Photos: Sri Lanka's Kalametiya lagoon draws tourists to see native and migrant birds
by Dilrukshi Handunnetti

Mongabay    Translate This Article
11 August 2023

On 11 August 2023 Mongabay reported: Some 215 kilometers (130 miles) south of Colombo in the Hambantota district lies a unique, infrequently travelled, bird-watching location: Lunama and Kalametiya. A quaint coastal wetland, this bird sanctuary serves as a home for a range of birds -- wintering and endemic -- and other fauna, complete with swaths of mangrove forests, extensive reedbeds, scrublands, and salt marshes. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the field of science, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

This lagoon setting plays a key role in supporting the breeding colonies of pelicans, herons, egrets, and others as well as wintering populations of migratory ducks and shorebirds. Recognizing Kalametiya and Lunama as important wildlife habitats, particularly for birds, an area of 700 hectares (1,730 acres) was declared a sanctuary in 1984 under the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance.

Though it remains one of Sri Lanka's most secluded nature reserves, it is among the most richly endowed bird habitats on the island and home to many species of birds, amphibians, mammals, reptiles, and insects. A 2005 study recorded a total of 161 bird species there, including 121 residents, 46 winter migrants, and one offshore marine bird. Among the resident birds, five are endemic while five are nationally threatened.

Winter draws many bird species to this biodiversity-rich area, which offers an ideal resting and feeding location. Plovers, terns, ducks, stints, sandpipers, terns, and ducks abound, and these winter visitors draw many visitors interested in ornithology and photography. Add to the visiting feathered friends the many residents: cormorants, pelicans, egrets, storks, teals, and tilts. It is a bird-watching paradise year-round and true paradise in the colder months.

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