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🙂 Sri Lanka frogmouth 23cm NOCTURNAL Exclusively native to Western Ghats of SW India and Sri Lanka Diet a wide variety of insects and small invertebrates Nest fork of an evergreen tree. Female lays ONE single egg. Both parents incubate 28days Both feed it 25days, and 2 months after fledging

An attack on Sri Lanka’s tallest tusker has sparked calls for armed guards to protect rare wild elephants. While Kenya successfully uses individual guards, experts caution that this strategy faces steep hurdles in Sri Lanka’s crowded, human-dominated landscapes. Malaka Rodrigo reports.

Adorable Grey-headed canary-flycatcher tiny energetic forest bird measuring 12cm in length Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal Sri Lanka An expert catching tiny insects mid-air! Active and vocal throughout the day, joining larger mixed-species foraging flocks moving through the forest.

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Brown, I offer this Indian Pond heron (Ardeola grayii) that we saw in Sri Lanka.

Jos Buttler faces a lengthy lay-off after undergoing surgery on the hamstring that he injured during England's ODI series against Sri Lanka last month. He had already been ruled out of England's upcoming tri-series in Pakistan, and now looks set to miss the Australia white-ball tour in November 🤕

He photographed more than 160 individual wild leopards in Sri Lanka. Now in Corvallis, Toshan Wijeratne sees Oregon's owls and other wildlife with fresh eyes. https://mrf.lu/28K52

#SriLanka: The Human Rights Commission has found that the seizure of two books by Tamil writer #TheepachelvanPiratheepan violated his right to freedom of expression & non-discrimination. We welcome the news & call on the authorities to release the books now. www.pen-international.org/news/sri-lan...

Histórica sequía en Sri Lanka: Los embalses del país caen al 30% de su capacidad tras el colapso de las lluvias monzónicas. Miles de familias dependen de camiones cisterna y la fauna del Parque Nacional Yala sufre deshidratación severa. #CambioClimático https://tinyurl.com/22pfk7nf

Serpent Eagle (spilornis cheela) from #Wilpattu NP, Sri Lanka. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Brown - any bird with brown in its plumage. #Birds #Birding #nature #Photography #nikonp950

An evening walk on the beach after a heavy monsoon shower. #SriLanka 🇱🇰 #monsoon #MoragallaBeach 📷 #landscapephotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #ECK #BlueSkyArtShow #Weather

I tend to hear Australian policy announcements twice: first as they are presented in Australia, and then again through the questions they create among students, parents and education agents in Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and neighbouring markets. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...

Sri Lanka Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi Dördüncü Kongresi’ni düzenledi Kongre; küresel kapitalizmin derinleşen krizi, emperyalist savaşın tırmanması ve işçiler ile kırsal kitlelerin kemer sıkma önlemlerine karşı büyüyen direnişi ortamında toplandı. www.wsws.org/tr/articles/...

Zo naar de Japanse tuin en daarna naar het museon voor de lezing over Sri Lanka. Het wordt heerlijk wandelweer, dus ik ga lopen. #japansetuin #museon

PAK vs SL 2026/27, PAK vs SL 3rd T20I Match Preview Big picture: Sri Lanka desperate for a spark Even counting the win against Bangladesh at the Asian Games Sri Lanka have lost 12 T20Is to the two they have won since their win against Australia in the 2026 T20 World Cup. There have been…

đź§µ Sri Lanka Private Credit Up 24.5%, but CBSL Flags Inflation Above 7% Sri Lanka's banks are lending quickly, and the money available to lend more keeps growing.

lol remember when Sri Lanka tried pulling this stunt

Guten Morgen. (Negombo, Sri Lanka/Dezember 2012)

@helenbennett.bsky.social has chosen #Green as today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme. Sri Lanka is an incredible island for birds. This little-green bee-eater was seen quite often in open arid areas, fly catching from open perches. It is a resident breeder. #birds #srilanka #wildlife #eck #canon

Malaysia's call to end municipal dog killing, India's stray-dog management challenges, humane initiatives in Sri Lanka, and developments in Pakistan, Romania & Northern Ireland. Read our latest bulletin ⬇️ https://www.dogdeskanimalaction.co.uk/p/dog-desk-animal-action-global-animal-296

Sri Lanka blue Magpie 42-47cm lifespan 10-15years monogamous birds form lifelong pairs and lives exclusively in the dense evergreen rainforests and hill forests of southwestern Sri Lanka diet invertebrates, fruits and berries Male/Female identical Families flock stay together often permanently.