Whilst smaller than their African counterparts the Sri Lankan Elephants are the largest of the Asian Elephants - these images were all taken in Yala NP.
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Sunday, 4 December 2011
Barbets and Parrots
Ceylon Hanging Parrot
Plum Headed Parakeet
Yellow-fronted Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet
Layards Parakeet
Young Layards Parakeet which crashed dived in front of us!
Sri Lanka Little Barbet
Indian Flying Fox
Can never get over the size of these fruit eating bats - this large roost must have contained close to a thousand bats.
Ceylon Grey Hornbill video and Malabar Pied Hornbill
Sri Lanka has just two Hornbills - the endemic Ceylon/Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill and the Malabar Pied Hornbill
Malabar Pied Hornbills
Friday, 2 December 2011
Tissamarahama and Bundala NP
Tissa is a lovely area with a beautiful man made reservoir teaming with Water Hyacinth and birds whilst Bundala is a vast area covered in waders - we could have had a week in this area alone.
Cotton Pygmy Goose
Lesser Whistling duck
Purple Heron
Small Pratincole
Great Thick knee
Whilst in Bundala NP our guide had a call from the Park HQ to say they had found a bird on the beach and could we identify it - we were amazed to find this Brown Skua in a dusbin completely oiled up. A lifer for our guide and Park Rangers although I doubt if it survived.
Black Bittern
Yellow Bittern
Indian Pond Heron
Darter
Pheasant Tailed Jacana
Yellow Wattled Lapwing
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Reptiles
We saw ten species of reptile including the following - not sure what species the frogs are but both were found in rain forest.
Green Garden Lizard
Water Monitor
Land Monitor
Soft-shelled Terrapin
Kangaroo Lizard
Indian Rock Python
Green Vine Snake
Bee-eaters and Kingfishers
White-breasted Kingfisher
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Common Kingfisher
Little Green Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
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