This birding tour is mainly focused on birds of Sri Lanka with all endemic birds. We try to show you more than 200 birds including all 33 endemics in this tour. This is one of the best birding holidays you can get for an attractive price; an excellent bird watching tour for bird lovers.
For a small island Sri Lanka has a rich bird fauna, and many passionate bird lovers rank Sri Lanka among their favorite destinations. 426 bird species have been seen in Sri Lanka, and 33 of these are endemic to Sri Lanka, that is, found nowhere else (this number may soon be revised upwards based on a new taxonomic study). Between October and April, many migrants visit the isle, traveling as far away as Siberia . Another noteworthy feature of Sri Lanka 's avifauna is the presence of mixed-species flocks, which makes watching birds both easy and interesting, since one can study carefully the interactions between different species.
Let us plan your tour.
All our birding tours are tailor-made tours. We can cutomize these birding tours in Sri Lanka to suit your requirements.
Duration: about 7 – 14 days. Can be extended
Best time to visit: From October to end of March
Group size: Individual, couple or groups of up to 10
Birding Tour Guide: Our birdwatching tour guides are friendly, Sri Lankan, well experienced and has a very good knowledge of birds of Sri Lanka, birding sites and National Parks. All our guides are licensed tour guids from the Tourist Board of Sri Lanka. Walk With Jith's guides will aslo use the services of local tour guides, villagers in sertain places.
Extensions: Culture, Wildlife, Whale and Dolphin Watching, Butterfly and dragonfly watching, beach stay.
You can extend this tour with visit to cultural, and World Heritage Archeological Sites. Whale and dolphin watching is another good extension to the tour. In this tour, preferably at the end, you can be a relaxing in a tropical sandy beach as per your wish.
This tour can be modified for professional photographers' needs.
Birding sites:
Below we have listed best sites for bird watching. Give us your guideline we will help you to select the sites.
It will be very useful to telephone you to discuss your individual travel arrangements. So if you wish, please let us know your telephone number when you enquire.
Best Bird Watching Sites in Sri Lanka, covered in our tour plans
- Kitulgala Rain Forest
- Sigiriya Sanctuary
- Udawatta Kele Forest Reserve
- Horton Plains
- Victoria Park in Nuwara Eliya
- Hakgala Botanical Gardens
- Yala National Park
- Bundala Wetland and Bundala National Park
- Udawalawa National Park
- Sinharaja Rain Forest
- Talangama Wetland
- Anawilundawa Wetland
Kitulgala Rain Forest (Kelani Valley Forest Reserve) - Kitulgala forest is secondary lowland rain forest reserve to protect the water shed of the Kelani River . The forest area extending up to the higher elevations, continuous with the Peak wilderness forest area, one of the best places to see Sri Lanka 's endemic birds.
Highlights - Green billed Caucal, Grey Hornbill, Sri Lanka Spurfowl, Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot, Yellow fronted Barbet, Red faced Malkoha, Spot winged Thrush, Rofous Babbler, Ashey headed Laughingthrush, with lesser Yellow napped, Pygmy and Crimson backed wood peckers, Black Bulbul, Black napped Monarch and Ceylon frog mouth etc.
Sigiriya sanctuary – Situated in and around the famous Sigiriya Rock this sanctuary is adjacent to the Minneriya National park. It is mainly a dry evergreen forest also with shrub forests, and dry deciduous forest. This is an ideal place to photograph forest birds such as Peacocks, Eagles and beautiful migrant Indian Pitta. The fauna also includes an elephant population—which migrates to the area from time to time—Sambar Deer and two varieties of monkeys.
Udawatte Kelle Sanctuary, Dunumadalawa Forest reserve and Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya are good places for birds including a few endemics such as Layard's Parakeets, Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot, Yellow fronted Barbet, Brown capped Babbler, White rumped Shama, Tickell's Blue Flycatcher etc.
Horton Plains National Park - Horton plains, its surroundings mountain forests and grasslands constitute Sri Lanka 's most important catchment area of most all major rivers. The plains are also of outstanding scenic beauty. It is of conservation importance, containing most of the habitats and endemics plants and animals representatives of the country's wet and montane zones.
Highlights - A reliable site for the crepuscular Sri Lanka whistling Thrush (E), Endemic endangered bird. SL Blue Magpie (E), Mountain Hawk Eagle, Black Eagle, SL Hill Munia, Dull Blue flycatcher (E), Yellow eared Bulbul (E), Pied Bush Chat, Grey Tit, Black Bird, Sri Lanka Bush Wabler (E), Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon (E) etc.
Victoria Park, Nuwara Eliya - Nuwara Eliya is a popular hill resort providing cool and pleasant base for a number of Montane sites which include Victoria Park and Hakgala Botanical Garden . The spreading hills and vales are covered with the world's best high grown tea bushes like a green carpet. The fragrance of fresh tea leaves from the tea factories infuse the mild air.
Highlights - Sri Lanka white Eye (E), Sri Lanka Bush Wabler (E), Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon (E), Dull Blue Flycatcher (E), Indian Blue Robin, Canary Flycatcher, Black Bird etc. (Hakgala)
Black bird, Yellow earned Bulbul (E), Pied Thrush, Canary Fly catcher, Indian Pitta, Green Sandpiper etc. (Victoria Park)
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