Newsfirst area correspondent, Nayana Kumara filed this report on an unidentified avian species in the Badalkumbura Divisional Secretariat in Monaragala.

This unidentified bird remains trapped in a 100 ft tall turpentine tree in the Tissapura village in the Yakumbura Grama Niladhari division.

Our correspondent noted that the bird was larger than a peacock adding that a number of people had gathered to see it. It was reported that wildlife officers have been notified in this regard.

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