Sri lanka whistling thrush

Sri Lanka Whisting Thrush is found in the highlands of Sri Lanka in jungle or other dense forest near water. It is omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, frogs, earthworms and berries. It lays one or two eggs in a neat cup-shaped nest in a bush or on a ledge near water.

The Sri lanka whistling thrush is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

The main threat to the Sri Lanka whistling thrush is the clearance of its upland forest habitat, which has left this rare species with a very small, severely fragmented population and range that are undergoing continuing declines. Montane forests have been extensively cleared for conversion to timber plantations and agriculture, firewood collection, particularly around Nuwara Eliya, Maskeliya and Bogowantaalaw, and gem mining. Even some ‘protected forests’ are unable to escape these threats, and continue to be degraded and fragmented. More

endangered Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush, one of Sri Lanka’s most elusive endemics. Night in Nuwara Eliya. Day 5: An early morning start will find us at Horton Plains for dawn. This mosaic of cloud forest interspersed with open grassland provides us with a chance to clean up on our remaining higher elevation endemics including Sri Lanka Bush Warbler, and any species missed the previous day. More

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looked across the bank and saw a male Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush on the water's edge under overhanging vegetation. He moved up the bank, some fog rolled in, and when it cleared he was gone. I waited but he didn't reappear, and when I left I discovered I had a good sized leach on my neck which I had to wait to burn off until I got back to the car. More

The Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush, (Myophonus blighi), is a whistling bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is a resident common bird in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush is found in the highlands of Sri Lanka in jungle or other dense forest near water. It is omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, frogs, earthworms and berries. It nests in bushes or similar, laying one or two eggs in a neat cup-shaped nest on a ledge near water. More

minibus than a Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush was heard calling, but did not show. We did find a pair of Eurasian Blackbirds feeding in the early morning light, before trying a different spot for the whistling thrush. We waited for ages for the birds to show, but they stayed deep in cover down in the vegetation below us. We did get crippling views of a Sri Lanka Bush-warbler creeping low down through the vegetation and a Mountain Hawk Eagle was spotted by Jan. More