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	Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush
		The Sri Lanka Whisting Thrush, Myophonus blighi, is a whistling thrush in the thrush family Turdidae.
		It is a resident endemic bird in Sri Lanka.
		Sri Lanka Whisting Thrush is found in the highlands of Sri Lanka in jungle or other dense forest near water.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/s/sr/sri_lanka_whistling_thrush.html (233 words)

	Fauna and Flora of Sri Lanka - Welcome to Sri Lanka by Ari Withanage
		All major groups of vertebrates to be found in Sri Lanka, are mostly endemic to the island, especially the amphibians and reptiles.
		Sri Lanka has a year round abundance of fresh fruits - Pineapple, papaya, banana and mango are plentiful throughout the year.
		Sri Lanka is the world's leading producer of high quality tea, which is our main export.
	www.angelfire.com /wi/SriLanka/fauna.html (1174 words)

	Biodiversity Hotspots - Western Ghats & Sri Lanka - Unique and Threated Biodiversity
		Similarly, plant diversity and endemism in Sri Lanka are quite high, with 3,210 flowering plant species in 1,052 genera, of which 916 species and 18 genera are endemic.
		In Sri Lanka, diversity, richness, and endemism across all taxa are much higher in the wet (including the montane) zone than in the dry zone.
		In the case of Sri Lanka, amphibian diversity is only now becoming better known, and the country’s wet zone alone may contain as many as 140 endemic species.
	www.conservation.org /xp/Hotspots/ghats/biodiversity.xml (1246 words)

	Celtic Bird Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sri Lanka or Ceylon as it was previously known offers a superb introduction to the birds of South East Asia.
		The Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot, often heard in swift flight atop the canopy, is likely to be the first endemic to be bagged, together with Yellow-fronted Barbets.
		This is the home of the Sri Lanka tea industry and as we gain in altitude, neatly manicured tea estates become a familiar part of the landscape, acres of tea bushes extending over the hills on either side of the road.
	www.celticbirdtours.com /cbt_srilanka.htm (2563 words)

	bird watching tours sri lanka explore the bird life in sri lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Most of the endemic birds (such as the Sri Lankan grackle) are restricted to the wet zone, while birds such as the Sri Lanka whistling thrush and the yellow-eared bulbul reside in the hill country.
		The large lakes (irrigation reservoirs) in the dry zone attract numerous varieties of duck, while larger aquatic birds such as stork, heron, egret, spoonbill, pelican, and ibis can easily be seen in the wetlands, especially at Wirawila, Kalametiya and BUNDALA NATIONAL PARK (which is also famed for its large flocks of migrant flamingoes).
		In the forested areas of Sri Lanka, birds like migratory tree warblers, thrushes and cuckoos can be seen.
	www.srilankaecotourism.com /bird_home.htm (391 words)

	Escape Tourism ::. [Historical Buddhist Sites Tour]
		Sri Lanka is the only country in the world that has been practicing Buddhism continuously for over twenty five hundred years.
		In Sri Lanka in the 1st century AD during the reign of King Vatta Gamini the Buddhist monks assembled in the Aloka-Vihara and wrote down for the first time all the teachings of the Gautama Buddha in Pali script.
		The stupas in Sri Lanka are built on a circular drum on a square base that rises in concentric circles to form a tapering dome — this shape is representative of the gradual release of earthly desires as one attains higher enlightenment.
	www.escapetourism.com /buddhist_specific_tour.htm (1446 words)

	Birdwatching Trip Report from Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sri Lanka is not particularly a bartering place so even if you do barter the cost will not come down that much.
		Sri Lanka Spurfowl: This is by far the most difficult bird because of its behaviour.
		The best place for Pied Thrush was inside the park near the main entrance on the LHS after entering the park in the largest clump of bamboo and this is where we also saw the Whistling Thrush.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/sri-lanka/sri1/report.htm (1486 words)

