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    This document provides a summary of the book "Common, Endemic & Threatened Birds in Sri Lanka" by Sarath Kotagama. The book describes almost all common birds as well as endemic and threatened species found in Sri Lanka, which has high avian diversity. It aims to provide a simple guide to identifying some of the island's birds. The author, Sarath Kotagama, is a renowned zoologist and the first professional ornithologist in Sri Lanka, obtaining his doctorate based on research of Sri Lankan birds. He helped found the Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka dedicated to scientific bird watching and studies.

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    This document provides a summary of the book "Common, Endemic & Threatened Birds in Sri Lanka" by Sarath Kotagama. The book describes almost all common birds as well as endemic and threatened species found in Sri Lanka, which has high avian diversity. It aims to provide a simple guide to identifying some of the island's birds. The author, Sarath Kotagama, is a renowned zoologist and the first professional ornithologist in Sri Lanka, obtaining his doctorate based on research of Sri Lankan birds. He helped found the Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka dedicated to scientific bird watching and studies.

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    COMMON, ENDEMIC & THREATENED BIRDS IN SRI LANKA

    Sarath Kotagama

    Sarath Kotagama

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    Sri Lankas bio-diversity is one of


    the richest in the Asian region. This book describes almost all common birds together with endemic and threatened bird recorded in the island, which has one of the highest Avifaunal diversities. The pocket guide aims to provide a rapid, reliable and simple means to the identification of some birds in Sri Lanka. Professor Sarath Kotagama is a renowned zoologist and the first professional ornithologist in Sri Lanka. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Aberdeen in the UK, based on his research on birds of Sri Lanka. He was a founder of the Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka -an organisation dedicated to promoting scientific bird watching and bird studies.

    Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka Department of Zoology University of Colombo Colombo 3.

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