Wildlife of Sri Lanka

The Asian country of Sri Lanka is a Buddhist country. It has many different kinds of animals. The country has plenty of flora and natural habitats.

Official National Animal

Asian lion

Official National Bird

Sri Lankan junglefowl

At Minneriya National Park you can see the biggest gatherings of wild elephants.

Native Animals

Red slender lorises are small nocturnal primates living in the rainforests

Purple-faced langurs are a species of Old World monkeys

Sri Lankan leopards

Sri Lankan sloth bears are a subspecies of sloth bears that live in the lowland dry forests of the country

Golden palm civets live in hill regions

Birds

Blue magpies are part of the Corvidae family and are found exclusively in Sri Lanka

Hanging parrots are small parrots and resident endemic breeders

Sri Lankan hill mynas are members of the starling family

Sri Lankan green pigeons live in the forests

Serendib scops owls make their home in the Kitulgala rainforest

Crimson-backed flame backs are a species of birds in the woodpecker family

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