Showing posts with label Leiothrichidae. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 9, 2015

Sri Lanka Orange-billed babbler (Turdoides rufescens)

Orange Billed Babbler in 100 rupee note

English: Orange-billed babbler/Sri Lankan rufous babbler/Ceylon rufous babbler
Binomal Name: Turdoides rufescens
Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා රතු දෙමලිච්චා[Sri Lanka rathu demalichcha]

Orange-billed babbler is an endemic resident breeder of Sri Lanka. Restricted to wet zone forests. But can be seen in home gardens close to undisturbed forests. It lives in flocks and can be identified by noisy behavior. This bird is a common member of mixed species feeding flocks of Sinharaja.