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This beautiful Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyex erithacus), also known as the Three-toed Kingfisher, Black Backed Kingfisher or Ran Pilihuduwa in Sinhala or Chinna Meen Kothi in Tamil injured its wing by accidentally flying into a window pane. This colourful bird which is rarely seen lives near small streams in shaded forests and is endemic to South East Asia – Pic by P.D. De Silva