Bird AlbumSri Lanka · Hambantota District
Wirawila
187 species and 2,575 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 84 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
White-browed BulbulPycnonotus luteolus
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Common MynaAcridotheres tristisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Debarawewa Lake4 km199 species
- Tissa Lake6 km232 species
- Yoda Lake9 km150 species
- Bundala NP9 km185 species
- Bundala Freshwater Marsh10 km212 species
- Bundala National Park10 km205 species
All 187 species recorded here
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Layard's Parakeet Psittacula calthrapae
- Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Marshall's Iora Aegithina nigrolutea
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Sri Lanka Shama Copsychus leggei
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Wirawila?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 84 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Wirawila?
187 species, from 2,575 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Wirawila in November?
The most recorded in November: Purple Heron, Red-vented Bulbul, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Eastern Cattle Egret and Indian Pond Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.