Rare migratory birds make a stopover in Okhla Bird Sanctuary, Delhi

Bird lovers of Delhi are excited at the sight of at least 30 species of winter migratory birds in the Okhla Bird Sanctuary. The winged visitors have arrived this winter despite global climate change which has had an impact on the migratory birds and have disturbed bird habitat.
This has been reported in thehindu.com dated 1 March 2017.

Such a sighting has happened after nearly a decade and among the birds were winter migratory duck called greater scaup - these had lat been seen in the Sultanpur National Park in Gurugram. Then there were two pairs of common shelduck which were seen after four years and flocks of greater flamingo seen after a year. There were also the unusual sighting of a few migratory raptor species like peregrine falcon and the greater spotted eagle apart from birds included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
The Okhla Bird Sanctuary falls in the central flyway migratory route of water birds.


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