Bird Sanctuaries in India

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Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary

Area: 143 Sq Km Year Of Establishment: 1989 Temperatures: Max 45.50C & Min 1.70C Nearest Town: Gurgaon (15km) State: Haryana Best Time to Visit: December and January

Birds Found :
In winter Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary provides a picturesque panorama of migratory birds such as Siberian Cranes, Greater Flamingo, Ruff, Black winged Stilt, Common Teal, Common Greenshank, Northern Pintail, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Northern Shoveler, Rosy Pelican, Gadwall, Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Eurasian Wigeon, Black tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank, Starling, Bluethroat and Long billed Pipit. Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary has birds in summer too ,About 11 species of migratory birds such as Asian Koel, Black crowned Night Heron, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Comb duck, Blue cheeked Bee Eater, Blue-tailed Bee-Eater and Cuckoos come here.

Thattekad Bird Sanctuary

Area: 25 km (9.65 square miles) Year Of Establishment: 1983 Temperatures: Ranging from 10 C to 26 C Nearest Town: Kothamangalam (13 km) State: Kerala Best Time to Visit: September to March

Birds Found :
Malabar Grey Hornbill, Malabar Parakeet, Nilgiri Wood Pigeon, White-bellied Treepie, Nilgiri Flycatcher, Grey-headed Bulbul, Wynaad Laughingthrush, Rufous Babbler, Malabar Lark and Crimson-backed Sunbird, Red Spurfowl, Whitebellied Woodpecker, Malabar Trogon, Brown-backed Needletail, Oriental Bay Owl, Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Black Baza, Malabar Whistling Thrush and Blackthroated Munia

Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary

Area: 2,873 hectare, 29 km2 Year Of Establishment: 1982 Temperatures: Min. 05 C Max. 47 C Nearest Town: Delhi Agra & Jaipur State: Rajasthan Best Time to Visit: October, February

Birds Found :
Pelicans, Cranes, Ducks, Eagles, Hawks, Pipits, Warblers, Wheatears, Wagtails, Flycatchers, Buntings, Larks, Shanks, Painted storks, Pipits, White Ibis, Cormorants, Pale

Kinnerasani Bird Sanctuary

Area: 635.40 Sq. Kms Year Of Establishment: Temperatures: Max 45 C & Min 20C Nearest Town: Paloncha State: Andhra Pradesh Best Time to Visit: June to October

Birds Found :
Baya Weaver, Black Bittern, Black Drongo, Black Ibis, Black-headed Cuckooshr, Chestnut-headed Bee-ea, Common Woodshrike (Tep) , Crested Serpent Eagle, Greenish Warbler Grey-bellied Cuckoo, Long-tailed Shrike ,Oriental Honeybuzzard, Red-headed Bunting (Em), Red-vented Bulbul, Ruddy Shelduck , ShortToed Snake Eagle, White-eyed Buzzard

Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary

Area: 2.246 Sq. Km Temperature Range: 45C to 3C State: Uttar Pradesh Best Time to Visit: November to March

Birds Found :
Graylag goose, pintail, cotton teal, red crested pochard, gadwall, shoveller, coot and mallard are some of the migratory flocking to the sanctuary. Among the local birds, one can behold potwill, sarus crane, painted stork, peacock, white ibis, dabchick, whistling teal, open billed stork, and white necked stork among others

Kawal Bird Sanctuary

Area: 893 Sq. Km. Year Of Establishment :1964 Temperatures: Max 45 C & Min 20C Nearest Town: Adilabad(260-kms from Hyderabad) State: Andhra Pradesh Best Time to Visit: November To May

Birds Found :
Peacock, kites, eagles, partridges, quails, owls, vultures, pied horn bills, painted strokes, cocktails, love birds, Budgerigars, Ducks, Grey Pelicans, Rosy Pelicans, kingfishers, Mynahs and pigeons

Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary

Area: 14 Acres Temperatures: Around 35 C and in winters 22 C Nearest Town: Kottayam (14km) State: Kerala Best Time to Visit: June to August and November to February

Birds Found :
Waterfowl, Cuckoo, Owls, Egrets, Herons Water Ducks, Parrots, Teal, Larks, Flycatchers, Wood Beetle, Mangrove Forests, Green Paddy Fields and Coconut Groves

Kaundinya Bird Sanctuary

Area: 358 square kilometers Year Of Establishment: 1983 Temperatures: Max 45 C & Min 15C State: Andhra Pradesh Best Time to Visit: October To May

Birds Found:
The Grey Pelicans, Rosy Pelicans, Pied Horn Bills, Painted Storks, Peacocks, Ducks, Love Birds, Budgerigars and Cockatiels

Kolleru Bird Sanctuary

Area: 673-sq-kms Year Of Establishment: November 1999 Temperatures: Max 45 C & Min 15C Nearest Town: Vijayawada Kaikaluru State: Andhra Pradesh Best Time to Visit: October to May

Birds Found :
Open Bill Storks, Painted Storks, Glossy Ibises, White Ibises, Teals, Pintails, Shovellers, Red-Crested Pochards, Black winged Stilts, Avocets, Common Redshanks, Wigeons, Gadwalls and Cormorants Water birds which contain Garganys, ducks, Open bill storks, Herons, Flamingos & grey pelicans.

Porbandar Bird Sanctuary

Area: 1 Sq. Km Temperature Range: 43C to 12C State: Gujarat Best Time to Visit: October to March

Birds Found :
flamingo, pelican, spoonbill, avocet, coot, pintail, little cormorant, little grebe, Indian roller, shoveller, ducks, geese, whistling teal, bittern, stork, heron, egret, ibis, gull, tern, jacanas, ruff, red shank

Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary

Area: 0.67 Sq. Km Temperature Range: 35C to 15C State: Karnataka Best Time to Visit: June to November

Birds Found :
Painted storks, Asian openbill storks, common spoonbills, woolly-necked storks, black-headed ibis, white ibis, lesser whistling ducks, Indian shags, stork-billed kingfishers, egrets, cormorants, oriental darter, herons, great stone plovers, river terns and streak-throated swallows

Other Bird Sanctuaries in India

Chilka Lake Bird Sanctuary in Orissa State Mayani Bird Sanctuary in Maharashtra State

Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary in Gujarat State

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