Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Gampaha District
Kerawalapitiya Sand Dunes
159 species and 16,140 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 122 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
House CrowCorvus splendens
Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
Tricolored MuniaLonchura malacca98 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 159 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kerawalapitiya Waste Disposal Site0 km138 species
- Kerawalapitiya- Southern Marsh0 km117 species
- Kerawalapitiya1 km148 species
- Kerawalapitiya Site 2 - Grasslands and Marshes to the South1 km97 species
- Kynsey Road 81/112 km49 species
- Nawala Kinda wetlands14 km108 species
All 159 species recorded here
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Orange-billed Babbler Argya rufescens
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kerawalapitiya Sand Dunes?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 122 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kerawalapitiya Sand Dunes?
159 species, from 16,140 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kerawalapitiya Sand Dunes in November?
The most recorded in November: Brahminy Kite, Barn Swallow, Spotted Dove, Zitting Cisticola and Common Myna.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.