"Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation" - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

This Black-winged kite was perching on the dead tree bark (on to right of the screen) with it's catch (some reptile I think) when I spotted him. But within few seconds he lost the grip of its catch and it fell down to the tall grass bed underneath. Soon as it happens he flew away from the perch in search of the delicious snack that he dropped at the scene allowing me to capture this flying moment. 


Location :  Horton Plains National Park - Sri Lanka
Name : Black-winged kite
Scientific name: Elanus caeruleus
Date of Photograph : 16th June 2020

The Legge's flowerpecker or white-throated flowerpecker is a small passerine bird. It is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka. Males have dark blue-grey upperparts with white tips on outer tail feathers (less apparent in female), white throat and upper breast. Females are generally paler with grey-olive upperparts. Can be seen in pairs or in small family parties.

Can be misidentify with Purple-rumped Sunbird by its short, stout bil. One of the difficult bird to photograph as its continuously in the move and also move very quickly.

Location :  Sinharaja Forest Reserve - Sri Lanka
Name: Legge's flowerpecker | white-throated flowerpecker
Endemism : Endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka
Scientific name : Dicaeum vincens
Conservation status: Near Threatened (Population decreasing)

Ashy-headed Laughingthrush (Endemic bird to Sri Lanka)

The ashy-headed laughingthrush is a rangy bird, 23 centimetre (9 in) in length with a long floppy tail. It is rufous brown above and deep buff below, with a grey head and white throat. Like other babblers, these are noisy birds, and the characteristic laughing calls are often the best indication that they are present, since they are often difficult to see in their preferred habitat.

I manged to photograph this bird in Sinharaja Forest Reserve. One of my favorite shots as I mange to get the isolated bird with a clear background.

Location :  Sinharaja Forest Reserve - Sri Lanka
Name: Ashy-headed Laughingthrush
Endemism : Endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka
Scientific name : Argya cinereifrons
Conservation status: Vulnerable 

The orange-billed babbler also known as Ceylon rufous babbler or Sri Lankan rufous babbler is an endemic to Sri Lanka.  Commonly found in largely undisturbed forests.

Always in small groups busily working their way through foliage of trees and under story. I was lucky enough to observe this mother feeding the baby and capture this unique moment.


Location :  Sinharaja Forest Reserve - Sri Lanka
Name: Orange-billed babbler | Ceylon rufous babble | Sri Lankan rufous babbler
Endemism : Endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka
Scientific name : Turdoides rufescens
Conservation status: Near Threatened (Population decreasing)

National bird of Sri Lanka with amazing colors and quite difficult bird to photograph as it moves fast on the turf. I manage to capture this beautiful bird at Horton Plains National Park as he walks down on a small foot path near the wildlife bungalow (inside the park) that we stayed.

The Sri Lankan junglefowl, also known as the Ceylon junglefowl, is a member of the Galliformes bird order which is endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is the national bird. It is closely related to the red junglefowl, the wild junglefowl from which the chicken was domesticated

Chestnut-backed owlet chick waiting for its mom to arrive with food at Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka.

Even though its a fairly common bird to Sinharaja Forest Reserve, spotting them is challenging as they always prefer to stay up in the forest canopy. We found two chicks perching on this same tree but one was hiding away from me to capture them both together.