‘Sri Lanka Birds’, a citizen science programme to ensure people’s participation towards the conservation of birds, completed another successful month by the end of March 2009. This report provides an analysis of data entered by ‘Sri Lanka Birds’ members for the month. This analysis is based on the data downloaded on 14th April 2009.
Membership
New members 24
Total members 278
FOGSL warmly welcomes new members to the ‘Sri Lanka Birds’ community.
Observations
Total Number of Observations 1492
Number of Species 195
Number of Endemic Species 16
Number of Proposed endemic Species 7
Number of migrant species 38
Observations of Brahminy Starling, Chestnut-winged Cuckoo, Yellow Wagtail and Malayan Night-heron are noteworthy records. Most significant observation recorded in the system was the sighting of Goliath Heron at Arugam Bay by Salindra Kasun Dayananda on 10th March. Goliath Heron was reported only in handful of occasions in Sri Lanka and therefore considered as a vagrant. Detailed report on this observation will be published shortly.
Nesting records
Number of observations 11
Number of species 9
Species (Black-rumped Flameback, Brown Hawk-owl, Brown-backed Needletail, Common Hoopoe, House Crow, Purple-rumped Sunbird, Red-vented Bulbul, Spotted Dove, White-bellied Drongo)
Two other species i.e. Drongo Cuckoo and Pheasant-tailed Jacana were reported in breeding stages other than nesting.
Mostly recorded species (No: of observations)
House Crow (62)
Red-vented Bulbul (59)
White-bellied Drongo (52)
Yellow-billed Babbler (51)
Common Tailorbird (48)
Top five users (No: of observations)
Newton Jayawardane (660)
Rienzie Fernando(377)
Chandanie Wanigatunge (163)
Salindra Kasun Dayananda (122)
Sandun Perera (101)
A total of 34 locations were visited during March by ‘Sri Lanka Birds’ members. Highest number of observations was made at Ragama (428) as in many previous months.
Current statistics describing the number of field visits, number of observations and bird species, as well as the number of users registered in the system, are displayed on the login page of ‘Sri Lanka Birds’ - www.worldbirds.org/srilanka .
FOGSL highly appreciates the contributions of members towards the conservation of birds through this initiative.
Membership
New members 24
Total members 278
FOGSL warmly welcomes new members to the ‘Sri Lanka Birds’ community.
Observations
Total Number of Observations 1492
Number of Species 195
Number of Endemic Species 16
Number of Proposed endemic Species 7
Number of migrant species 38
Observations of Brahminy Starling, Chestnut-winged Cuckoo, Yellow Wagtail and Malayan Night-heron are noteworthy records. Most significant observation recorded in the system was the sighting of Goliath Heron at Arugam Bay by Salindra Kasun Dayananda on 10th March. Goliath Heron was reported only in handful of occasions in Sri Lanka and therefore considered as a vagrant. Detailed report on this observation will be published shortly.
Nesting records
Number of observations 11
Number of species 9
Species (Black-rumped Flameback, Brown Hawk-owl, Brown-backed Needletail, Common Hoopoe, House Crow, Purple-rumped Sunbird, Red-vented Bulbul, Spotted Dove, White-bellied Drongo)
Two other species i.e. Drongo Cuckoo and Pheasant-tailed Jacana were reported in breeding stages other than nesting.
Mostly recorded species (No: of observations)
House Crow (62)
Red-vented Bulbul (59)
White-bellied Drongo (52)
Yellow-billed Babbler (51)
Common Tailorbird (48)
Top five users (No: of observations)
Newton Jayawardane (660)
Rienzie Fernando(377)
Chandanie Wanigatunge (163)
Salindra Kasun Dayananda (122)
Sandun Perera (101)
A total of 34 locations were visited during March by ‘Sri Lanka Birds’ members. Highest number of observations was made at Ragama (428) as in many previous months.
Current statistics describing the number of field visits, number of observations and bird species, as well as the number of users registered in the system, are displayed on the login page of ‘Sri Lanka Birds’ - www.worldbirds.org/srilanka .
FOGSL highly appreciates the contributions of members towards the conservation of birds through this initiative.