	Sri Lanka - birding tours, birding cruises - Victor Emanuel Nature Tours
		Sri Lanka really is the Pearl of the East—magical scenery, wonderfully friendly people, superb food and, not least, magnificent birds and wild places combined to make this a very special birding trip.
		One of the joys of Sri Lanka is the sheer abundance of birds almost everywhere—from the cities to the rice paddies and, of course, in the magnificent national parks.
		The backdrop to all this is, of course, Sri Lanka itself, and it is difficult for the birder not to be influenced by the thread of this nation's long and proud history and culture which is evident everywhere.
	www.ventbird.com /news/reports/323 (1356 words)

	Species account: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A land synonymous with self-igniting two legged Tigers, Sri Lanka is very lush and green, and is the most peaceful and happy country in the grip of a civil war that I have ever been to.
		Roads in Sri Lanka are very rudimentary (and quiet) by western standards, and thus our notion of distance had to be severely adjusted (I'd guess the bus averaged 20 to 30 km/h).
		The Sri Lanka Mynah and White-throated Flowerpecker should be easily seen there (indeed we heard Hill Mynahs but were not able to see if they were this species, and we failed to get a good look at most of the flowerpeckers that were flying around the forest).
	www.isg.rhul.ac.uk /~martin/srilankahtml.htm (13053 words)

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		Sri Lanka is ideal destination for bird lovers.
		Nesting at the foot of Ereulagala (696m) and Dikkandahena (618m), the Kandalama tank and the hotel are situated at the Northern end of the Knuckles mountain range and at the beginning point of the intermediate zone and the dry zone, the environs are very rich in bird life.
		Yala is the largest National Park in Sri Lanka and is the home of most of the large mammals of the country including wild elephants, wild boar, wild buffalo, leopard, bear and deer.
	www.eaiadventure.com /srilanka/sri01.asp (2118 words)

	Sri Lanka's Natural Treasures - World Destinations brought to you by Kiwi Wildllife Tours
		Sri Lanka, known from time immemorial as the Isle of Serendipity, is truly a traveller's paradise.
		For a country with one of the highest population densities in the world, Sri Lanka is remarkable in that 13 percent of its land area is designated for wildlife and nature conservation.
		To the botanist, Sri Lanka is a land of plenty.
	www.kiwi-wildlife.co.nz /world_destinations_sri_lanka_natural.php (4279 words)

	News Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The highlight was a nest of Sri Lanka Frogmouth, with a male bird in incubation.
		Once again, the stories and images of the event will be available to the media to promote and publicise the event allowing all sections of the media to benefit from stories which would appeal to their audiences both for its subject matter as well as its strong visual impact.
		SRI LANKA WILDLIFE NEWS is a monthly e-mail of birding and wildlife events, sightings and short notes of interest to birders, photographers, conservationists etc. To receive a copy, please e-mail gehan@jetwing.lk with "Subscribe Wildlife News" in the subject header.
	www.jetwingeco.com /web_pages/news_board/news_mar_2003.html (5859 words)

	Home
		Sri Lanka proved to be a wonderful country with magnificent scenery and full of smiling people who always seemed pleased to see you.
		Sri Lanka's highest town at around 1900 metres in elevation, it is situated in the heart of the islands tea industry.
		We were unlucky with the Whistling Thrush only hearing it as it passed us by but we were able to pick up on plenty of other useful birds for the trip.
	uk.geocities.com /birdingam/sri_lanka_2003.htm (1970 words)

	travelsrilanka - Bird Watching in Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sri Lanka is fortunate in having a rich diversity of avifauna, in fact one of the richest in any comparable area of South Asia.
		In Sri Lanka we are fortunate that we still have a good network of parks and reserves, which host a wide diversity of bird life.
		But bird-watching in Sri Lanka does not have to be confined to the parks and reserves.
	www.travelsrilanka.com /index.cfm?PAGE=1224 (1121 words)

