Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Hambantota District
Bundala NP
185 species and 2,605 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, with up to 83 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
White-browed BulbulPycnonotus luteolus
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Purple-rumped SunbirdLeptocoma zeylonica
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Great EgretArdea albaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bundala National Park2 km205 species
- Bundala NP2 km293 species
- Bundala Freshwater Marsh3 km212 species
- Wirawila9 km187 species
- Yoda Lake11 km150 species
- Debarawewa Lake11 km199 species
All 185 species recorded here
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
- Sri Lanka Shama Copsychus leggei
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Marshall's Iora Aegithina nigrolutea
- Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bundala NP?
February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 83 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bundala NP?
185 species, from 2,605 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bundala NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-winged Stilt, Grey Heron, Indian Cormorant, Indian Peafowl and White-browed Bulbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.