Sri Lanka · Monaragala District
Lunugamvehera NP
215 species and 6,236 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March and December, with up to 125 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Grey-headed Fish EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetus
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Jerdon's Bush LarkPlocealauda affinis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Crested TreeswiftHemiprocne coronata
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Debarawewa Lake20 km199 species
- Wirawila20 km187 species
- Tissa Lake21 km232 species
- Yoda Lake24 km150 species
- Bundala NP29 km185 species
- Bundala Freshwater Marsh29 km212 species
All 215 species recorded here
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Sri Lanka Shama Copsychus leggei
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Marshall's Iora Aegithina nigrolutea
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon Columba torringtoniae
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lunugamvehera NP?
February–March and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 125 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lunugamvehera NP?
215 species, from 6,236 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lunugamvehera NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Indian Peafowl, Spotted Dove, Grey-headed Fish Eagle, Indian Robin 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.