India bird sanctuary
Nagi Bird Sanctuary
193 bird species recorded; the most in December.
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
146 species in January.152 species in February.107 species in March.66 species in April.56 species in May.23 species in June.44 species in July.22 species in August.96 species in September.71 species in October.116 species in November.167 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
193 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).
- 193Speciesrecorded more than once
- 95Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 13,760Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 128 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 15Raptors
- 2Owls
- 21Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 19Ducks & geese
- 16Herons, ibises & grebes
- 6Storks & cranes
- 68Songbirds
- 42Other 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 193 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Indian spotted eagleAquila hastata
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Red-headed FalconFalco chicqueraNT
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- White-eyed BuzzardButastur teesa
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spotted OwletAthene brama
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
Waders21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Yellow-wattled LapwingVanellus malabaricus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Indian Thick-kneeBurhinus indicus
- Little PratincoleGlareola lactea
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Indian CourserCursorius coromandelicusNT
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- River LapwingVanellus duvauceliiNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
Gulls & seabirds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- River TernSterna aurantiaVU
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-bellied TernSterna acuticauda
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Ducks & geese19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
Herons, ibises & grebes16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-necked IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
- Red-naped IbisPseudibis papillosa
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Storks & cranes6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
- Asian WoollyneckCiconia episcopusNT
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Black-necked StorkEphippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala
- Lesser Adjutant StorkLeptoptilos javanicusNT
Songbirds68 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Jungle babblerTurdoides striata
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix griseus
- Indian RobinSaxicoloides fulicatus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Oriolus kundooOriolus kundoo
- Indian Pied MynaGracupica contra
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Bank MynaAcridotheres ginginianus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornus
- Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Ashy PriniaPrinia socialis
- Brown Rock ChatOenanthe fusca
- Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Large CuckooshrikeCoracina macei
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Bay-backed ShrikeLanius vittatus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Common WoodshrikeTephrodornis pondicerianus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Rufous-tailed LarkAmmomanes phoenicuraNT
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Sand LarkCalandrella raytal
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Pale-billed FlowerpeckerDicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- White-capped Water-redstartChaimarrornis leucocephalus
- Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsonii
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Tickell's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus affinis
- Black-headed MuniaLonchura malacca
- White-bellied DrongoDicrurus caerulescens
- Crested BuntingEmberiza lathami
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
Other birds42 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Indian RollerCoracias benghalensisNT
- Ortygornis pondicerianusOrtygornis pondicerianus
- CootFulica atra
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensis
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Cuculus variusCuculus varius
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
- Indian grey hornbillOcyceros birostris
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Yellow-footed Green-pigeonTreron phoenicopterus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Indian NightjarCaprimulgus asiaticus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pterocles exustusPterocles exustus
- Barred ButtonquailTurnix suscitator
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Brown-headed BarbetPsilopogon zeylanicus
- Black-rumped FlamebackDinopium benghalense
- Plum-headed ParakeetPsittacula cyanocephala
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Sirkeer MalkohaTaccocua leschenaultii
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctus
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 December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan23°/8°11 mm
- Feb28°/12°12 mm
- Mar34°/18°12 mm
- Apr40°/24°22 mm
- May41°/27°59 mm
- Jun38°/28°158 mm
- Jul33°/26°285 mm
- Aug32°/26°220 mm
- Sep31°/24°190 mm
- Oct30°/20°63 mm
- Nov27°/14°2 mm
- Dec23°/10°3 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Nagi Bird Sanctuary.
Indian nature site
Nagi Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in India.
193 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 13,760 open records.
The most recorded are the Black Drongo, the Eastern Spotted Dove and the Little Cormorant.
9 species come for the summer, 82 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard and River Tern.
The most species are recorded in December.
Get there and watch
- Jhajhanearest town · 5.6 km in a straight line
- Gaya Airport (GAY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 146 km in a straight lineCar hire at CCU airport (Kolkata)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
- 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 Nagi Bird Sanctuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas2 mountains within 25 kmLāldaiya Pahār · 24 kmMeāg Pahār · 24 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Nagi Bird Sanctuary
India
- 67Birdyas Score
- 193Species
- 95Migrants
- 2Threatened
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
Nepal · 212 km
- 92Birdyas Score
- 425Species
- 255Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q104868515) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 13,760 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 |
| 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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