Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Southern Province
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List of the videos, photographs and sound recordings taken in Southern Province
Materials recorded in Southern Province
List of all the materials recorded in Southern Province, sorted by rating.50 Videos
White-browed Fantail (Rhipidura aureola)
A close view of a bird singing from a branch.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp compressirostris) Pieter de Groot Boersma 30 June 2007 29 sec 4.6
Asian Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)
A female perched, changing of tree and calling at the end.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp ceylonensis) Eldert Groenewoud 27 October 2008 19 sec 4.5
Indian Pond-heron (Ardeola grayii)
A juvenile on a rock.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species) Eldert Groenewoud 26 October 2008 25 sec 4.5
Indian Scops-owl (Otus bakkamoena)
A pair being vocally harassed by many passerines. Although they don't bother, one moves back into its nest hole.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp bakkamoena) Pieter de Groot Boersma 30 June 2007 29 sec 4.4
Brown-headed Barbet (Megalaima zeylanica)
A bird enlarging an existing nesthole.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp zeylanica) Pieter de Groot Boersma 01 July 2007 42 sec 4.3
Indian Scops-owl (Otus bakkamoena)
A grey-and-white morph and a tawny-brown morph at their nest hole, both looking to the camera.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp bakkamoena) Pieter de Groot Boersma 30 June 2007 50 sec 4.3
Stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
A bird on the ground.
LocalityBundala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp indicus) Eldert Groenewoud 28 October 2008 28 sec 4.3
Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)
A bird looking around on a branch.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp philippinus) Eldert Groenewoud 28 October 2008 29 sec 4.3
White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
A close view of a bird swimming and foraging in a ditch.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp phoenicurus) Pieter de Groot Boersma 30 June 2007 23 sec 4.3
Lesser Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
An adult swimming with three juveniles.
LocalityBundala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species) Eldert Groenewoud 28 October 2008 23 sec 4.2
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
An adult fishing a small prey.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp manilensis) Eldert Groenewoud 28 October 2008 35 sec 4
Indian Scops-owl (Otus bakkamoena)
A bird at the entrance of its nesthole, climbing to a higher point, then its mate also peeking out of the nest hole.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp bakkamoena) Pieter de Groot Boersma 30 June 2007 42 sec 4
Indian Scops-owl (Otus bakkamoena)
A bird at the entrance of it's roosting hole, gaping at the end, as if regurgitating a pellet.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp bakkamoena) Pieter de Groot Boersma 30 June 2007 14 sec 4
Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
A bird walking in the water and foraging.
LocalityBundala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species) Eldert Groenewoud 28 October 2008 31 sec 4
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Loten's Sunbird (Cinnyris lotenius)
An endemic
LocalityMarakollya, Southern Province, Sri Lanka Guy Poisson 16 January 2011 4.8
Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
A good catch 2 fish
LocalityDelawella, Southern Province, Sri Lanka Guy Poisson 21 January 2011 4.6
Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
Two more !!!
LocalityDelawella, Southern Province, Sri Lanka Guy Poisson 20 January 2011 4.5
Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
On a hot day
LocalityMarakollya, Southern Province, Sri Lanka Guy Poisson 13 January 2011 4.5
Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
A nice fish
LocalityDelawella, Southern Province, Sri Lanka Guy Poisson 20 January 2011 4.4
Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
Looking for food
LocalityDelawella, Southern Province, Sri Lanka Guy Poisson 20 January 2011 4.4
Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Breeding plumage, in flight.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species) Fran Trabalon 06 January 2012 4.4
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Perched White-throated Kingfisher
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp fusca) Steve Garvie 29 July 2009 4.4
Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
A difficult landing
LocalityDelawella, Southern Province, Sri Lanka Guy Poisson 20 January 2011 4.4
Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
On a hot day
LocalityMarakollya, Southern Province, Sri Lanka Guy Poisson 13 January 2011 4.4
Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)
An adult Greater Coucal perched in the open enjoying the warming rays of the early-morning sun.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp parroti) Steve Garvie 01 August 2009 4.4
Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)
Singing from the top of a dead branch.
