Sri Lanka is a tropical island located near the southern tip of India. Bird life of Sri Lanka is very rich for its size, has recorded about 433 species. In addition to the many resident birds, a large number of migratory species winter in the country to escape their northern breeding grounds.
233 resident species, and the most important of which 26 have been found on other species residing Endemic.The also in the adjacent Indian mainland, but more than 80 have developed distinct Sri Lankan races. Some of these races are very different in plumage characteristics of the relevant forms in India.
And determined the distribution of birds in Sri Lanka to a large extent of climatic zones where. Dry Zone is the largest of the three, covering more than half the area of the island, with a period of dry and hot for long periods of time and the monsoon and only one (the northeast monsoon from October to January).
Wet area, with two monsoons, is in the southwestern quarter of the island, where there are few remaining rain forests and high humidity.
The central area of the hill rises to more than 2450 hours (8 to 10.000 feet) and has a cool temperate climate. Most are confined to the 26 endemic species and wet areas of the hill, with only a few stretches to the area is also dry.
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