Yellow-eyed Babbler

The yellow-eyed babbler is native to South and Southeast Asia and lives in shrubland, grassland and wetland. It is about 18 cm long with a short bill and a long graduated tail, brown above with cinnamon wings, white lores and eyebrow, an orange-yellow eye rim and a black beak (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is traditionally placed among the Old World babblers, but its genus forms a group with the parrotbills. Three subspecies are recognised, and nasale is the Sri Lankan one. Nationally Least Concern (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).