Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Anuradhapura District
Wilpattu National Park
211 species and 9,047 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, with up to 127 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Sri Lanka JunglefowlGallus lafayettii
Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
Changeable Hawk-EagleNisaetus cirrhatus
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Sri Lanka ShamaCopsychus leggei
Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis57 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 211 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Wilpattu National Park6 km235 species
- Anuradhapura43 km155 species
- Vankalai Bird Sanctuary49 km197 species
- Vankalai Marine Wildlife Sanctuary52 km162 species
- Mannar Island – Korakulam60 km163 species
- Olaiththoduvai Watching Point62 km164 species
All 211 species recorded here
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Sri Lanka Shama Copsychus leggei
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
- Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Dull-blue Flycatcher Eumyias sordidus
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Wilpattu National Park?
February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 127 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Wilpattu National Park?
211 species, from 9,047 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Wilpattu National Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Indian Paradise Flycatcher, Crested Serpent Eagle, Changeable Hawk-Eagle and Blue-tailed Bee-eater.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.