	NUWARA ELIYA
		Sri Lanka's highest peak, also known as Mount Pedro, rises 2524m (8281 ft) above sea level, immediately behind the town.
		Unfortunately, the path to the summit, which is the site of Sri Lanka's main television transmitter, is closed to visitors for security reasons.
		Adam's Peak, in the centre of the sanctuary, is recognized as a sacred place by all Sri Lanka's religions.
	www.sritravel.8m.net /nuwara_eliya.htm (678 words)

	Sri Lanka Eco Tours: Ultimate Eco Adventure Experience (14 days)
		The reserve is an ideal destination among bird watchers as it is a habitat of the Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush.
		After breakfast, we continue driving to Kandy, Sri Lanka's hill capital stronghold of the Sinhala kings, repository of culture, religious center is Sri Lanka's most beautiful town - where the famous Dalada Maligawa another world heritage site - is, is a very important place to visit.
		Wasgamuwa National Park, centrally located province, provides diverse microhabitats for fauna and flora of the area; 23 species of mammals, 143 of the 428 species of birds found in Sri Lanka, of these, 8 species are endemic to Sri Lanka, 17 species of reptiles and 5 of their endemic.
	www.sri-lanka-tour.com /eco-tour/ecoslk-05.htm (1528 words)

	Birding Trip Report to Sri Lanka, March - April 2001
		Sri Lanka has 26 endemic bird species (if you include three commonly recognised taxonomic splits), including the endangered Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush and Green-billed Coucal, as well as being an important wintering area for a number of Indian species such as Indian Pitta and Kashmir Flycatcher.
		Only two (the Whistling Thrush and Bush Warbler) of the endemic bird species have not been recorded here, and much of the flora is also endemic.
		The forest is the largest remaining area of primary rainforest in Sri Lanka, although interestingly most of the birding is done in secondary forest.
	www.bubo.org /trips/srilan02.htm (6266 words)

	Trip Reports
		This was my eleventh trip to Sri Lanka and the second over the Christmas period.
		Assembled at Heathrow Terminal 4 for the Air Lanka flight to Colombo the capital of Sri Lanka.
		At 1345 off to Yala the largest park in Sri Lanka but very frustrating for birders and nature lovers as you have to sit in covered jeeps.
	www.birdwatchingbreaks.com /SriLanka_TripReport03.htm (3826 words)

	WINGS Birding Tours to Sri Lanka: 2006 Tour Narrative
		Inclement weather (which in Sri Lanka means rain, it’s never really cold, though perhaps Deepal might disagree!) meant that we still had to work hard and a couple of the island’s recently reclassified 33 endemics proved remarkably recalcitrant.
		Several gorgeous Sri Lanka Mynas, Malabar Trogons and a posing Spot-winged Thrush were also enjoyed there, while the tea estate immediately behind our next hotel held numbers of Plum-headed Parakeets and more.
		Sri Lanka Woodpigeon proved far less co-operative, and we had to make do with only the briefest of flight views but a male Kashmir Flycatcher provided considerable compensation.
	wingsbirds.com /tours/narrative/146 (948 words)

	Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Participants on this one-week birdwatching trip to Sri Lanka were: Jeff Blincow, Robert Bullock, Nigel Goodgame, Mark Piper, Nick Roberts and Rob Woodall.
		Sri Lanka also has a very high number of sub-species and we made an effort to see these as well(we saw 45 out of 58).
		Sri Lanka Stilt is already split by Howard and Moore and so was viewed as number 27 by me.
	atschool.eduweb.co.uk /jblincow/triplist/srilanka.htm (688 words)

	Limosa Holidays - Gallery
		Our 2003 tour to Sri Lanka focussed on the southern half of the island, the lush forests of the ‘wet zone’ being home to the 26 endemic bird species of that country, and also support an exciting array of winter visitors.
		Top Sri Lankan ornithologist Deepal Warakagoda was our local leader and, thanks to his intimate knowledge of the island, we were able to visit a wide variety of great birding locations from coastal wetlands to scrubby grasslands, jungle and montane forests.
		Sri Lankan and peninsular Indian birds are perhaps separable from Large-billed Crow of E. Asia and the Himalayas as C.
	www.limosaholidays.co.uk /tripReportDetail.cfm?reportID=262 (5756 words)

