India bird sanctuary
Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary
39 bird species recorded; the most in February.
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
17 species in January.32 species in February.0 species in March.0 species in April.0 species in May.19 species in June.0 species in July.1 species in August.0 species in September.5 species in October.0 species in November.0 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
39 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).
- 39Speciesrecorded more than once
- 1Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 135Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 98 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 1Raptors
- 3Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 9Ducks & geese
- 7Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 8Songbirds
- 8Other 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 39 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors1 species
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
Waders3 species
- Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Gulls & seabirds1 species
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese9 species
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Herons, ibises & grebes7 species
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Storks & cranes2 species
- Sarus CraneGrus antigoneVU
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
Songbirds8 species
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Brown Rock ChatOenanthe fusca
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Oriolus kundooOriolus kundoo
Other birds8 species
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Ortygornis pondicerianusOrtygornis pondicerianus
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
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.
- Jan22°/7°18 mm
- Feb27°/11°21 mm
- Mar34°/16°13 mm
- Apr40°/23°12 mm
- May42°/28°37 mm
- Jun41°/30°144 mm
- Jul34°/27°329 mm
- Aug32°/26°250 mm
- Sep32°/24°176 mm
- Oct31°/19°35 mm
- Nov27°/14°3 mm
- Dec23°/9°6 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary.
Nature reserve in Uttar Pradesh, India
Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in India.
39 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 135 open records.
The most recorded are the Little Egret, the Egretta intermedia and the Indian Pond-Heron.
1 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Sarus Crane and Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in February.
Get there and watch
- Nawābganjnearest town · 7.8 km in a straight line
- Maharshi Valmiki International Airport (AYJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 21 km in a straight lineCar hire at AGR airport (Agra)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 Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary
India
- 36Birdyas Score
- 39Species
- 1Migrants
- 2Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q48729855) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 135 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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