Bundala National Park has been declared as the first Ramsar site in Sri Lanka by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. This thorny scrub forest with beaches, sand dunes, and lagoons, located 250 kilometres south of Colombo in the Hambantota district, has become known for its varied biodiversity. It is a popular reserve for birdwatchers and wildlife enthusiasts, with 197 different bird species and 32 distinct animal species. Bundala National Park is regarded as a specialist bird viewing experience due to the large numbers of Greater Flamingos that migrate there from Siberia and the Rann of Kutch in India. The Greater Flamingos visit Bundala between August and April, and up to 2000 of them have been recorded during one migratory period. A small herd of elephants, wild boar, sambar, spotted deer, and grey langur monkeys may also be found.