Sri Lanka · Hambantota District
Yala National Park
294 species and 85,452 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–March, with up to 214 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
Malabar Pied HornbillAnthracoceros coronatus
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Sri Lanka JunglefowlGallus lafayettii
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatus
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Orange-breasted Green PigeonTreron bicinctus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Yoda Lake20 km150 species
- Tissa Lake22 km232 species
- Debarawewa Lake24 km199 species
- Wirawila28 km187 species
- Bundala NP31 km185 species
- Lunugamvehera NP32 km215 species
All 294 species recorded here
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus
- Sri Lanka Shama Copsychus leggei
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Sri Lanka Green Pigeon Treron pompadora
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni
- Marshall's Iora Aegithina nigrolutea
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus
- Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps
- Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Sri Lanka Hill Myna Gracula ptilogenys
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Orange-billed Babbler Argya rufescens
- Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
- Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Sri Lanka Drongo Dicrurus lophorinus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Layard's Parakeet Psittacula calthrapae
- Yellow-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Hill Swallow Hirundo domicola
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Legge's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Blyth's Swift Apus leuconyx
- Square-tailed Bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera
- Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Yala National Park?
November–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 214 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Yala National Park?
294 species, from 85,452 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Yala National Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Indian Peafowl, Asian Green Bee-eater, Indian Pond Heron, Lesser Whistling Duck and Malabar Pied Hornbill.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.