India bird sanctuary
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary
334 bird species recorded; the most from November to February.
Avinash Mishra · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
274 species in January.276 species in February.250 species in March.185 species in April.146 species in May.144 species in June.161 species in July.179 species in August.240 species in September.269 species in October.281 species in November.288 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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VUNT
VUVU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
334 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).
- 334Speciesrecorded more than once
- 168Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 12ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 177,419Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 27Raptors
- 4Owls
- 42Waders
- 21Gulls & seabirds
- 24Ducks & geese
- 21Herons, ibises & grebes
- 9Storks & cranes
- 2Flamingos
- 126Songbirds
- 58Other 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 334 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Red-headed FalconFalco chicqueraNT
- White-eyed BuzzardButastur teesa
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Indian spotted eagleAquila hastata
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- Laggar FalconFalco juggerNT
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- White-rumped VultureGyps bengalensisCR
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spotted OwletAthene brama
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
- Pallid Scops-OwlOtus brucei
Waders42 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Little PratincoleGlareola lactea
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Yellow-wattled LapwingVanellus malabaricus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Indian Thick-kneeBurhinus indicus
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Indian CourserCursorius coromandelicusNT
- Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Great Thick-kneeEsacus recurvirostrisNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Gulls & seabirds21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- River TernSterna aurantiaVU
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Anous stolidusAnous stolidus
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Indian SkimmerRynchops albicollis
- Black-bellied TernSterna acuticauda
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Puffinus tenuirostrisPuffinus tenuirostris
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Ducks & geese24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
- Marbled TealMarmaronetta angustirostrisNT
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVU
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropusVU
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
Herons, ibises & grebes21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Black-necked IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-naped IbisPseudibis papillosa
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Storks & cranes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
- Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Asian WoollyneckCiconia episcopusNT
- Sarus CraneGrus antigoneVU
- Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgo
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black-necked StorkEphippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Flamingos2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorNT
Songbirds126 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Bank MynaAcridotheres ginginianus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common BabblerTurdoides caudata
- Indian RobinSaxicoloides fulicatus
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- Ashy-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix griseus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Bay-backed ShrikeLanius vittatus
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Black-breasted WeaverPloceus benghalensis
- Jungle babblerTurdoides striata
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Ashy PriniaPrinia socialis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps
- Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Rufous-fronted PriniaPrinia buchanani
- Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
- Delicate PriniaPrinia lepida
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Purple-rumped SunbirdLeptocoma zeylonica
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Rufous-tailed LarkAmmomanes phoenicuraNT
- Black-headed MuniaLonchura malacca
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Oriolus kundooOriolus kundoo
- Eastern Pied WheatearOenanthe picata
- Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicola
- Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
- Large Grey BabblerTurdoides malcolmi
- Grey-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Dusky Crag MartinPtyonoprogne concolor
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- White-browed Bush ChatSaxicola macrorhynchusVU
- Emberiza buchananiEmberiza buchanani
- White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis
- Eastern Orphean WarblerSylvia crassirostris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
- Grey-throated MartinRiparia chinensis
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Hume’s leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsonii
- House BuntingEmberiza striolata
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Small MinivetPericrocotus cinnamomeus
- White-browed FantailRhipidura aureola
- Sand LarkCalandrella raytal
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Common WoodshrikeTephrodornis pondicerianus
- Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolus
- Tickell's Blue FlycatcherCyornis tickelliae
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- Brown Rock ChatOenanthe fusca
- Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
- Yellow-eyed BabblerChrysomma sinense
- Tawny LarkGalerida deva
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Desert WarblerSylvia nana
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- White-bellied DrongoDicrurus caerulescens
- Hume’s Short-toed LarkCalandrella acutirostris
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Brown-breasted FlycatcherMuscicapa muttui
- White-spotted FantailRhipidura albogularis
- Singing BushlarkMirafra javanica
- Pale MartinRiparia diluta
- Large-billed Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus magnirostris
- Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinErythropygia galactotes
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Rufous-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Phylloscopus nitidusPhylloscopus nitidus
- Rusty-tailed FlycatcherMuscicapa ruficauda
- Western Crowned WarblerPhylloscopus occipitalis
- Blue-throated Blue FlycatcherCyornis rubeculoides
- Ultramarine FlycatcherFicedula superciliaris
- Tawny-bellied babblerDumetia hyperythra
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Blyth’s PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Large-billed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orinus
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
Other birds58 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Ortygornis pondicerianusOrtygornis pondicerianus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CootFulica atra
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Indian RollerCoracias benghalensisNT
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Pterocles exustusPterocles exustus
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Rain QuailCoturnix coromandelica
- Barred ButtonquailTurnix suscitator
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Sykes's NightjarCaprimulgus mahrattensis
- Sirkeer MalkohaTaccocua leschenaultii
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Yellow-footed Green-pigeonTreron phoenicopterus
- Cuculus variusCuculus varius
- Black-rumped FlamebackDinopium benghalense
- Indian NightjarCaprimulgus asiaticus
- Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
- WatercockGallicrex cinerea
- Brown CrakeAmaurornis akool
- Indian grey hornbillOcyceros birostris
- Rock Bush-quailPerdicula argoondah
- Yellow-crowned WoodpeckerLeiopicus mahrattensis
- Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
- Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileataVU
- Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
- Savanna NightjarCaprimulgus affinis
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Plum-headed ParakeetPsittacula cyanocephala
- Macqueen's BustardChlamydotis macqueeniiVU
- Grey-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinus
- Painted FrancolinFrancolinus pictus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
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 February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/11°1 mm
- Feb32°/14°1 mm
- Mar37°/19°4 mm
- Apr42°/23°3 mm
- May43°/26°4 mm
- Jun39°/28°91 mm
- Jul34°/26°233 mm
- Aug32°/24°226 mm
- Sep33°/24°121 mm
- Oct35°/21°10 mm
- Nov32°/16°5 mm
- Dec29°/12°1 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary.
Lake in India
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in India.
334 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 177,419 open records.
The most recorded are the Red-wattled Lapwing, the Black-winged Stilt and the Little Cormorant.
31 species come for the summer, 131 for the winter and 6 only pass through.
12 are threatened worldwide, including River Tern, Sarus Crane and Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded from November to February.
Get there and watch
- Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport (AMD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 70 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
- 1car parks within 3 km
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 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 Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmNal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary19 km² · 1.6 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.
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary
India
- 89Birdyas Score
- 334Species
- 168Migrants
- 12Threatened
Chari-Dhand Wetland Conservation Reserve
India · 280 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 217Species
- 160Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2723560) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 177,419 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 | Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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