{"id":1293,"date":"2019-08-16T20:56:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T15:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gnations.net\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2025-07-13T14:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T14:54:42","slug":"kumana-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarinigar.com\/english\/kumana-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumana National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"id_5d56c53942d204862589602\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1295 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sarinigarenglish.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/67360948_474626903352217_163557345383677952_n.jpg?resize=253%2C145&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"67360948_474626903352217_163557345383677952_n\" width=\"253\" height=\"145\" \/>Kumana National Park in Sri Lanka is renowned for its avifauna, particularly its large flocks of migratory waterfowl and wading birds. The park is 391 kilometres (243 mi) southeast of Colombo on Sri Lanka&#8217;s southeastern coast.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kumana is contiguous with Yala National Park. it is also home to some famous mammals with the likes of elephants, leopards <span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">and deer etc. to be found roaming around inside the national park. It\u2019s said that some rare birds were spotted in the lake and tourists love to witness their existence.<\/span><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1295\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sarinigarenglish.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/67360948_474626903352217_163557345383677952_n.jpg?resize=700%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"67360948_474626903352217_163557345383677952_n\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Kumana National Park is fed by \u201cKumbukkan Oya\u201d and most of the birds that nest at Kumana use this mangrove swamp during May &amp; June to raise their young. The pelican is the most common while the rarest bird spotted here is the black necked stork.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kumana National Park in Sri Lanka is renowned for its avifauna, particularly its large flocks of migratory waterfowl and wading birds. 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