Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Kegalle District
Kitulgala
196 species and 14,613 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–February, with up to 136 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Square-tailed BulbulHypsipetes ganeesa
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
White-bellied DrongoDicrurus caerulescens
Sri Lanka Hanging ParrotLoriculus beryllinus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Yellow-fronted BarbetPsilopogon flavifrons
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Yellow-billed BabblerArgya affinis
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
Brown-breasted FlycatcherMuscicapa muttui
Purple-rumped SunbirdLeptocoma zeylonica
Yellow-browed BulbulAcritillas indica
Red-backed FlamebackDinopium psarodesSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kitulgala – Parawalathenne1 km133 species
- Kitulgala – Sisira’s River Lounge2 km148 species
- Kitulgala – Kelani Valley/Makandawa Forest Reserve2 km183 species
- Seethawaka Wet Zone Botanical Gardens30 km128 species
- Kandy – Royal Botanic Gardens37 km157 species
- Victoria Park38 km207 species
All 196 species recorded here
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Square-tailed Bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa
- Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Orange-billed Babbler Argya rufescens
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- Layard's Parakeet Psittacula calthrapae
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera
- Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Sri Lanka Drongo Dicrurus lophorinus
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos
- Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Sri Lanka Hill Myna Gracula ptilogenys
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Serendib Scops Owl Otus thilohoffmanni
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti
- Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus
- Sri Lanka Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata
- Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Legge's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon Columba torringtoniae
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Sri Lanka White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis
- White-faced Starling Sturnornis albofrontatus
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Yellow-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Ashy-headed Laughingthrush Argya cinereifrons
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Hill Swallow Hirundo domicola
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush Myophonus blighi
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Sri Lanka Bay Owl Phodilus assimilis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Dull-blue Flycatcher Eumyias sordidus
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Pied Thrush Geokichla wardii
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Sri Lanka Shama Copsychus leggei
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Sri Lanka Bush Warbler Elaphrornis palliseri
- Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kitulgala?
January–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 136 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kitulgala?
196 species, from 14,613 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kitulgala in November?
The most recorded in November: Square-tailed Bulbul, Red-vented Bulbul, White-bellied Drongo, Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot 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.