Sri Lanka Ramsar wetland
Kumana National Park
207 bird species recorded; the most from December to January.
AntanO · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
148 species in January.141 species in February.138 species in March.136 species in April.89 species in May.114 species in June.122 species in July.86 species in August.137 species in September.139 species in October.115 species in November.154 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
207 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 207Speciesrecorded more than once
- 59Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 7,858Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 11Raptors
- 6Owls
- 29Waders
- 9Gulls & seabirds
- 5Ducks & geese
- 18Herons, ibises & grebes
- 5Storks & cranes
- 68Songbirds
- 56Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 207 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
- Changeable Hawk-EagleNisaetus cirrhatus
- Grey-headed Fish EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetusNT
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
Owls6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown Fish OwlKetupa zeylonensis
- Jungle OwletGlaucidium radiatum
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
- Oriental Scops-owlOtus sunia
- Brown BoobookNinox scutulata
- Indian Scops OwlOtus bakkamoena
Waders29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Great Thick-kneeEsacus recurvirostrisNT
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Yellow-wattled LapwingVanellus malabaricus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Indian Thick-kneeBurhinus indicus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Little PratincoleGlareola lactea
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
Gulls & seabirds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
Herons, ibises & grebes18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-necked IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey PelicanPelecanus philippensisNT
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Storks & cranes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
- Lesser Adjutant StorkLeptoptilos javanicusNT
- Black-necked StorkEphippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Asian WoollyneckCiconia episcopusNT
Songbirds68 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Indian RobinSaxicoloides fulicatus
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- White-browed BulbulPycnonotus luteolus
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Sri Lanka SwallowCecropis hyperythra
- Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornus
- Yellow-billed BabblerTurdoides affinis
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix griseus
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Purple-rumped SunbirdLeptocoma zeylonica
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- White-browed FantailRhipidura aureola
- Sri Lanka WoodshrikeTephrodornis affinis
- Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- Brown-capped babblerPellorneum fuscocapillus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
- Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Pale-billed FlowerpeckerDicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- Indian PittaPitta brachyura
- Small MinivetPericrocotus cinnamomeus
- White-bellied DrongoDicrurus caerulescens
- Tickell's Blue FlycatcherCyornis tickelliae
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Jerdon's LeafbirdChloropsis jerdoni
- Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Loten's SunbirdCinnyris lotenius
- Ashy PriniaPrinia socialis
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- White-tailed IoraAegithina nigrolutea
- Black-headed MuniaLonchura malacca
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Black-capped BulbulPycnonotus melanicterus
- Black-headed Cuckoo-shrikeCoracina melanoptera
- Brown-breasted FlycatcherMuscicapa muttui
- Golden-fronted LeafbirdChloropsis aurifrons
- Dark-fronted BabblerRhopocichla atriceps
- Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
- Jungle PriniaPrinia sylvatica
- Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
- Southern Hill MynaGracula indica
- Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrina
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus picatus
- Orange MinivetPericrocotus flammeus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsonii
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Large-billed Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus magnirostris
- Ashy Wood SwallowArtamus fuscus
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Phylloscopus nitidusPhylloscopus nitidus
Other birds56 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Malabar Pied HornbillAnthracoceros coronatusNT
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Sri Lanka junglefowlGallus lafayettii
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Crested TreeswiftHemiprocne coronata
- Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
- Rhopodytes viridirostrisRhopodytes viridirostris
- Brown-headed BarbetPsilopogon zeylanicus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti
- Green Imperial-PigeonDucula aeneaNT
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Lesser Crimson-backed FlamebackDinopium psarodes
- Pompadour Green PigeonTreron pompadora
- Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctus
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Indian RollerCoracias benghalensisNT
- Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
- Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensis
- Sri Lanka BarbetPsilopogon rubricapillus
- Grey-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinus
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Ceylon Grey-HornbillOcyceros gingalensis
- Indian NightjarCaprimulgus asiaticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Jerdon's NightjarCaprimulgus atripennis
- Barred ButtonquailTurnix suscitator
- Indian SwiftletAerodramus unicolor
- Sirkeer MalkohaTaccocua leschenaultii
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Yellow-crowned WoodpeckerLeiopicus mahrattensis
- Crimson-backed FlamebackChrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Brown-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus nanus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Square-tailed Drongo-CuckooSurniculus lugubris
- Red-faced MalkohaPhaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalusVU
- Yellow-fronted BarbetPsilopogon flavifrons
- Brown-backed NeedletailHirundapus giganteus
- Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandus
- Sri Lankan frogmouthBatrachostomus moniliger
- Black-backed Dwarf KingfisherCeyx erithacaNT
- Rufous WoodpeckerMicropternus brachyurus
- King QuailSynoicus chinensis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from December to January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan27°/26°139 mm
- Feb28°/26°101 mm
- Mar29°/27°100 mm
- Apr29°/27°173 mm
- May30°/28°154 mm
- Jun29°/27°84 mm
- Jul29°/27°70 mm
- Aug29°/26°83 mm
- Sep29°/26°128 mm
- Oct29°/26°229 mm
- Nov28°/26°290 mm
- Dec28°/26°237 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Kumana National Park.
National park in Sri Lanka
Kumana National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Sri Lanka.
207 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 7,858 open records.
The most recorded are the Indian Peafowl, the Asian Green Bee-eater and the Painted Stork.
13 species come for the summer, 42 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Curlew Sandpiper, Grey Plover and Red-faced Malkoha.
The most species are recorded from December to January.
Get there and watch
- Heraligasara Campsitecampsite · 0.4 km · 6 within 10 km
- Thummulla Circuit Bungalowplace to stay · 9.4 km · 1 within 10 km
- Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 67 km in a straight lineCar hire at CMB airport (Colombo)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmBirds Information Center
- 6campsites within 10 kmHeraligasara Campsite, Eda Kumbuka 1 Campsite, Moyakata Campsite and 3 more
- 1places to stay within 10 kmThummulla Circuit Bungalow
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Kumana National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas4 mountains within 25 kmKotadamuhela · 9.4 kmRatbaliya Hela · 16 kmDematagala · 18 kmRena Attegala · 24 km
Lakeyas5 lakes within 15 kmKumana Wewa0.6 km² · 3.8 kmYakkala Kalapuwa0.8 km² · 4.9 kmItikata Kalapuwa0.2 km² · 6.4 kmAndarakala Kalapuwa0.3 km² · 7.8 kmEtheliwela Kalapuwa0.3 km² · 8.7 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Kumana National Park
Sri Lanka
- 64Birdyas Score
- 207Species
- 59Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6443439) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 7,858 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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