Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Hambantota District
Bundala National Park
205 species and 2,914 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and November, with up to 104 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Asian OpenbillAnastomus oscitans
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos102 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 205 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bundala NP0 km293 species
- Bundala Freshwater Marsh1 km212 species
- Bundala NP2 km185 species
- Wirawila10 km187 species
- Debarawewa Lake12 km199 species
- Yoda Lake13 km150 species
All 205 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Orange-billed Babbler Argya rufescens
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bundala National Park?
January and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 104 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bundala National Park?
205 species, from 2,914 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bundala National Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Caspian Tern, Whiskered Tern, Grey Heron, Oriental Darter and Asian Green Bee-eater.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.