Sri Lanka Myna

Very small, short-tailed wren. Rufous above and dirty grayish below with bold white eyebrow. Most similar to wood-wrens but note white markings on wing feathers. Stays low in dense undergrowth of montane second growth and edges from 2200m to treeline, especially around bamboo. Listen for high-pitched tinkling song and harsher scold calls.

A small, plain-backed cormorant that is restricted to near-shore marine environments, where it is uncommon. Sometimes it occurs in coastal estuaries alongside the similar Long-tailed Cormorant, which has a shorter crest (year-round), a pale-speckled back, and a relatively longer tail. Nonbreeding and immature plumages are brownish with paler underparts. Frequently roosts on coastal rocks with other marine cormorants, which are larger and have blue or brownish eyes. Flies poorly on short, stubby wings; avoids the deeper marine waters frequented by Cape and Bank cormorants.

A distinctive whistler of dark, dingy appearance. Body color is a dank mossy olive, with a slate-gray throat and a black cap. Hood often appears one-colored in forest light. Female is golden below and olive above with a gray head and a white throat. Mainly found in primary forest above 1100 meters of elevation, but does wander lower. Occurs together with Oriole Whistler, but differs in the male’s lack of a bright golden throat, neck, and belly and the female’s olive back and unstreaked underparts. Voice includes a sequence of loud, almost electronic staccato whistles.