	Whistling thrush - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The whistling thrushes comprise a genus Myophonus of the thrush family Turdidae.
		The brighter blue patches found on the shoulders and sometimes the head, of whistling thrushes, uniquely for a passerine, reflect strongly in the ultraviolet.
		Blue Whistling Thrush, Myophonus caeruleus, from Central Asia east to China and south to the Sundas
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Whistling-thrush (169 words)

	Birdfinders - Birdwatching Holidays - Sri Lanka
		There are also many other specialities and winter visitors, and with habitat varying from rainforest to open plains, Sri Lanka is a wonderful, warm winter destination.
		This tour is designed to see all of the endemic Sri Lankan birds and distinctive races, as well as many of the mammals.
		General Information Sri Lanka is quite hot at this time of year but some rain is likely.
	www.birdfinders.co.uk /tours/sri-lanka.htm (857 words)

	JETWING family Of HOTELS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ironically, Sri Lanka is the best place to see Himalayan birds such as this which have escaped the Himalayan winter.
		A Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon, another montane endemic clattered overhead, barely visible through the patches of mist which had rolled in with the rising sun.
		The endemic Sri Lanka Rhododenron was in bloom with flowers of vivid red, offset by leathery green leaves.
	www.lanka.net /jetwing/jetwingnews/highland.html (872 words)

	Endemic Birds of Sri Lanka
		Sri Lanka is a birds paradise with 435 resident species.
		Lanka Bata Eti Kukula - Sri Lanka green Billed Coucal
		Oluwa Rathu Kottoruwa - Sri Lanka Crimson Barbet
	www.mysrilanka.com /travel/birds/index.htm (215 words)

	DocMartin - Notes from a Sri Lanka Culture and Wildlife Safari: From the Cultural Triangle to World\'s End (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Buddhism remains at the core of life in Sri Lanka, and we find cattle egrets seem almost indifferent to people walking close by — small white herons, they search grassy slopes for insects, barely moving as we approach.
		“Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush!” whispers Wickremesekera, and we turn to see a bird fly from the shadows, into dense undergrowth.
		It’s compact, indigo blue: not a spectacular appearance, but this is a world rarity, found only in the highlands of Sri Lanka, and is among the 33 bird species that are unique to this island.
	www.drmartinwilliams.com /travel-tales/sri-lanka-safari_2.html (857 words)

	Where do you want to go birding in Sri Lanka today?
		Sri Lanka has been a well-recognized birdwatcher’s paradise for many years, as evidenced by the many quality trip reports that are available.
		Sri Lanka is an extremely beautiful country whose people are among the friendliest in the world.
		Sri Lanka also has a very high number of sub-species, and we made an effort to see these as well (we saw 45 out of 58).
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/asiasrilanka.htm (1709 words)

	Sri Lanka 19th January to 2nd February 2002
		I didn’t visit Hakgala Gardens, which used to be good for Sri Lanka Bush Warbler and one of their sites for Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush, has been damaged by the bright lights of a Hindu temple.
		Sri Lanka Spurfowl (heard), Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot, Brown Fish Owl in flight, Yellow-fronted Barbet, Black-rumped Flameback, Black-headed Cuckooshrike, Indian Pitta, Black-crested Bulbul and Brown-capped Babbler (heard by Abhideera), Forest Wagtail.
		Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Grey-bellied Cuckoo, Pied Cuckoo, Blue-faced Malkoha, Sirkeer Malkoha, Brown Wood Owl, Crimson-fronted Barbet ssp rubricapilla, Malabar Pied Hornbill, Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill, Indian Pitta, Jerdon’s Bushlark, Red-rumped Swallow ssp hyperythra, White-browed Bulbul, 3 Brown-capped Babblers, White-rumped Shama (heard), Forest Wagtail, Loten’s Sunbird.
	www.princeton.edu /~vivekt/trips/SriLanka-02.htm (6116 words)

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