Sinharaja Forest Reserve
This UNESCO World Heritage site is famous for bird viewing, with
nearly 150 bird species on record. Look out for hanging parrot,
orange-billed babbler, laughing thrush, brown-capped babbler,
yellow-fronted barbet, white-faced starling, blue magpie, red-faced
malkoha, and spot-winged thrush.
Non-endemics include crested drongo, black-naped monarch,
Malabar trogon, flame minivet, Oriental white-eye and
velvet-fronted nuthatch. You may also encounter fauna such as
purple-faced leaf monkey, torque monkey, giant squirrel, and
dusky-striped jungle squirrel. The forest contains 700 species of
flowering plants.