Bodhinagala

Trip Report Sri Lanka 2003

Simon Plat, Maaike Poppinga
Dates: 24-02-2003 till 13-03-2003
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Bodhinagala (Ingiriya Forest Reserve)

Location: Ingiriya Forest Reserve is close to the town Ingiriya (Ungiriya) on the road from Panadura to Ratnapura, about 80 south east of Colombo (2 hours drive).

Costs: -

Date(s): 24 and 25-02-2003 (7 birding hours)

Notes: The forest is small but pretty. Apparently this is the best spot for the endemic Green-billed Coucal. The spot where we found this bird is described in detail in the Endemic section of this trip report. The birds that I found around Citicen Rest are also included in the bird list. The area around Citicen Rest can be worth a visit.

Highlights: Ceylon Spurfowl (V - only one seen), Ceylon Hanging Parrot (V - near Citicen Rest), Green-billed Coucal (2), Chestnut-backed Owlet (1 - heard only), Ceylon Frogmouth (1 - heard only), Ceylon Grey Hornbill (2), Yellow-fronted Barbet (2), Indian Pitta (1 - near Citicen Rest), Black-headed Cuckooshrike (1 - near Citicen Rest), Brown-capped Babbler (2), Dark-fronted Babbler (V), Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher (2), Brown-breasted Flycatcher (2).

Bird List:

Column 1: S= endemic species; R=endemic race/subspecies
Column 2: N=Near-threatened; V=Vulnerable

		Ardeola grayii	Indian Pond-Heron	X
		Bubulcus ibis	Cattle Egret	XX
		Egretta alba	Great Egret	1
		Haliastur indus	Brahminy Kite	1
R		Spilornis cheela spilogaster	Crested Serpent-Eagle	1
S		Galloperdix bicalcarata	Ceylon Spurfowl	V
		Vanellus indicus	Red-wattled Lapwing	1
R		Chalcophaps indica robinsoni	Emerald Dove	1
		Columba livia	Rock Pigeon	X
		Ducula aenea	Green Imperial-Pigeon	X
R		Streptopelia chinensis ceylonensis	Spotted Dove	V
S		Loriculus beryllinus	Ceylon Hanging-Parrot	V
		Psittacula krameri	Rose-ringed Parakeet	V
S	V	Centropus chlororhynchus	Green-billed Coucal	2
		Centropus sinensis	Greater Coucal	1
		Eudynamys scolopacea	Asian Koel	V
S	N	Glaucidium castanonotum	Chestnut-backed Owlet	1
		Batrachostomus moniliger	Ceylon Frogmouth	1
		Apus affinis	Little Swift	X
		Halcyon smyrnensis	White-throated Kingfisher	V
		Merops philippinus	Blue-tailed Bee-eater	X
		Coracias benghalensis indica	Indian Roller	1
S		Ocyceros gingalensis	Ceylon Grey-Hornbill	2
S		Megalaima flavifrons	Yellow-fronted Barbet	2
		Megalaima zeylanica	Brown-headed Barbet	V
R		Dinopium benghalense psarodes	Black-rumped (red-backed) Flameback	1
		Pitta brachyura	Indian Pitta	1
R		Hirundo daurica hyperythra	Red-rumped (Sri Lanka) Swallow	X
		Hirundo rustica (incl. gutteralis)	Barn Swallow	X
		Anthus rufulus	Paddyfield Pipit	2
		Coracina melanoptera	Black-headed Cuckooshrike	1
R		Pycnonotus cafer cafer	Red-vented Bulbul	XX
R		Pycnonotus luteolus insulae	White-browed Bulbul	2
		Lanius cristatus cristatus	Brown Shrike	1
r?		Copsychus saularis ceylonensis	Oriental Magpie-Robin	V
S		Pellorneum fuscocapillum	Brown-capped Babbler	2
R		Rhopocichla atriceps nigrifrons	Dark-fronted Babbler	V
R		Turdoides affinis taprobanus	Yellow-billed Babbler	XX
R		Cyornis tickelliae jerdoni	Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher	2
		Muscicapa dauurica	Asian Brown Flycatcher	1
		Muscicapa muttui	Brown-breasted Flycatcher	2
R		Hypothymis azurea ceylonensis	Black-naped Monarch	V
		Terpsiphone paradisi paradisi	Asian Paradise-Flycatcher	1
R		Terpsiphone paradisi ceylonensis	Asian Paradise-Flycatcher	1
R		Nectarinia lotenia lotenia	Loten's Sunbird	V
R		Nectarinia zeylonica zeylonica	Purple-rumped Sunbird	V
		Lonchura striata	White-rumped Munia	2
		Passer domesticus	House Sparrow	X
R		Acridotheres tristis melanosternus	Common Myna	X
R		Oriolus xanthornus ceylonensis	Black-hooded Oriole	1
		Dicrurus caerulescens leucopygialis	White-bellied Drongo	V
		Artamus fuscus	Ashy Woodswallow	1
		Corvus macrorhynchos	Large-billed Crow	X

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