පඩුවන් බස්සා in Sinhala.
Description overall reddish hue and soft , single - note call help make confusion with other birds unlikely. male has orangish irides , female' are yellowish. Each pair is believed to maintain a territory year-round .
Disturbed forest edges, often near the ground. Appears to be insectivorous.
Restricted to a few lowland rain forests such as sinsharaja, Morapitiya -Runakanda and kitulgala.
Status- first seen in 2001 Described to science only in 2004 by Deepal Warakagoda. First endemic bird to be described from Sri Lanka after 132 years - it is amazing that an endemic sri lankan bird eluded being known for so long.
ලංකාවට අවේණික පක්ෂියෙක් වන පඩුවන් බස්සා 2001 වාර්ෂයේදී දීපාල් වරකාගොඩ මාහතා විසින් හදුන්වා දෙන ලදි, කිතුල්ගල, රැණකන්ද යන වානන්තර ප්රදේශයන්ගෙන් වසර 132 කට පසු හදුනා ගත් පක්ෂියේකු වේ.
Nice!
Thanks @ chelsy...
@chanaka,
Nice post bro! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks bro...
Thanks for sharing
you are welcome.
wow.. amazing .. can't believe that this bird was hidden from us till 2001. Great photos . I assume that these photos were taken by you. great work. please keep posting interesting things like this.. thanks
yes bro... this is my photo, thanks you so much for your good comment.