Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Rambukoluwa ( 20/06/2009 & 21/06/2009)

Path
B38 route (Matale-Hettipola)
Come to Matale and From there, turn to Raththota road and come Gonawela (about 4km from the Illukkumbura).Take the right turn to small path and it will direct you to Rambukoluwa village through the Gangahenwala.









Rambukoluwa is situated below in the dry side of the Knuckles mountain rang and Kalu Ganga is the nearest water body to the village. The Rambukoluwa is surrounded by Ittagala,Korahana and Kalupahan moutains.

Photographs by Buddhika Sanjeewa Ruwanpathirana.

List of Birds
  1. Crimson-fronted Barbet
  2. Brown-headed Barbet
  3. Rufous Woodpecker
  4. Little Green Bee-eater
  5. Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
  6. Sri Lanka Grey-hornbill
  7. White-throated Kingfisher
  8. Stork-billed Kingfisher
  9. Sri Lanka Junglefowl
  10. Indian Pond-heron
  11. Cattle Egret
  12. Little Egret
  13. Crested Serpent-eagle
  14. Crested Goshawk
  15. Rock Pigeon
  16. Spotted Dove
  17. Emerald Dove
  18. Pompadour Green-pigeon
  19. Green Imperial-pigeon
  20. Rose-ringed Parakeet
  21. Common Woodshrike
  22. White-bellied Drongo
  23. White-browed Fantail
  24. Black-naped Monarch
  25. Asian Paradise-flycatcher (T. p. ceylonicus)
  26. Jungle Crow
  27. Red-vented Bulbul
  28. White-browed Bulbul
  29. Black-crested Bulbul
  30. Yellow-browed Bulbul
  31. Dark-fronted Babbler
  32. Brown-capped Babbler
  33. Yellow-billed Babbler
  34. Common Myna
  35. Oriental Magpie-robin
  36. White-rumped Shama
  37. Indian Robin
  38. Tickell's Blue-flycatcher
  39. Thick-billed Flowerpecker
  40. Long-billed Sunbird
Black-naped Monarch
Photographs by Buddhika Sanjeewa Ruwanpathirana.

List of fishes

  1. Sri Lanka Barb මල් පෙතියා
  2. Lanka Stone Sucker ගල් පාඩියා
  3. Martenstyn's Barb දුම්බර පෙතියා
  4. Long Snouted Barb කටු පෙතියා / රතු වරල් පෙතියා
  5. Giant Danio දංකොළ සාලයා
  6. Mahseer ‍ලෙහෙල්ලා
  7. Striped Rasbora දණ්ඩියා