Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Colombo District
Kimbulawala
121 species and 8,287 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–January, with up to 62 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
House CrowCorvus splendens
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta62 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 121 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Diyasaru Park Thalawathugoda1 km146 species
- Thalawathugoda Biodiversity Park2 km109 species
- Thalagama Lake3 km174 species
- Beddegana Wetland Park4 km124 species
- Attidiya Bird Sanctuary5 km126 species
- Dehiwala - Attidiya6 km147 species
All 121 species recorded here
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kimbulawala?
September–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 62 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kimbulawala?
121 species, from 8,287 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kimbulawala in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Cormorant, Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Indian Pond Heron, Purple Heron and White-breasted Waterhen.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.