Birds Watching – North India
North India provides big opportunity for Birds viewing to wildlife lovers. Corbett National Park, Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary and Ranthambhore National Park have wide range of Animals and Birds.
Corbett National Park
Corbett National Park is the First National Park which was established in the year 1936 with an aim of preserving the endangered species of animals and birds. Apart from a scarce population of tigers, a herd of wild elephants and several exotic species of animals, Jim Corbett National Park provides shelter to more than 500 species of local and migratory birds and known as one of the richest bird regions in India.
With the presence of Indo- Gangetic plains, dense Sal forests, hilly vegetation, and grasslands, the park offers just the perfect setting for the bird watching. The birdwatcher will find plenty to search for and study and will realize that more than a few trips are necessary to do justice to the indigenous bird-life.
Birdwatching is one of the most popular activities of Corbett National Park, which provides an inexpensive manner to the bird lovers. The Birdlife International declared this park as the Important Bird Area (IBA) for being the habitat for such large number of bird species.
Being the home to the most of the rare and beautiful birds, this park is liked most by many bird lovers among other bird sanctuaries and national parks. The few of the prominent bird species which includes Brown Dipper, Collared Falconet, Forktails, Great Hornbill, Great Slaty Woodpecker, Wallcreepers, Pallas’s Fishing Eagle, White-Capped Water Redstarts, Lineated Barbet, Spot-bellied Eagle Owl, Gray-Headed Fish-Eagle, Pin-tailed Green Pigeon, Plumbous, Redheaded Vulture, Racket-tailed Drongo, Broadbill, etc. are the real delight for the bird watchers.
Watching your favorite birds in the beautiful surroundings of the Himalayan territory is the best thing you can do on your trip to the famous Jim Corbett National Park. Our Jim Corbett Bird Watching tour package is specially crafted to quench the thirsty eyes of bird lovers like you.
Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary
Birds of the same feather flock together; but at Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary birds migrate together, venture together and pose for beautiful photographs together. Renamed as Keoladeo National Park or Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur National Park is a UNESCO-recognized World Heritage located in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Its proximity to the capital makes it one of the popular weekend getaways from Delhi during autumn and winters.
Housing more than 366 species of birds, 379 species of plants, and around 30 mammals, the new name of the sanctuary is derived from the temple of Keoladeo, dedicated to Lord Shiva. Bird family in the park includes hundreds of aquatic birds that are natives of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, China, and Siberia. These birds come to India during winter, and that’s what makes Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary an interesting getaway for bird watchers and wildlife photographers.
Birding in Ranthambhore
Along with a rich variety of fauna, Ranthambore is also home to a large number of birds making it an important birding destination in India. The national park in Rajasthan which is popular for being a natural habitat for Royal Bengal Tiger is also home to around 320 species of birds that include serpent eagle, waterfowl, cormorant, painted spurfowl, sarus crane, bronzed-winged jacana, sandpiper, kingfisher, nightjar, painted sandgrouse, and great-horned owl. A large number of migratory birds in the winter season also make Ranthambore and its wetlands their home giving bird lovers and ornithologists reasons enough to visit the national park. Most of the birds inhabit the areas around the three large lakes – Padam Talao, Malik Talao and Rajbagh Talao.
The most important birds in Ranthambore includes Graylag Goose, Woodpeckers, Indian Gray Hornbills, Common Kingfishers, Bee Eaters, Cuckoos, Parakeets, Asian Palm Swift, Owl, Nightjars, Pigeon, Dove, Crakes, Snipes, Sandpipers, Gulls, Terns, Great Crested Grebe, Eagles, Darters, Cormorants, Egrets, Herons, Bitterns, Flamingos, Ibis, Pelicans, Storks, Pittas, Shrikes, Treepies, Crows, Orioles, Cuckoo-Shrikes, Minivets, Drongos, Flycatchers, Ioras, Wood Shrikes, Pipits, Bayas, Sparrows, Finches, Wagtails, Munias, Bulbul, Mynas, Falcons etc.