Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Nuwara Eliya District
Nuwara Eliya
179 species and 3,860 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–February, with up to 71 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Sri Lanka White-eyeZosterops ceylonensis
Yellow-eared BulbulPycnonotus penicillatus
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Cinereous TitParus cinereus
Dull-blue FlycatcherEumyias sordidus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Rock DoveColumba livia
Kashmir FlycatcherFicedula subrubra
Grey-headed Canary-flycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Sri Lanka Whistling ThrushMyophonus blighi
Sri Lanka Bush WarblerElaphrornis palliseri
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus picatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Victoria Park1 km207 species
- Nuwara Eliya – Hakgala Botanical Gardens7 km147 species
- Surrey Estate Bird Sanctuary16 km148 species
- Horton plains19 km140 species
- Horton Plains National Park19 km193 species
- Ella32 km164 species
All 179 species recorded here
- Sri Lanka White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis
- Yellow-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Dull-blue Flycatcher Eumyias sordidus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush Myophonus blighi
- Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Sri Lanka Bush Warbler Elaphrornis palliseri
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus
- Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Hill Swallow Hirundo domicola
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Pied Thrush Geokichla wardii
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon Columba torringtoniae
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Legge's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti
- Sri Lanka Thrush Zoothera imbricata
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Square-tailed Bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Sri Lanka Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
- Layard's Parakeet Psittacula calthrapae
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Sri Lanka Hill Myna Gracula ptilogenys
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos
- Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Orange-billed Babbler Argya rufescens
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Sri Lanka Shama Copsychus leggei
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nuwara Eliya?
November–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 71 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nuwara Eliya?
179 species, from 3,860 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nuwara Eliya in November?
The most recorded in November: Sri Lanka White-eye, Yellow-eared Bulbul, Large-billed Crow, Cinereous Tit and Dull-blue Flycatcher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.