LocalityBundala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp insularis) Fran Trabalon 07 January 2012 4.3
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus)
Winter plumage (it feeds together whith the Water Buffalo)
LocalityBundala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka Fran Trabalon 05 January 2012 4.3
Indian Pond-heron (Ardeola grayii)
Near the barrier of a dam.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species) Fran Trabalon 06 January 2012 4.3
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List of the species with videos, photos and sounds taken in Southern Province
Species with materials recorded in Southern Province
List of species with materials recorded in Southern Province. Species that occur in Southern Province but that do not have materials recorded there will not be included in the list.- Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
- Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)
- Darters (Anhingidae)
- Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
- Herons (Ardeidae)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
- Indian Pond-heron (Ardeola grayii)
- Storks (Ciconiidae)
- Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
- Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans)
- Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
- Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
- Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
- Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
- Lesser Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
- Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)
- Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
- Grey-headed Fishing-eagle (Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus)
- Shikra (Accipiter badius)
- Changeable Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus cirrhatus)
- Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)
- Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
- Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
- White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
- Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
- Jacanas (Jacanidae)
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
- Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Thick-knees (Burhinidae)
- Stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
- Great Thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris)
- Coursers and Pratincoles (Glareolidae)
- Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)
- Small Pratincole (Glareola lactea)
- Plovers (Charadriidae)
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus)
- Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
- Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
- Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
- Gulls (Laridae)
- Brown-headed Gull (Larus brunnicephalus)
- Terns (Sternidae)
- Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
- Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
- Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
- Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus)
- Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
- Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)
- Pompadour Green-pigeon (Treron pompadora)
- Green Imperial-pigeon (Ducula aenea)
- Parrots (Psittacidae)
- Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
- Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
- Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
- Jacobin Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)
- Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
- Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea)
- Blue-faced Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus viridirostris)
- Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)
- Typical Owls (Strigidae)
- Indian Scops-owl (Otus bakkamoena)
- Oriental Scops-owl (Otus sunia)
- Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)
- Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus)
- Treeswifts (Hemiprocnidae)
- Crested Treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)
- Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
- White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
- Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
- Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
- Rollers (Coraciidae)
- Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)
- Hornbills (Bucerotidae)
- Sri Lankan Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros gingalensis)
- Barbets (Capitonidae)
- Brown-headed Barbet (Megalaima zeylanica)
- Woodpeckers (Picidae)
- Black-rumped Flameback (Dinopium benghalense)
- Pittas (Pittidae)
- Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura)
- Larks (Alaudidae)
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix griseus)
- Oriental Skylark (Alauda gulgula)
- Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)
- Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
- Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
- Common Wood-shrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus)
- Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
- White-browed Bulbul (Pycnonotus luteolus)
- Leafbirds (Chloropseidae)
- Blue-winged Leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis)
- Jerdon's Leafbird (Chloropsis jerdoni)
- Ioras (Aegithinidae)
- Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)
- Thrushes (Turdidae)
- Oriental Magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis)
- Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
- White-browed Fantail (Rhipidura aureola)
- Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
- Asian Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)
- Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
- Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
- Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)
- Babblers (Timaliidae)
- Dark-fronted Babbler (Rhopocichla atriceps)
- Yellow-billed Babbler (Turdoides affinis)
- Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
- Purple-rumped Sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica)
- Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
- Loten's Sunbird (Cinnyris lotenius)
- Orioles (Oriolidae)
- Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus)
- Drongos (Dicruridae)
- White-bellied Drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens)
- Woodswallows (Artamidae)
- Ashy Woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)
- Weavers (Ploceidae)
- Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)
- Waxbills (Estrildidae)
- White-rumped Munia (Lonchura striata)