Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Puttalam District
Wilpattu National Park
235 species and 16,420 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–February, with up to 142 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Sri Lanka JunglefowlGallus lafayettii
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus
Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Jerdon's Bush LarkPlocealauda affinis134 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 235 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 km211 species
- Anuradhapura45 km155 species
- Vankalai Bird Sanctuary53 km197 species
- Vankalai Marine Wildlife Sanctuary55 km162 species
- Mannar Island – Korakulam63 km163 species
- Olaiththoduvai Watching Point65 km164 species
All 235 species recorded here
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Sri Lanka Shama Copsychus leggei
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Sri Lanka Drongo Dicrurus lophorinus
- Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- 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?
November–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 142 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Wilpattu National Park?
235 species, from 16,420 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Wilpattu National Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Indian Peafowl, Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Asian Green Bee-eater, Crested Serpent Eagle and Spotted Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.