Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Mannar District
Vankalai Marine Wildlife Sanctuary
162 species and 3,302 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, with up to 112 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Little StintCalidris minuta
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Great EgretArdea alba
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
House CrowCorvus splendensSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Vankalai Bird Sanctuary2 km197 species
- Mannar Island – Korakulam9 km163 species
- Olaiththoduvai Watching Point13 km164 species
- Mannar Island15 km202 species
- Urumalei29 km181 species
- Wilpattu National Park52 km211 species
All 162 species recorded here
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Vankalai Marine Wildlife Sanctuary?
February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 112 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Vankalai Marine Wildlife Sanctuary?
162 species, from 3,302 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Vankalai Marine Wildlife Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Redshank, Marsh Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt and Little Stint.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.