrush / Orange-headed Ground Thrush (හිස-රන් තිරසිකයා)
Geokichla citrina
This beauty was dancing around small muddy puddle on the outskirts of Wilpattu late in the afternoon. In my haste to get closer for a better shot, I was impatient and missed an opportunity to do proper justice to its beauty.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush
Monticola saxatilis
Yet to capture image
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Eyebrowed Thrush
(ඇහිබැමි බිම්සරියා)
Turdus obscurus
Yet to capture image
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Eurasian Blackbird / Blackbird
(යුරේසියා කලු බිම්සරියා)
Turdus simillimus
Yet to capture image
Photographed inside the Yala National Park.
Photographed inside the Yala National Park.
Photographed inside the Sinharaja Rainforest.
Photographed inside the Yala National Park.
Indian Pitta
(අවිච්චියා)
Pitta brachyura
First photographed inside the Cinnamon Wild Hotel in Yala, this beauty made my day bright. I almost missed her in the underbrush as one does not pay a lot of attention to what's on the floor. It was my lucky day. What a beautiful bird.
I came across another inside the Sinharaja rainforest. (images 8 and 9)