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Udawalawe National Park
This park covers 30,821 hectares and consists of abandoned teak plantations,
grassland and scrub jungle. It is inhabited by elephants, spotted
deer, sambhur, water buffaloes, mongoose, bandicoots, foxes, water
monitor lizards, crocodiles, wild boars, toque monkeys, grey langurs,
leopards and 30 varieties of snakes.
Bird life includes Sri Lanka Jungle Fowl, Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill,
Malabar Pied Hornbill, Wooly-necked Stork, Black-headed Ibis, Black-shouldered
Kite, White-bellied Sea Eagle, Crested Serpent Eagle, Changeable Hawk
Eagle, Shrike, Sirkeer Malkoha and Blue-faced Malkoha.
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