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Wednesday, March 3, 2021
වයිරපිය මැසිසැරටිත්තා/පුංචි කොවුල් ඇස් පටියා (Hemipus picatus)
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Monday, March 1, 2021
Pied Thrush/Pied Ground Thrush/ගෝමර වල් අවිච්චියා/ගෝමර තිරාසිකයා[Gomara Wal Awichchiya/Gomara Tirasikaya] (Zoothera wardii)
Rather uncommon winter migrant to forests, ravines and well -wooded gardens in the mid hills and above, arriving in October to November and leaving back to its breeding grounds in the Himalayas about March. Pied Thrush mainly feeds on insects on the ground, turning over the leaves beneath the undergrowth. It also eats berries of tall trees.
Sunday, February 28, 2021
Ceylon Hedge Blue/Sri Lanka Hedge Blue (Udara lanka)
An endemic butterfly common in the forested areas above 1100 m elevations. It is much common in the first four months of the year, especially at the Horton Plains National Park and the vicinity. Both male and female flies in the canopy to feed on nectar of forest flowers. The male also descends to the ground to mudsip and to feed on scats. Its larva feeds on flower buds and seed pods of Smithia blanda. Persicaria chinensis is also identified as a larval food plant of this butterfly.
Saturday, February 27, 2021
Friday, February 26, 2021
Monday, February 22, 2021
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Monday, January 4, 2021
බොර මුගටියා [Bora Mugatiya]/Indian Brown Mongoose (Herpestes fuscus)
Indian Brown Mongoose is a mammal inhabiting forest patches, well wooded home gardens, tea estates, and similar habitats throughout the western third of the island from northwest arid zone to higher hills. It is seldom to be found in heavy forests. However it can be also seen in urban and suburban home gardens, even within the heart of Colombo. It is usually seen as a solitary animal though mating pairs or mother-pups families occasionally encountered. Indian Brown Mongoose is a omnivorous and mainly preys on rodents, frogs, snakes, lizards, spiders, birds their eggs and young, worms, grubs, etc. It also eats berries and even flowers. Depending on the habitat, it is active both during the day and night but usually forages in the early mornings and late afternoons. Indian Brown Mongoose breeds mostly during the first few months of the year. Female Indian Brown Mongoose give birth to three or four pups in a chamber dug into an anthill or an earthen bank usually by the mother. Three sub species of Indian Brown Mongoose are accepted as H.f. phillipsi from Central Province, H.f. rubidior from the Western Province and H.f. siccatus from the Northern Province mainly base on size and color.
Sunday, January 3, 2021
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Pogostemon reflexus
Friday, January 1, 2021
Taxillus sclerophyllus
Thursday, December 31, 2020
ගෝමර සිටිබිච්චා/ගෝමර බට්ටි කුරුල්ලා (Saxicola caprata atrata)
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Polygala arillata
An indigenous shrub, small tree or sometimes a scandent climber in semi shade of montane forests above 1300 m elevations. Flowering all the year round.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Impatiens macrophylla
Monday, December 28, 2020
Sunday, December 27, 2020
ඉඟුරු[Inguru]/Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Calanthe triplicata
Rather rare native terrestrial herb in the shade of trees in montane forests up to about 2134 m elevations.
Friday, December 25, 2020
ශ්රී ලංකා කහකන් කොණ්ඩයා/ගුරු කොණ්ඩයා (Pycnonotus penicillatus)
කඳුකරයේ මධ්යම උස් මට්ටමේ සිට ඉහල කඳුකරය දක්වා වනාන්තර සහ වනාන්තර ආශ්රිත ගස් කොළන් බහුල ගෙවතු වල සුලභව හමුවන මෙරටට ආවේනික පක්ෂියෙකි. බොහෝවිට ජෝඩු වශයෙන් හෝ කුඩා රංචු වශයෙන් හමුවන කහකන් කොණ්ඩයන් පඳුරු සහ නොඋස් ගස් අතර පළතුරු සහ කුඩා කෘමීන් ආහාරයට ගනිමින් පියඹා යනු දැකිය හැක. මාර්තු සිට අප්රේල් දක්වා කාලයේ සහ බොහෝවිට නැවතත් අගෝස්තු සිට සැප්තැම්බර් මාස වල අභිජනනයේ යෙදෙන කහකන් කොණ්ඩයන් ගසක පහත් අත්තක පිහිටි දෙබලක පාසි, ගස් වල කුඩා මුල් ආදිය උපයෝගි කරගනිමින් සාදන කෝප්පයක හැඩය සහිත කූඩුවක බිත්තර දෙකක් දමයි.
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