India bird sanctuary
Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary
294 bird species recorded; the most from November 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
268 species in January.239 species in February.176 species in March.153 species in April.130 species in May.69 species in June.95 species in July.117 species in August.150 species in September.228 species in October.258 species in November.275 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.
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VU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
294 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).
- 294Speciesrecorded more than once
- 155Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 56,140Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 23Raptors
- 5Owls
- 44Waders
- 16Gulls & seabirds
- 19Ducks & geese
- 22Herons, ibises & grebes
- 9Storks & cranes
- 2Flamingos
- 106Songbirds
- 48Other 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 294 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Indian spotted eagleAquila hastata
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Red-headed FalconFalco chicqueraNT
- White-eyed BuzzardButastur teesa
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spotted OwletAthene brama
- Pallid Scops-OwlOtus brucei
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Indian Scops OwlOtus bakkamoena
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
Waders44 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- RedshankTringa totanus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Great Thick-kneeEsacus recurvirostrisNT
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Indian Thick-kneeBurhinus indicus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Yellow-wattled LapwingVanellus malabaricus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Little PratincoleGlareola lactea
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
- Indian CourserCursorius coromandelicusNT
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Gulls & seabirds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- River TernSterna aurantiaVU
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Indian SkimmerRynchops albicollis
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
Ducks & geese19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Herons, ibises & grebes22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-necked IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Red-naped IbisPseudibis papillosa
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Storks & cranes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black-necked StorkEphippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgo
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
- Asian WoollyneckCiconia episcopusNT
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Sarus CraneGrus antigoneVU
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Flamingos2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorNT
Songbirds106 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- Common BabblerTurdoides caudata
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Indian RobinSaxicoloides fulicatus
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Ashy PriniaPrinia socialis
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Dusky Crag MartinPtyonoprogne concolor
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix griseus
- Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Jungle babblerTurdoides striata
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Sand LarkCalandrella raytal
- Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
- Bay-backed ShrikeLanius vittatus
- Delicate PriniaPrinia lepida
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti
- Oriolus kundooOriolus kundoo
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Bank MynaAcridotheres ginginianus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Large Grey BabblerTurdoides malcolmi
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicola
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Tawny LarkGalerida deva
- Eastern Orphean WarblerSylvia crassirostris
- Tickell's Blue FlycatcherCyornis tickelliae
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Rufous-tailed LarkAmmomanes phoenicuraNT
- Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsonii
- Rufous-fronted PriniaPrinia buchanani
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Eastern Pied WheatearOenanthe picata
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Grey-throated MartinRiparia chinensis
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Phylloscopus nitidusPhylloscopus nitidus
- Emberiza buchananiEmberiza buchanani
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Common WoodshrikeTephrodornis pondicerianus
- Black-breasted WeaverPloceus benghalensis
- HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinus
- Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica
- House BuntingEmberiza striolata
- Grey-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps
- Small MinivetPericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
- Yellow-eyed BabblerChrysomma sinense
- Brown Rock ChatOenanthe fusca
- Brown-breasted FlycatcherMuscicapa muttui
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolus
- White-browed FantailRhipidura aureola
- Pale MartinRiparia diluta
- White-bellied DrongoDicrurus caerulescens
- Crested BuntingEmberiza lathami
- Desert WarblerSylvia nana
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Hume’s leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Other birds48 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Ortygornis pondicerianusOrtygornis pondicerianus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Indian NightjarCaprimulgus asiaticus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
- Indian RollerCoracias benghalensisNT
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Pterocles exustusPterocles exustus
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
- Yellow-crowned WoodpeckerLeiopicus mahrattensis
- Barred ButtonquailTurnix suscitator
- Brown CrakeAmaurornis akool
- Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Cuculus variusCuculus varius
- Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensis
- Plum-headed ParakeetPsittacula cyanocephala
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Yellow-footed Green-pigeonTreron phoenicopterus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Sykes's NightjarCaprimulgus mahrattensis
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Grey-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinus
- Sirkeer MalkohaTaccocua leschenaultii
- Painted FrancolinFrancolinus pictus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Painted SandgrousePterocles indicus
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from November to January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan26°/14°1 mm
- Feb29°/16°0 mm
- Mar32°/20°1 mm
- Apr35°/23°2 mm
- May35°/26°3 mm
- Jun34°/28°83 mm
- Jul31°/27°216 mm
- Aug30°/26°200 mm
- Sep31°/25°116 mm
- Oct33°/23°10 mm
- Nov31°/20°8 mm
- Dec28°/16°0 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary.
Bird sanctuary in Gujarat, India
Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in India.
294 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 56,140 open records.
The most recorded are the Painted Stork, the Black-winged Stilt and the Grey Heron.
19 species come for the summer, 132 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including River Tern, Common Pochard and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from November to January.
Get there and watch
- Nursing Homesplace to stay · 8.0 km · 18 within 10 km
- Jamnagarnearest town · 8.6 km in a straight line
- Jamnagar Airport (JGA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 14 km in a straight lineCar hire at AMD airport (Ahmedabad)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
- 18places to stay within 10 kmNursing Homes, physiotherapie hostel, Hotel President and 15 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
- 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.
Other places nearby.
Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary
India
- 80Birdyas Score
- 294Species
- 155Migrants
- 6Threatened
Chari-Dhand Wetland Conservation Reserve
India · 139 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 217Species
- 160Migrants
- 6Threatened
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary
India · 196 km
- 89Birdyas Score
- 334Species
- 168Migrants
- 12Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2730580) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 56,140 open bird records within 4 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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