Chlidonias

Sri Lankan Frogmouths (Batrachostomus moniliger)

Sinharaja, December 2016
This species of frogmouth is sexually-dimorphic, with the females being rufous or chestnut (in this photo on the left) and the male being greyish (on the right). They usually roost in pairs in vine tangles or in the crowns of tree ferns.

If you are like me and are used to Australian species like the Tawny Frogmouth, these ones are tiny, no bigger than an English Blackbird (which for Americans is probably about the size of your American Robin I guess).
 

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Canon Canon EOS 1100D
Aperture
ƒ/5
Focal length
140.0 mm
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1/160 second(s)
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3200
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Off, did not fire
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Date taken
Sun, 04 December 2016 7:33 PM
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