Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Mannar District
Mannar Island – Korakulam
163 species and 2,635 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 92 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Olaiththoduvai Watching Point5 km164 species
- Mannar Island6 km202 species
- Vankalai Marine Wildlife Sanctuary9 km162 species
- Vankalai Bird Sanctuary11 km197 species
- Urumalei22 km181 species
- Wilpattu National Park60 km211 species
All 163 species recorded here
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mannar Island – Korakulam?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 92 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mannar Island – Korakulam?
163 species, from 2,635 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.