Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Mannar District
Olaiththoduvai Watching Point
164 species and 3,443 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, with up to 61 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Asian Palm SwiftCypsiurus balasiensis
House CrowCorvus splendens
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Rock DoveColumba livia
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos24 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 164 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mannar Island3 km202 species
- Mannar Island – Korakulam5 km163 species
- Vankalai Marine Wildlife Sanctuary13 km162 species
- Vankalai Bird Sanctuary15 km197 species
- Urumalei17 km181 species
- Wilpattu National Park62 km211 species
All 164 species recorded here
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Sri Lanka Shama Copsychus leggei
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Olaiththoduvai Watching Point?
February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 61 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Olaiththoduvai Watching Point?
164 species, from 3,443 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Olaiththoduvai Watching Point in November?
The most recorded in November: Brahminy Kite, Gull-billed Tern, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Egret and Brown-headed Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.