Birding tour in Sri Lanka is a good option for bird watching enthusiast to witness the exotic birds in Sri Lanka within 8 days. Being a tropical country, Sri Lanka is the home to 430 plus different bird species with 33 species being endemic.
Bulks of these birds migrate to Sri Lanka during the Northern winter, arriving around August / September and remaining until April / May. Therefore, Sri Lanka is one of the best destinations in Asia for birding tours. This guided Bird Watching tour in Sri Lanka will cover Bundala / Yala / Udawalawe National Park with Sinharaja rain forest.
Makandawa Forest Reserve is one of Sri Lanka's most beautiful and picturesque bird watching sites. The reserve is home to lots of birds, so we'll keep an eye out for most of endemic birds including the Green-Billed Coucal, Orange-Billed Babbler, Chestnut-Backed Owlet, Ceylon jungle & Hill Mynah and Black-Rumpled Flameback.
Yala National Park is a key bird watching site in Sri Lanka. It is the second largest and the most visited National Park in the country. Thousands of migrating waders, turns, and water birds including Northern Pintails, White-Winged Terns, and Ruddy Turnstones migrate to Yala lagoons during the Northeast Monsoon.
Bundala national park is an internationally important wintering ground for migratory birds. It harbors about 200 bird species and is declared both Ramsar wetland site and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Thus, Bundala National Park is considered as one of the best Bird watching places in Sri Lanka.
Udawalawe National Park is the third most visited national park and important habitat for water birds and Sri Lankan elephants which consist of 184 species of birds (33 of which are migratory) and other fauna species. One of the main bird sanctuaries in Sri Lanka.
Sinharaja Rain Forest is one of the best places for bird watching in Sri Lanka, where most of the island’s endemic bird species can be seen. Among the forest reserve's numerous indigenous species are the Layard's Parakeet, Junglefowl, Spurfowl, The Ceylon Hanging Parrot &Gray Hornbill, Red-Faced Malkoha and Blue magpie.
Thalangama Wetland - Located on the outskirts of Colombo is a rich and diversified wetland habitat. Its collection of ponds, canals, and rice fields makes it a good place in Colombo suburbs for birding tours in Sri Lanka. Also, Thalangama is a fantastic place to photograph dragonflies and colorful butterflies.
Muthurajawela wetland is also a good place for bird watching tours. The bird-watching walk through the wetland leads to the southern end of Negombo Lagoon, where you can see variety of Cormorants, ducks, egrets, herons, storks, eagles, terns, swallows, swifts, kingfishers, and as well as Toque Macaque roaming the lagoon.