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Bird watching, Sinharaja forest reserve
- The mixed-species feeding flocks are common in rainforests. The Sinharaja rainforest mixed-species feeding flocks of birds are been studied since 1981. This longest-running field study of the world has revealed that Sinharaja mixed bird species flocks are the largest in the world with an average attendance of 41 individuals. They have observed 59 individuals belongs to 21 species participate in feeding flocks. Around 20 of the 33 endemic birds of Sri Lanka can be seen in Sinharaja and sometimes 6 of them are in feeding flocks.
The birds can be seen in a flock including species such as the Ceylon Hanging-parrot, Green-billed Coucal, Red-faced Malkoha, Yellow-fronted Barbet, Ashy-headed Laughingthrush, Ceylon Rufous Babbler, White-faced Starling, Ceylon Crested Drongo, Ceylon Blue Magpie, Rufous Babbler, Spot-winged Thrush, Ceylon Hill Myna, Yellow-fronted Barbet, Scaly Thrush, Ceylon Jungle Fowl, Ceylon Spurfowl, Crimson Backed woodpecker, Ceylon Crested Drongo, Layard’s Parakeet, Ceylon Green Pigeon, Ceylon Lorikeet, and many more.
- The mixed-species feeding flocks are common in rainforests. The Sinharaja rainforest mixed-species feeding flocks of birds are been studied since 1981. This longest-running field study of the world has revealed that Sinharaja mixed bird species flocks are the largest in the world with an average attendance of 41 individuals. They have observed 59 individuals belongs to 21 species participate in feeding flocks. Around 20 of the 33 endemic birds of Sri Lanka can be seen in Sinharaja and sometimes 6 of them are in feeding flocks.
The birds can be seen in a flock including species such as the Ceylon Hanging-parrot, Green-billed Coucal, Red-faced Malkoha, Yellow-fronted Barbet, Ashy-headed Laughingthrush, Ceylon Rufous Babbler, White-faced Starling, Ceylon Crested Drongo, Ceylon Blue Magpie, Rufous Babbler, Spot-winged Thrush, Ceylon Hill Myna, Yellow-fronted Barbet, Scaly Thrush, Ceylon Jungle Fowl, Ceylon Spurfowl, Crimson Backed woodpecker, Ceylon Crested Drongo, Layard’s Parakeet, Ceylon Green Pigeon, Ceylon Lorikeet, and many more.
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