There are 102 species of birds found here at Muthurajawela.
Common birds
Birds that come to breed
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Bittern,
Yellow Bittern,
Chestnut Bittern,
Black-headed Ibis,
Asian Open-bill,
Little Grebe,
Whistling Teal,
Pheasant-tailed Jacana,
White-breasted Water hen,
Purple Swamp hen,
Water Cock
Common Moorhen.
migrants and waders birds
Whimbrel,
Eurasian Curlew,
Common Sandpiper,
Curlew Sandpiper,
Marsh Sandpiper,
Pintail Snip,
Gull-billed Tern,
Whiskered Tern,
Little Tern
Crested Tern.
Indian Pitta,
Blue-tailed Bee-eater,
Asian Paradise Flycatcher,
Asian Brown Flycatcher,
Greenish Warbler,
Brown Shirke,
Forest and Grey Wagtail
Resident waders
Red-wattled Lapwing,
Greater Painted Snip
Eurasian Thick-nee.
Kingfishers,
White-throated,
Stork-billed,
Common and Pied Kingfishers
Black-capped Kingfisher,
Birds of prey
Shikra,
Brahaminy Kite,
White-bellied Sea-eagle
Palled Harrier.
