Tissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Tissamaharama
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Materials recorded in Tissamaharama
List of all the materials recorded in Tissamaharama, sorted by rating.39 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
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
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
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
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
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 repeatedly gaping bird at the edge of its nest hole, probably in the process of discarding a pellet.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp bakkamoena) Pieter de Groot Boersma 30 June 2007 54 sec 4
Jerdon's Leafbird (Chloropsis jerdoni)
A close view of a male squeezing out the juice of a large berry with its bill.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species) Pieter de Groot Boersma 30 June 2007 23 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
Brown-headed Barbet (Megalaima zeylanica)
A bird looking around on a branch.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp zeylanica) Eldert Groenewoud 01 January 1970 22 sec 4
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Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Breeding plumage, in flight.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species) Fran Trabalon 06 January 2012 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
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Perched White-throated Kingfisher
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp fusca) Steve Garvie 29 July 2009 4.4
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
Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
My favorite bird
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka Guy Poisson 11 January 2011 4.3
Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
An adult bird feeding on moist grassland near permanent water.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp lankae) Steve Garvie 31 July 2009 4.2
Changeable Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus cirrhatus)
Immature Bird perched in a tree
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka John A Thompson 24 March 2012 4.2
Shikra (Accipiter badius)
Perched high in a tree
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka John A Thompson 25 March 2012 4.2
Brown-headed Barbet (Megalaima zeylanica)
Working on a hole in a tree
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka John A Thompson 25 March 2012 4.2
Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)
Perched on a reed
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka John A Thompson 01 January 1970 4.1
Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
On a tire
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka Guy Poisson 10 January 2010 4.1
Asian Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)
Female perched in a tree
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka John A Thompson 25 March 2012 4
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
An adult bird.
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp poliocephalus) Steve Garvie 31 July 2009 4
Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)
Perched in thr reeds
LocalityTissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka John A Thompson 01 January 1970 4
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List of the species with videos, photos and sounds taken in Tissamaharama
Species with materials recorded in Tissamaharama
List of species with materials recorded in Tissamaharama. Species that occur in Tissamaharama but that do not have materials recorded there will not be included in the list.- Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
- Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)
- Herons (Ardeidae)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
- Indian Pond-heron (Ardeola grayii)
- Storks (Ciconiidae)
- Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans)
- Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
- Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)
- Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
- Shikra (Accipiter badius)
- Changeable Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus cirrhatus)
- Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
- White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
- Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
- Jacanas (Jacanidae)
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
- Plovers (Charadriidae)
- Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
- Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
- Green Imperial-pigeon (Ducula aenea)
- Parrots (Psittacidae)
- Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
- Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
- 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)
- Treeswifts (Hemiprocnidae)
- Crested Treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)
- Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
- White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
- Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
- Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
- Barbets (Capitonidae)
- Brown-headed Barbet (Megalaima zeylanica)
- Woodpeckers (Picidae)
- Black-rumped Flameback (Dinopium benghalense)
- Pittas (Pittidae)
- Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura)
- Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
- Common Wood-shrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus)
- 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)
- Babblers (Timaliidae)
- Dark-fronted Babbler (Rhopocichla atriceps)
- Weavers (Ploceidae)
- Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)