Bundala National Park is an internationally important wintering ground for migratory waterbirds in Sri Lanka.
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Bundala National Park is between the Hambantota and Kirindi Rivers and 245 kilometres southeast of Colombo.
History
Bundala was designated a wildlife sanctuary in 1969 and redesignated to a national park on 4 January 1993. In 1991 Bundala became the first wetland to be declared as a Ramsar site in Sri Lanka. In 2005 the national park was designated as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO, the fourth biosphere reserve in Sri Lanka.
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Bundala harbors 197 species of birds, the highlight being the greater flamingo, which migrate in large flocks.
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