Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Ratnapura district
Sinharaja NP – Kudawa access
208 species and 19,896 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February, with up to 123 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Yellow-browed BulbulAcritillas indica
Square-tailed BulbulHypsipetes ganeesa
Orange-billed BabblerArgya rufescens
Sri Lanka Blue MagpieUrocissa ornata
Brown-breasted FlycatcherMuscicapa muttui
Spot-winged ThrushGeokichla spiloptera
Sri Lanka DrongoDicrurus lophorinus
Sri Lanka Grey HornbillOcyceros gingalensis
Yellow-fronted BarbetPsilopogon flavifrons
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Orange MinivetPericrocotus flammeus
Pale-billed FlowerpeckerDicaeum erythrorhynchos
Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
Sri Lanka Hanging ParrotLoriculus beryllinusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Siharaja Forest Reserve – Visitor Centre0 km167 species
- Sinharaja – Kudawa Village area1 km175 species
- Kudawa – Thurusevana Road1 km131 species
- Siharaja Forest Reserve – Research Centre2 km163 species
- Kudawa – Sri Lanka Spurfowl Site2 km130 species
- Sinharaja Forest Reserve4 km267 species
All 208 species recorded here
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
- Orange-billed Babbler Argya rufescens
- Square-tailed Bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa
- Sri Lanka Drongo Dicrurus lophorinus
- Sri Lanka Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata
- Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps
- Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus
- Sri Lanka Hill Myna Gracula ptilogenys
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus
- Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Layard's Parakeet Psittacula calthrapae
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
- Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Ashy-headed Laughingthrush Argya cinereifrons
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger
- White-faced Starling Sturnornis albofrontatus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata
- Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Sri Lanka Thrush Zoothera imbricata
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus
- Serendib Scops Owl Otus thilohoffmanni
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Sri Lanka White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon Columba torringtoniae
- Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Legge's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Sri Lanka Bay Owl Phodilus assimilis
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Yellow-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Dull-blue Flycatcher Eumyias sordidus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Hill Swallow Hirundo domicola
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush Myophonus blighi
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sinharaja NP – Kudawa access?
December–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 123 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sinharaja NP – Kudawa access?
208 species, from 19,896 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sinharaja NP – Kudawa access in November?
The most recorded in November: Yellow-browed Bulbul, Square-tailed Bulbul, Orange-billed Babbler, Sri Lanka Blue Magpie and Brown-breasted 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.