India Ramsar wetland
Hokersar wetland
216 bird species recorded; the most in February and in May.
Rayeesmaqboolkashmir · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
112 species in January.137 species in February.101 species in March.116 species in April.131 species in May.77 species in June.99 species in July.100 species in August.93 species in September.84 species in October.97 species in November.78 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.
VU
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VU
VU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
216 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).
- 216Speciesrecorded more than once
- 124Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 14,121Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,583 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 19Raptors
- 4Owls
- 30Waders
- 5Gulls & seabirds
- 19Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 97Songbirds
- 29Other 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 216 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Buteo refectusButeo refectus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Gyps himalayensisGyps himalayensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
- Collared Scops-owlOtus lettia
- Collared OwletGlaucidium brodiei
- Oriental Scops-owlOtus sunia
Waders30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Gulls & seabirds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- River TernSterna aurantiaVU
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
Ducks & geese19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgo
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds97 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Himalayan BulbulPycnonotus leucogenys
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey-crowned GoldfinchCarduelis caniceps
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Yellow-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa flavirostris
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Rosy PipitAnthus roseatus
- Tickell's ThrushTurdus unicolor
- Streaked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron lineatum
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Western Crowned WarblerPhylloscopus occipitalis
- Oriolus kundooOriolus kundoo
- Bar-tailed TreecreeperCerthia himalayana
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pale-rumped WarblerPhylloscopus chloronotus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Long-tailed MinivetPericrocotus ethologus
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Grey Bush ChatSaxicola ferreus
- Hume’s leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Black-throated Dark-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Plain Mountain-FinchLeucosticte nemoricola
- Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis
- Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
- Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
- Passer cinnamomeusPasser cinnamomeus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Eastern Pied WheatearOenanthe picata
- Variegated LaughingthrushTrochalopteron variegatum
- Plumbeous Water RedstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus
- Rufous-naped TitPeriparus rufonuchalis
- Green-backed TitParus monticolus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue-capped RedstartPhoenicurus coeruleocephala
- Mountain ChiffchaffPhylloscopus sindianus
- Ultramarine FlycatcherFicedula superciliaris
- Yellow-breasted GreenfinchChloris spinoides
- Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- White-capped BuntingEmberiza stewarti
- Tickell's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus affinis
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti
- Himalayan BluetailTarsiger rufilatus
- Grey-hooded WarblerPhylloscopus xanthoschistos
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Rusty-tailed FlycatcherMuscicapa ruficauda
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
- Pink-browed RosefinchCarpodacus rodochroa
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Brown-flanked Bush WarblerHorornis fortipes
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Kashmir NuthatchSitta cashmirensis
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
- Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotus
- Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolus
- Black-and-yellow GrosbeakMycerobas icterioides
- Blyth's RosefinchCarpodacus grandis
- Orange BullfinchPyrrhula aurantiaca
- Hume’s Short-toed LarkCalandrella acutirostris
- Blue-fronted RedstartPhoenicurus frontalis
Other birds29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Brown-fronted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes auriceps
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Himalayan WoodpeckerDendrocopos himalayensis
- Scaly-bellied WoodpeckerPicus squamatus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Slaty-headed ParakeetPsittacula himalayana
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Cuculus saturatusCuculus saturatus
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Great BarbetPsilopogon virens
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Crested KingfisherMegaceryle lugubris
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
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 February and in May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan3°/-8°67 mm
- Feb4°/-6°94 mm
- Mar9°/-2°104 mm
- Apr15°/3°98 mm
- May20°/8°58 mm
- Jun24°/11°58 mm
- Jul25°/13°78 mm
- Aug24°/13°83 mm
- Sep21°/9°42 mm
- Oct16°/4°23 mm
- Nov11°/-1°36 mm
- Dec6°/-5°32 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Hokersar wetland.
Protected area in Jammu and Kashmir
Hokersar wetland is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in India, 1,583 m above the sea.
216 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 14,121 open records.
The most recorded are the Black Kite, the Common Myna and the Rock Dove.
59 species come for the summer, 64 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Eastern Imperial Eagle and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in February and in May.
Get there and watch
- Hotel Sobo Central Restaurant OYOplace to stay · 5.7 km · 43 within 10 km
- Soyībugnearest town · 2.0 km in a straight line
- Srinagar International Airport (SXR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 13 km in a straight lineCar hire at IXC airport (Chandigarh)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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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
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 43places to stay within 10 kmHotel Sobo Central Restaurant OYO, Government Medical College Residential Campus, Hotel Opera Inn and 40 more
- 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
- campsites 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 Hokersar wetland.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas3 mountains within 25 kmKoh-i-Maran · 10 kmThrai Khun · 15 kmGratawat · 25 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Hokersar wetland
India
- 76Birdyas Score
- 216Species
- 124Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q101251280) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 14,121 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, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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