Sri Lanka Bay-Owl

Bright rufous laughingthrush with a gray belly and bright blue facial skin patch. Restricted to primary montane forest but will occasionally move downslope in winter. Can be quite tame and confiding, hopping around human settlements and foraging around trash bins and garbage piles in small flocks. Loud and vocal, giving a range of different churring, chucking, and whistling calls while foraging.

Very small woodcreeper of evergreen forest in humid tropical lowlands and foothills. Creeps up trunks, often in spirals, picking at the bark for food, then flies low to another tree before hitching upwards again. Forages on fairly large trunks as well as slender trees. Often travels with mixed-species feeding flocks. Note the short, wedge-shaped bill and pale buffy breast spotting.

A large weaver with bold and distinctive patterning. Note the mostly rufous head, the white throat and eyebrow, and the black moustache. The two white wingbars are especially obvious in flight. Found locally in a variety of woodland and savanna habitats, often in small flocks, though typically inconspicuous. Somewhat similar to White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, but easily separated by the rufous on the head and back and the more complex facial pattern. The call is a long trill, and the song is a high-pitched rapid-fire jumble of musical notes that can be quite long.