Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Hambantota District
Bundala NP
293 species and 72,880 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–March, with up to 201 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Great EgretArdea alba
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Great Stone-curlewEsacus recurvirostris
Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bundala National Park0 km205 species
- Bundala Freshwater Marsh1 km212 species
- Bundala NP2 km185 species
- Wirawila11 km187 species
- Debarawewa Lake13 km199 species
- Yoda Lake13 km150 species
All 293 species recorded here
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Sri Lanka Shama Copsychus leggei
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Marshall's Iora Aegithina nigrolutea
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
- Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera
- Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus
- Yellow-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Sri Lanka Hill Myna Gracula ptilogenys
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus
- Orange-billed Babbler Argya rufescens
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Hill Swallow Hirundo domicola
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Layard's Parakeet Psittacula calthrapae
- Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Square-tailed Bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera
- Legge's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bundala NP?
November–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 201 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bundala NP?
293 species, from 72,880 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bundala NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Black-winged Stilt, Purple Heron, Asian Green Bee-eater and Great Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.