Sri Lanka · Nuwara Eliya District
Victoria Park
207 species and 21,659 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–February, with up to 111 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Kashmir FlycatcherFicedula subrubra
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Indian Blue RobinLarvivora brunnea
Grey-headed Canary-flycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nuwara Eliya1 km179 species
- Nuwara Eliya – Hakgala Botanical Gardens8 km147 species
- Surrey Estate Bird Sanctuary17 km148 species
- Horton plains19 km140 species
- Horton Plains National Park19 km193 species
- Ella33 km164 species
All 207 species recorded here
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Sri Lanka White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Pied Thrush Geokichla wardii
- Yellow-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus
- Dull-blue Flycatcher Eumyias sordidus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Hill Swallow Hirundo domicola
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush Myophonus blighi
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Sri Lanka Thrush Zoothera imbricata
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Sri Lanka Bush Warbler Elaphrornis palliseri
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
- Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus
- Square-tailed Bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon Columba torringtoniae
- Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera
- Orange-billed Babbler Argya rufescens
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Layard's Parakeet Psittacula calthrapae
- Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Sri Lanka Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Legge's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Sri Lanka Shama Copsychus leggei
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos
- Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Sri Lanka Hill Myna Gracula ptilogenys
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Sri Lanka Drongo Dicrurus lophorinus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Victoria Park?
November–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 111 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Victoria Park?
207 species, from 21,659 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Victoria Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Oriental Magpie-Robin, Indian Pond Heron, Grey Wagtail, Large-billed Crow and Kashmir 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.