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[PeterHG]

25. - Jerdon's Leafbird. An incredible shade of green.

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26. - Common Kingfisher. So nice to see our 'own' beautiful Kingfishers in Sri Lanka!

[PeterHG]

27. - Purple-rumped Sunbird (female)

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28. - Crested Serpent Eagle. Raptors are always favourite with me!

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29. - Great Thick-knee

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30. - Crested Hawk-Eagle

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31. - Crested Treeswift

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32. - Malabar Pied Hornbill. A big, spectacular and noisy hornbill!

[PeterHG]

33. - Indian Roller. All the Roller species are striking and this one was no exception!

[Kitsafari]

Really enjoyed the great shots.

[Game Warden]

@@PeterHG Thank you for diving headfirst into Safaritalk's Big Year. Some great sightings so far. I really love the kingfisher shot.

 

Matt

[PeterHG]

Thanks for the kind words @@TonyQ, @@Kitsafari, @@Game Warden. Really nice to see contributions here from all corners of the world!

[Patty]

Nice start!

[Peter Connan]

@@PeterHG, magnificent start with beautiful photography and very interesting species!

[michael-ibk]

Stunning pictures, great to see Asian birds coming to the Big Year.

[elefromoz]

@@PeterHG, too many to "like", the Crested Hawk Eagle is just beautiful.

[xelas]

@@PeterHG

 

WoW! So these are the beauties that are awaiting us in Sri Lanka?! Just perfect timing as we will have plenty of time to memorise their names.

[Atravelynn]

You have a gorgeous set of bird photos!

[PeterHG]

I must try and catch up with some of you... Though it's going to be too hard, I fear . Well let's first get rid of some more Sri Lanka sightings

34.- Ashy Prinia

 

[PeterHG]

35. - Lesser Sand Plover

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36.- Black-headed Munia

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37.- Plain Prinia

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38,- Jerdon's Bushlark

[PeterHG]

39.- Black-hooded Oriole. Never thought I'd manage a flight shot of one of these beauties.

[PeterHG]

40.- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker. Well, 'pygmy' is aptly named...