Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Monaragala District
Uda Walawe NP
265 species and 38,621 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–February, with up to 190 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Jerdon's Bush LarkPlocealauda affinis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Changeable Hawk-EagleNisaetus cirrhatus
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
Yellow-billed BabblerArgya affinisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Udawalawa Reservoir7 km189 species
- Sinharaja NP – Rainforest Ecolodge32 km150 species
- Horton Plains National Park35 km193 species
- Horton plains35 km140 species
- Lunugamvehera NP38 km215 species
- Kalametiya Bird Sanctuary45 km204 species
All 265 species recorded here
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Marshall's Iora Aegithina nigrolutea
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Sri Lanka Shama Copsychus leggei
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus
- Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Square-tailed Bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Layard's Parakeet Psittacula calthrapae
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus
- Legge's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Hill Swallow Hirundo domicola
- Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon Columba torringtoniae
- Sri Lanka White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Uda Walawe NP?
November–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 190 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Uda Walawe NP?
265 species, from 38,621 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Uda Walawe NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Indian Peafowl, Spotted Dove, Red-vented Bulbul, 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.