India Ramsar wetland
Chari-Dhand Wetland Conservation Reserve
217 bird species recorded; the most in September and from December to January.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
159 species in January.101 species in February.39 species in March.0 species in April.0 species in May.6 species in June.0 species in July.0 species in August.159 species in September.129 species in October.129 species in November.168 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
NT
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
VU
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
VU
NT
VU
NTVU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
217 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 217Speciesrecorded more than once
- 160Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 8,479Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 21Raptors
- 2Owls
- 25Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 13Ducks & geese
- 20Herons, ibises & grebes
- 6Storks & cranes
- 2Flamingos
- 84Songbirds
- 38Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 217 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- Tawny EagleAquila rapaxVU
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- White-eyed BuzzardButastur teesa
- Eurasian Black VultureAegypius monachusNT
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Spotted OwletAthene brama
Waders25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Indian Thick-kneeBurhinus indicus
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Cream-coloured CourserCursorius cursor
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Indian CourserCursorius coromandelicusNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- River TernSterna aurantiaVU
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Ducks & geese13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Herons, ibises & grebes20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Red-naped IbisPseudibis papillosa
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-necked IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Storks & cranes6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black-necked StorkEphippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgo
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
Flamingos2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorNT
Songbirds84 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Common BabblerTurdoides caudata
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Eastern Pied WheatearOenanthe picata
- Indian RobinSaxicoloides fulicatus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix griseus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Rufous-tailed LarkAmmomanes phoenicuraNT
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Delicate PriniaPrinia lepida
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- White-browed Bush ChatSaxicola macrorhynchusVU
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Desert WarblerSylvia nana
- Rufous-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- Bay-backed ShrikeLanius vittatus
- Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- Sand LarkCalandrella raytal
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
- Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsonii
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Yellow-eyed BabblerChrysomma sinense
- White-tailed IoraAegithina nigrolutea
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eastern Orphean WarblerSylvia crassirostris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Rufous-fronted PriniaPrinia buchanani
- Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
- Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinErythropygia galactotes
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Brown Rock ChatOenanthe fusca
- House BuntingEmberiza striolata
- Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Dusky Crag MartinPtyonoprogne concolor
- Emberiza buchananiEmberiza buchanani
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Tawny LarkGalerida deva
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
- Oriolus kundooOriolus kundoo
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- White-naped TitParus nuchalis
- Jungle PriniaPrinia sylvatica
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Common WoodshrikeTephrodornis pondicerianus
- Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicola
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
Other birds38 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Ortygornis pondicerianusOrtygornis pondicerianus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Pterocles exustusPterocles exustus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Indian RollerCoracias benghalensisNT
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- CootFulica atra
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Barred ButtonquailTurnix suscitator
- Indian NightjarCaprimulgus asiaticus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Sykes's NightjarCaprimulgus mahrattensis
- Painted SandgrousePterocles indicus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Macqueen's BustardChlamydotis macqueeniiVU
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
- Sirkeer MalkohaTaccocua leschenaultii
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Yellow-crowned WoodpeckerLeiopicus mahrattensis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in September and from December to January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan27°/10°1 mm
- Feb30°/13°1 mm
- Mar35°/18°1 mm
- Apr39°/22°2 mm
- May39°/25°2 mm
- Jun37°/27°33 mm
- Jul34°/26°141 mm
- Aug32°/25°152 mm
- Sep34°/24°75 mm
- Oct35°/21°7 mm
- Nov32°/17°7 mm
- Dec28°/12°1 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Chari-Dhand Wetland Conservation Reserve.
Protected area in Gujarat, India
Chari-Dhand Wetland Conservation Reserve is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in India.
217 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 8,479 open records.
The most recorded are the White-eared Bulbul, the Asian Green Bee-eater and the Isabelline Shrike.
5 species come for the summer, 150 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including River Tern, White-browed Bush Chat and Eastern Imperial Eagle.
The most species are recorded in September and from December to January.
Get there and watch
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Plan the visit
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Chari-Dhand Wetland Conservation Reserve.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas2 mountains within 25 kmDhinodhar · 14 kmJhura · 23 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
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Chari-Dhand Wetland Conservation Reserve
India
- 78Birdyas Score
- 217Species
- 160Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5074314) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 8,479 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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