Where to see
Leptocoma zeylonica
Yala National Park leads · 9 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Purple-rumped Sunbird during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Yala National Park
In Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-rumped Sunbird sighting on a given day, the highest of the 9 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Udawalawe National Park and more
After Yala National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Purple-rumped Sunbird are in Udawalawe National Park (Sri Lanka, about 60%), Minneriya National Park (Sri Lanka, about 50%) and Sinharaja Forest Reserve (Sri Lanka, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February in Yala National Park (about 70%), July in Udawalawe National Park (about 70%) and March in Minneriya National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Purple-rumped Sunbird on a given day. Each park's Purple-rumped Sunbird page has the full month-by-month chart.
