10 Most Beautiful Migratory Birds Coming to India
2. Amur Falcon
Amur falcons are small raptor that breed in Siberia and migrate to Southern Africa. During migration in large flocks across North East India and over the Arabian sea, they feed around Doyang Lake in Nagaland in the evening or early in the morning during the winter season.
Amur Falcon were massacred in Nagaland during the migration but because of Conservation India, the raptor is now a protected species and a successful campaign was begun to prevent their killing.
3. Greater Flamingo
Greater Flamingo is the largest of all species of the flamingo family, found in the Indian subcontinent. The migratory bird found in parts of Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary, Flamingo City and in the Thol Bird Sanctuary of Gujarat during entire winter season.
Greater Flamingo and Lesser flamingo are the most beautiful migratory birds found in India, Sewri Mudflats,Bhigwan Bird Sanctuary,Chilka Lake and Jawai Dam Sanctuary are few best places to spot Flamingoes in India.
4. Demoiselle Crane
Demoiselle cranes are migratory birds and spend the winter in the Indian subcontinent. These cranes are smallest species of crane lives in a variety of different environments, including desert areas of Rajasthan.
Khichan village of Rajasthan is known for a large number of demoiselle cranes where local people feed the birds, Last year 15000 demoiselle cranes have visited the village.
5. Bluethroat
Bluethroat is a small brightly colored passerine bird from thrush family and winters in north Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Keoladeo National Park of Bharatpur in Rajasthan is one of the best place to spot migratory birds coming to India in winter season.
6. Black Winged Stilt
Black Winged Stilt is a very long legged wader bird and become a regular migrant to India, usually found around the wetland. The bird has 5 subspecies named as Black necked stilt,Black winged stilt ,White backed stilt and White headed stilt.
The breeding habitat of all these species of stilts are marshes, shallow lakes and ponds, Basai Wetland,Pune shallow lakes and Gujarat water ponds are the few places to spot Black Winged Stilt.
7. Blue Tailed Bee Eater
Blue Tailed Bee Eater is a strongly migratory bird found seasonally in much of peninsular India. This species is a richly coloured near passerine bird breeds in farmland and most often seen near large waterbodies.
Blue Tailed Bee Eater nest under ground in sandy banks or open flat areas near waterbodies and predominantly feed on Indian bees,Honey Bees, wasps and hornet.
8. Bar Headed Goose
Bar Headed Goose is the highest flying bird in the world and migrate to India every in winter season. The bar headed migrates over the Himalayas and spend their winter in Assam to Tamil Nadu states of India.
This bird is one of the most common winter season visitor found in large wetlands of India. Keoladeo National Park or Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is the most famous avifauna sanctuary to spot bar headed goose in India.
9. Rosy Starling
Rosy Starling is a black head, chest and tail with white body passerine bird from starling family. It is a strong migrant bird and spend winters in India including Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
10. Great White Pelican
The great white pelican also known as rosy pelican is a large bird with long beak and a large throat pouch, distributed in Eastern Europe, Africa and Northwest India. This species migrates to India during winters in large numbers and settles down mainly in the states of Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
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