Sri Lanka has numerous wildlife sanctuaries spread across the country which offer a rich variety of flora and fauna. Yala National Park is home to 32 species of mammals like leopards, tigers, sloth bears, deer and elephants. This is where tiger numbers are the highest, thus you have the best chance of spotting them. Wilpattu and Udawalawe National Parks have 125 species of birds and many reptiles like the mugger (crocodile) and this is where you’ll see them lazing on the banks. They are also a birdwatchers paradise and have over
Sri Lanka has numerous wildlife sanctuaries spread across the country which offer a rich variety of flora and fauna. Yala National Park is home to 32 species of mammals like leopards, tigers, sloth bears, deer and elephants. This is where tiger numbers are the highest, thus you have the best chance of spotting them. Wilpattu and Udawalawe National Parks have 125 species of birds and many reptiles like the mugger (crocodile) and this is where you’ll see them lazing on the banks. They are also a birdwatchers paradise and have over 125 species of birds: white bellied sea eagle, great cormorant, little cormorant, painted stork, Sri Lankan jungle fowl, tailorbird, white ramped shama, black hooded oriole, and red faced malkoha, among others.. You can see a rich aquatic biodiversity and hordes of lagoon fauna species at Bundala and Gal Oya parks, besides scores of butterflies and other insects.
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