Buwaneka
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka

♂ Buwaneka

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 22 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 1999-12-07 captive-born
Birth place:	in Pinnawala elephant orphanage

Parents:	♂ Jadura x ♀ Mahaweli (Mahavali)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka

Date of arrival

1999-12-07	Pinnawala elephant orphanage
Record history
History of updates	2012-01-29:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography

Location

Buwaneka is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka.

Buwaneka arrived in 1999-12-07 to the Pinnawala elephant orphanage, Buwaneka lives together with 71 other elephants at the Pinnawala elephant orphanage:

1. ♀ Amali born 1994-04-16
2. ♀ Anuradhika born 1993-11-15
3. ♀ Anusha born 1949
4. ♂ Asela born 2007?
5. ♀ Ashokamala born 1998-08-07
6. ♀ Bharathi born 2007
7. ⚪ Binuki born 2011
8. ♂ Charaka born 2006-00-00
9. ♀ Dinuda born 2009-05-24
10. ⚪ Diula
11. ⚪ Elvina born 2011
12. ♂ Haritha
13. ♂ Isira born 2011
14. ♂ Jadura born 1966?
15. ♂ Jayathu
16. ♂ Kadol born 2011
17. ♀ Kamani
18. ♂ Kanaka born 2009-05-24
19. ♂ Kandula III (Bibile)
20. ♀ Kiriya III (Kira)
21. ♀ Komali (Komalee) born 1971
22. ♂ Kora Aliya
23. ♀ Kumari born 1965
24. ♂ Mahasen born 2004-11-26
25. ♀ Mahaweli (Mahavali) born 1981
26. ♀ Mathali (Mathalee) born 1970
27. ♀ Mayuri born 1983
28. ♂ Meega
29. ♀ Meena
30. ♀ Menika born 1989-08-14
31. ♀ Menika II
32. ♀ Mihiri born 2005
33. ♀ Nandi born 2011
34. ♂ Nandimithra born 1995-09-27
35. ♂ Neela born 1964
36. ♀ Nikini II
37. ♀ Ninja born 1985
38. ♀ Noni
39. ♀ Pali born 2003
40. ♂ Pandu born 2005-08-00
41. ♀ Punchi
42. ♀ Ramiya
43. ♀ Randivi
44. ♂ Rangiri born 1989-08-16
45. ♀ Rejina born 1982
46. ♀ Sama
47. ♀ Sama I born 1987-12-18
48. ♂ Sampath (Sumpath) born 1952
49. ♀ Sandalee (Sandali)
50. ♀ Sapumali born 1997
51. ♀ Shanthi
52. ♀ Shermi
53. ♀ Sukumali born 1984-07-05
54. ♀ Surangie
55. ♂ Suranimala
56. ♀ Thammenna
57. ♀ Thilaka
58. ⚪ Thilamalai
59. ⚪ unknown born 2011
60. ⚪ unknown born 2011
61. ⚪ unknown born 2010
62. ⚪ unknown born 2011
63. ⚪ unknown
64. ⚪ unknown born 2011
65. ⚪ unnamed born 2021-09-11
66. ⚪ Unnamed born 2011-02-17
67. ♂ Unnamed born 2011-07-16
68. ♂ unnamed (twin) born 2021-08-31
69. ♂ unnamed (twin) born 2021-08-31
70. ♀ Uthpala born 1999-08-06
71. ♂ Wasamba born 1999-02-09

See also a more detailed list with the elephants arrival dates etc.

Origin

Buwaneka was born captive-born 1999-12-07 at Pinnawala elephant orphanage.

Parentage

Parents of Buwaneka are: ♂ Jadura (father) and ♀ Mahaweli (Mahavali) (mother).

Siblings through the mother Mahaweli (Mahavali):

2004-10-17(F) Janita

Pedigree

**Buwanekas ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Buwaneka	Sire (f): Jadura Born: 1966?	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Mahaweli (Mahavali) Born: 1981	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Buwaneka, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 October 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4776. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage.

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