Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Ampara District
Kumana National Park Bird Sanctuary
225 species and 6,900 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July, September–October and December, with up to 103 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Medium EgretArdea intermedia
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Malabar Pied HornbillAnthracoceros coronatus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus54 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 225 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Yala National Park32 km294 species
- Yoda Lake52 km150 species
- Tissa Lake53 km232 species
- Lunugamvehera NP54 km215 species
- Debarawewa Lake55 km199 species
- Wirawila59 km187 species
All 225 species recorded here
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Sri Lanka Shama Copsychus leggei
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons
- Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Marshall's Iora Aegithina nigrolutea
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx
- Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kumana National Park Bird Sanctuary?
July, September–October and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 103 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kumana National Park Bird Sanctuary?
225 species, from 6,900 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kumana National Park Bird Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Oriental Darter, Brahminy Kite, Little Egret, Medium Egret and Indian Pond Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.