Boutique-style accommodation for nature lovers
Your visit will help the local environment
and wildlife!
Bird Watching
Some of the multi-coloured beauties on show at Ravana’s Secret are pictured below. If you’re lucky, you may hear and see rarer species such as the wonderful ‘Devil Bird’ (Bubo nipalensis, click here to hear its call), almost impossible to catch on camera! Birds marked ‘E’ are Sri Lankan endemics; all photos were taken at Ravana’s Secret.
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher (E)
Layard’s Parakeet (E)
Black-headed Munia
Flame Minivet (male)
Flame Minivet (female)
Oriental Magpie Robin (male)
Oriental Magpie Robin (female)
Indian Robin (E)
Long-billed Sunbird (male) (E)
Long-billed Sunbird (female) (E)
Purple-rumped Sunbird (E)
Emerald Dove (E)
Spotted Doves (E)
Sri Lanka Green Pigeon (E)
Crested Serpent Eagle (E)
Black Winged Kite
Brown Fish Owl (E)
Coppersmith Barbet
Brown-headed Barbet
Yellow-fronted Barbet (E)
Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot (E)
Bar-winged Flycatcher Shrike (E)
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Red-backed Woodpecker (E)
Jerdon's Leaf Bird (female)
Dull-blue Flycatcher (E)
White-throated Kingfisher
Scimitar Babbler (E)
Black-hooded Oriole (E)
Indian Pond Heron
The fantailed flycatcher sings a melodic phrase; the Sri Lanka green pigeon whistles like a child; the ‘pop, pop, pop’ of the coppersmith barbet resounds through the valleys and hills, belying its diminutive size.
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