Field notes
Birds
A scarce canopy starling, usually picked out among fruiting trees.
Sri Lanka’s national bird, often seen at dawn along forest tracks.
A notoriously skulking endemic whose ringing calls fill the forest at dawn.
Pairs and small groups fly to roost across the forest each evening.
Its repetitive call is one of the classic sounds of the wet zone.
The noisy heart of Sinharaja’s famous mixed-species bird flocks.
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Come for the birds. Stay for the forest.
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