An uncommon breeding resident found usually in very dry habitats of dry lowlands. It is common in coastal belt from Puttalam to
peninsula and in Hambantota district. It also occurs in Eastern province and there
are recent breeding records from Udawalawe and Jaffna too. It lives as small flocks or pairs in
arid wastelands, fallow fields, dry paddy fields, stony pastures etc.
Yellow-wattled Lapwing feeds on grasshoppers, ants, termites, beetles and other
such ground dwelling insects. It breeds from May to July, laying four eggs
arranged in cross-formation on stony ground among clods, stones, etc. well camouflage with the surrounding. It flies often low and in flight feet project
beyond the tail. Anuradhapura
An indigenous herb of about 2-3m height found in shady places of the low country. Roots use in traditional ayurvedic medicine to cure cat...
The Crestless lizard inhabiting Knuckles range has been recently described as a new endemic species base on morphological features ( Amar...
" So far it has only appeared in one valley in the Nitre Cave , surrounded by 6000 feet hills, except towards the north-west and eas...
An indigenous shrub common in the hill country grasslands and scrublands. Flowering throughout the year.
A perennial herb which is believed to be a native plant of North Africa and desert regions of Arabia . Naturalized in North and North ...
Rather common orchid species found under the shade of trees in the sub-montane forests between 915-1524m elevations.
Rather uncommon butterfly, found all the year round in patana grasslands of mid hills (500ft to 3000ft). Spotless grass yellow is a mig...
Giant squirrel is distributed throughout the island in suitable habitats with three different subspecies. Wet zone and highland subspeci...
Russell’s viper is a highly venomous ground-dwelling snake with wide distribution from sea level to mid-hills of about 1500m a.s.l. But...