Sri Lanka - Part 4

Part 4 is dedicated to Habarana, our hotel (Cinnamon Lodge) and the list of Wildlife that we have recorded:

So what can I say about the Hotel... Fantastic, the grounds were amazing, lakes, trees, gardens, butterfly walks all teaming with wildlife. As I said in part 1 we amassed 56 bird species in the grounds, plus all manner of other things:

Here are some of the photo highlights:

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

Ceylon Gray Hornbill

Tickell's Blue-flycatcher

Ruddy Mongoose

Asian Open-bill

Tawny-bellied Babbler

Intermediate Egret

Red-vented Bulbul

Nutmeg Mannikin

Black-backed Robin (Indian Robin)

Water Monitor

Jerdon's Leafbird (Blue Winged Leafbird)

Garden Lizard

Gray Langur Monkey

Purple Heron

Purple Heron

Gray-headed Fish Eagle

Red-vented Bulbul

White-browed Fantail

Asian Paradise Flycatcher

Stork-billed Kingfisher

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

White-throated Kingfisher

Pompadour Green Pigeon

Red-crested Barbet

Common Kingfisher

Yellow-Billed Babbler

White-browed Bulbul

Dark-fronted Babbler

Blach-hooded Oriole

White-breasted Waterhen

Malabar Pied Hornbill

Brahminy Kite

Purple-rumped Sunbird

Oriental White-eye

Brown-capped Woodpecker

Crested Serpent Eagle

White-throated Kingfisher

Palm Squirrel

Land Monitor

And our full bird list for the holiday:
Alpine Swift  (Apus melba)
Ashy Prinia  (Prinia socialis)
Asian Openbill  (Anastomus oscitans)
Asian Palm-Swift  (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
Asian Paradise-Flycatcher  (Terpsiphone paradisi)
Black-crested Bulbul  (Pycnonotus melanicterus)
Black-headed Ibis  (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
Black-hooded Oriole  (Oriolus xanthornus)
Black-winged Stilt  (Himantopus himantopus)
Blue-tailed Bee-eater  (Merops philippinus)
Blue-winged Leafbird  (Chloropsis cochinchinensis)
Brahminy Kite  (Haliastur indus)
Brown-backed Needletail  (Hirundapus giganteus)
Brown-capped Woodpecker  (Dendrocopos moluccensis)
Brown-headed Barbet  (Megalaima zeylanica)
Cattle Egret  (Bubulcus ibis)
Ceylon Gray Hornbill  (Ocyceros gingalensis)
Ceylon Junglefowl  (Gallus lafayetii)
Changeable Hawk-Eagle  (Nisaetus cirrhatus)
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater  (Merops leschenaulti)
Common Iora  (Aegithina tiphia)
Common Myna  (Acridotheres tristis)
Common Sandpiper  (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Tailorbird  (Orthotomus sutorius)
Common Woodshrike  (Tephrodornis pondicerianus)
Crested Serpent-Eagle  (Spilornis cheela)
Crimson-fronted Barbet  (Megalaima rubricapillus)
Dark-fronted Babbler  (Rhopocichla atriceps)
Darter  (Anhinga melanogaster)
Gray-breasted Prinia  (Prinia hodgsonii)
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle  (Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus)
Great Tit  (Parus major)
Great White Egret  (Ardea alba)
Greater Coucal  (Centropus sinensis)
Greater Flameback  (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)
Green Bee-eater  (Merops orientalis)
Greenshank  (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Heron  (Ardea cinerea)
House Crow  (Corvus splendens)
Indian Peafowl  (Pavo cristatus)
Indian Pond-Heron  (Ardeola grayii)
Indian Robin  (Saxicoloides fulicatus)
Indian Roller  (Coracias benghalensis)
Intermediate Egret  (Mesophoyx intermedia)
Jerdon's Bushlark  (Mirafra affinis)
Kentish Plover  (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Kingfisher  (Alcedo atthis)
Large-billed Crow  (Corvus macrorhynchos)
Lesser Adjutant  (Leptoptilos javanicus)
Little Cormorant  (Phalacrocorax niger)
Little Egret  (Egretta garzetta)
Little Ringed Plover  (Charadrius dubius)
Long-billed Sunbird  (Cinnyris lotenius)
Malabar Pied-Hornbill  (Anthracoceros coronatus)
Marsh Sandpiper  (Tringa stagnatilis)
Nutmeg Mannikin  (Lonchura punctulata)
Oriental Magpie-Robin  (Copsychus saularis)
Oriental Pipit  (Anthus rufulus)
Oriental White-eye  (Zosterops palpebrosus)
Pale-billed Flowerpecker  (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos)
Peregrine Falcon (peregrinator)  (Falco peregrinus peregrinator)
Pied Wagtail  (Motacilla alba)
Plain Prinia  (Prinia inornata)
Pompadour Green-Pigeon  (Treron pompadora)
Purple Heron  (Ardea purpurea)
Purple Sunbird  (Cinnyris asiaticus)
Purple-rumped Sunbird  (Leptocoma zeylonica)
Red-vented Bulbul  (Pycnonotus cafer)
Red-wattled Lapwing  (Vanellus indicus)
Ring-necked Parakeet  (Psittacula krameri)
Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon  (Columba livia)
Shikra  (Accipiter badius)
Small Minivet  (Pericrocotus cinnamomeus)
Spotted Dove  (Streptopelia chinensis)
Stone-curlew  (Burhinus oedicnemus)
Stork-billed Kingfisher  (Pelargopsis capensis)
Swallow  (Hirundo rustica)
Tawny-bellied Babbler  (Dumetia hyperythra)
Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher  (Cyornis tickelliae)
Whiskered Tern  (Chlidonias hybrida)
White Stork  (Ciconia ciconia)
White-bellied Drongo  (Dicrurus caerulescens)
White-bellied Sea-Eagle  (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
White-breasted Waterhen  (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
White-browed Bulbul  (Pycnonotus luteolus)
White-browed Fantail  (Rhipidura aureola)
White-throated Kingfisher  (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Woolly-necked Stork  (Ciconia episcopus)
Yellow-billed Babbler  (Turdoides affinis)
Yellow-browed Bulbul  (Iole indica)