Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Hambantota District
Kalametiya Bird Sanctuary
204 species and 7,778 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February, with up to 119 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
Great Stone-curlewEsacus recurvirostris
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
Purple HeronArdea purpurea90 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 204 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bundala Freshwater Marsh33 km212 species
- Bundala NP33 km293 species
- Bundala National Park34 km205 species
- Bundala NP36 km185 species
- Kamburupitiya39 km113 species
- Udawalawa Reservoir39 km189 species
All 204 species recorded here
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Yellow-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Layard's Parakeet Psittacula calthrapae
- Marshall's Iora Aegithina nigrolutea
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kalametiya Bird Sanctuary?
December–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 119 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kalametiya Bird Sanctuary?
204 species, from 7,778 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kalametiya Bird Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Redshank, Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Red-wattled Lapwing, Lesser Whistling Duck and Spotted Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.