Birds of Sri Lanka

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 108. Chapters: Purple Swamphen, Indian Peafowl, Black Drongo, Common Myna, Red Knot, Red-vented Bulbul, List of birds of Sri Lanka, List of endemic birds of Sri Lanka, Greater Coucal, Oriental Magpie Robin, Indian Pond Heron, White-throated Kingfisher, Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Pied Bushchat, Spot-billed Pelican, Common Hill Myna, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Great Cormorant, Brahminy Kite, Black-rumped Flameback, Yellow-billed Babbler, Ashy Prinia, Jacobin Cuckoo, Brown Shrike, Asian Paradise-flycatcher, Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike, Little Grebe, Malabar Trogon, Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark, Painted Francolin, House Crow, Common Iora, Chestnut-tailed Starling, White-rumped Munia, Spotted Dove, Pied Thrush, White-rumped Shama, Striated Heron, Scarlet Minivet, Black-crowned Night Heron, White-breasted Waterhen, Grey Heron, Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Lesser Whistling Duck, Pompadour Green Pigeon, Orange-breasted Green Pigeon, Black-hooded Oriole, Asian Fairy-bluebird, Intermediate Egret, Black-headed Ibis, Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher, Purple Heron, Swinhoe's Storm-petrel, Asian Blue Quail, Asian Brown Flycatcher, Dark-fronted Babbler, Scaly-breasted Munia, Red-faced Malkoha, Yellow Bittern, Barred Buttonquail, Serendib Scops Owl, Emerald Dove, Mountain Hawk-eagle, Jungle Owlet, Black Bittern, Small Minivet, Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, Blyth's Reed-warbler, Baer's Pochard, Oriental Dollarbird, Brown-headed Barbet, Little Cormorant, Yellow-footed Green Pigeon, White-faced Starling, Malayan Night Heron, Layard's Parakeet, Malabar Pied Hornbill, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Ashy-headed Laughingthrush, Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot, Swinhoe's Snipe, Golden-fronted Leafbird, Jerdon's Bushlark, Pintail Snipe, Cinnamon Bittern, Orange-billed Babbler, Brown-breasted Flycatcher, Sri Lanka Blue Magpie, Green-billed Coucal, Chestnut-backed Owlet, Indian Cormorant, Spot-bellied Eagle-owl, Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush, Sri Lanka Spurfowl, Brown-capped Babbler, Pacific Swallow, Green Imperial Pigeon, Sri Lanka White-eye, Slaty-legged Crake, Tawny-bellied Babbler, Sri Lanka Bush-warbler, Sri Lanka Myna, Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Chinese Egret, Jerdon's Leafbird, Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill, Sri Lanka Wood-pigeon, Dull-blue Flycatcher, Yellow-eared Bulbul, Black-throated Munia, Grey-headed Fish Eagle, Legge's Flowerpecker, Sri Lanka Scimitar-babbler, Spot-winged Thrush, Yellow-fronted Barbet, Blue-faced Malkoha, Indian Swiftlet, Tricoloured Munia, Chestnut-winged Cuckoo, Indian Jungle Nightjar, Sri Lanka Thrush. Excerpt: The Indian Peafowl or Blue Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is a large and brightly coloured bird of the pheasant family native to South Asia, but introduced and semi-feral in many other parts of the world. The male, peacock, is predominantly blue with a fan-like crest of spatula-tipped wire-like feathers and is best known for the long train made up of elongated upper-tail covert feathers which bear colourful eyespots. These stiff and elongated feathers are raised into a fan and quivered in a display during courtship. The female lacks the train, has a greenish lower neck and has a duller brown plumage. They are found mainly on the ground in open forest or cultivation where they forage for berries, grains but will also prey on snakes, lizards, and small rodents. Their loud calls make them easy to detect, and in forest areas, often indicate the presence of a predator such as a tiger. They forage on the ground, moving in small groups and will usually t...