Publications

de Silva Wijeyeratne, G. (2007). The Endemic Birds of Sri Lanka. Jetwing Eco Holidays, Colombo. 44 pages. A5. Self cover. ISBN 978-955-1079-13-0.

A photographic guide to the endemic birds of Sri Lanka with descriptions and illustrations of each species.

de Silva Wijeyeratne, G. (2010). A Pictorial Guide and Checklist of the Birds of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Colombo. e Edition. 66 pages. A4.A lavishly produced checklist with photographic plates facing the checklist pages. Photographs of 281 species. The checklists contain a map of key birding sites in Sri Lanka, a booklist, a discussion on the uses of a checklist and the nomenclature, taxonomy and the status of birds as used in the checklist. Twenty one columns of tick boxes.

de Silva Wijeyeratne, G. (2006). Birds of Sri Lanka and Southern India. Gehan’s Photo Booklet Series. 42 plates (A5). Jetwing Eco Holidays: Colombo. ISBN 955-1079-10-8. A booklet comprising of 42, A5 sized, colour plates with captioned photographs. Covers 263 of Sri Lanka’s 444 recorded species of resident and migratory birds. Eco Holidays: Colombo. A pdf of the booklet can be downloaded (free of charge) from stag2.mydemoview.com/jetwingeco.“An excellent first step for anyone, old or young, into the magic world of the birds of Sri Lanka”.
John Harrison, author of a Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka, Oxford University Press.

de Silva Wijeyeratne, G. (2010). Birds of Sri Lanka. Gehan’s Photo Booklet Series. 42 plates (A5). Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Colombo. e Edition. A booklet comprising of 42, A5 sized, colour plates with captioned photographs. Covers 263 of Sri Lanka’s 444 recorded species of resident and migratory birds. Eco Holidays: Colombo.