Pakistan Ramsar wetland
Keenjhar Lake
79 bird species recorded; the most in February.
Saqib Qayyum · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
26 species in January.67 species in February.47 species in March.35 species in April.1 species in May.0 species in June.0 species in July.2 species in August.4 species in September.0 species in October.27 species in November.22 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
VU
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
VU
No records for this month.
VU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
79 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).
- 79Speciesrecorded more than once
- 42Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 324Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 3Raptors
- 12Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 1Ducks & geese
- 8Herons, ibises & grebes
- 35Songbirds
- 14Other 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 79 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Waders12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Cream-coloured CourserCursorius cursor
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- River TernSterna aurantiaVU
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Herons, ibises & grebes8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Songbirds35 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Bank MynaAcridotheres ginginianus
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Indian RobinSaxicoloides fulicatus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Delicate PriniaPrinia lepida
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Common BabblerTurdoides caudata
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Rufous-fronted PriniaPrinia buchanani
- Yellow-bellied PriniaPrinia flaviventris
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Striated BabblerTurdoides earlei
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Eastern Pied WheatearOenanthe picata
- Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Jungle babblerTurdoides striata
Other birds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Ortygornis pondicerianusOrtygornis pondicerianus
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CootFulica atra
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Indian RollerCoracias benghalensisNT
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
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.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan25°/10°2 mm
- Feb29°/13°2 mm
- Mar35°/18°4 mm
- Apr39°/22°3 mm
- May41°/25°19 mm
- Jun40°/27°14 mm
- Jul37°/27°56 mm
- Aug36°/26°71 mm
- Sep36°/24°26 mm
- Oct37°/21°5 mm
- Nov32°/17°1 mm
- Dec26°/11°5 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Keenjhar Lake.
Lake in Sindh, Pakistan
Keenjhar Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Pakistan.
79 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 324 open records.
The most recorded are the Black Francolin, the Ortygornis pondicerianus and the Black-winged Stilt.
2 species come for the summer, 38 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including River Tern.
The most species are recorded in February.
Get there and watch
- Ashfaq Motelplace to stay · 6.2 km · 1 within 10 km
- Daromeharnearest town · 22 km in a straight line
- Jinnah International Airport (KHI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 90 km in a straight lineCar hire at KHI airport (Karachi)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
- 1places to stay within 10 kmAshfaq Motel
- 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
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Keenjhar Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas10 mountains within 25 kmKhitto · 6.7 kmJhol Māri · 14 kmGhatāna · 15 kmKārothol · 17 kmBobar · 22 kmSindhar · 23 kmBorhi Takkar · 23 kmMarai · 24 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.
Keenjhar Lake
Pakistan
- 49Birdyas Score
- 79Species
- 42Migrants
- 1Threatened
Chari-Dhand Wetland Conservation Reserve
India · 207 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 217Species
- 160Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3246838) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 324 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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