Common, Endemic and Threatened Birds in Sri Lanka

Common, Endemic and Threatened Birds in Sri Lanka: Pictorial Pocket Guide 1 is now available at FOGSL web site. Visit http://www.fogsl.net/publication/pictorial-pocket-guide-1-429.htm to download this book free of charge.

Common, Endemic and Threatened Birds in Sri Lanka is published by Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka as the first of a series of pocket guides. This excellent field guide is authored by Professor Sarath Kotagama, the first professional ornithologist in Sri Lanka. Illustrations of the book are by well-known bird illustrators; Sarath Kotagama, K.D. Lakshman, Kelum Gunasekara, Pruthiviraj Fernando and Kulasiri Ranaweera.

This book describes almost all common birds together with endemic and threatened birds recorded in the island. The pocket guide aims to provide a rapid, reliable and simple means to the identification of birds in Sri Lanka.