Saturday, May 30, 2020

Bird Sanctuaries of India

There are hundreds (almost 1500) of group and Order/Scientific names of Birds found in India. They are scattered all over namely, aquatic, terrestrial and migratory birds. The range of birds we have are from flowerpeckers (thumb size) to vulture and sarus crane( over five feet in height); peacocks and himalayan pheasants for their colour; sparrows, crows, the parrots and hill mynas, for all the noise and copy of human voice they make. The peacock is our National bird and different states have their own state birds.

Bird Sanctuaries in India, are mostly in the riverine areas. Some of them are in the lakes, and very few away from water. They depend on vegetation for building nests, egg laying and bringing up their young ones, on fish and other food supply chains. Apart from the intercontinental migratory birds, the local Himalayan birds also come down southwards for the winter season. The Siberian crane and the bar headed geese are well known in India. Ramsar sites are additional to those listed below.






BIRD SANCTUARIES IN INDIA
Sr.  No Name State Coordinates
1.        Kolleru Bird Sanctuary Andhra Pradesh 16° 47' 32" N, 81° 23' 25" E
2.        Manjira Bird Sanctuary Andhra Pradesh 17° 57' 52" N, 78° 02' 22" E
3.        Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary Andhra Pradesh 13° 50' 14" N, 79° 59' 06" E
4.        Rollapadu Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary Andhra Pradesh 15° 43' 56.22" N, 78° 20'39.81" E
5.        Sri Lankamalleshwara Wildlife Sanctuary Andhra Pradesh 14° 38' 24" N, 78° 40' 12" E
6.        Bordoibam- Bilmukh Bird Sanctuary Assam 27° 19' 60" N, 94° 19' 60" E
7.        Pani- Dihing Bird Sanctuary Assam 27° 04' 00" N, 94° 34' 60" E
8.        Bareli Jheel Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary Bihar -
9.        Kusheshwar Asthan Bird Sanctuary Bihar 26° 10' 00" N, 86° 02' 30" E
10.    Saraiya Man Bird Sanctuary Bihar -
11.    City Bird Sanctuary Chandigarh -
12.    Okhla Bird Sanctuary Delhi 28° 33' 00" N, 77° 17' 60" E
13.    Chorao Island (Dr.Salim Ali ) WLS (Bird) Goa 15°30’55.87”N, 73°51’19.58”E
14.    Khijadia Lake and Bird Sanctuary Gujarat 22° 31' 60" N, 70° 09' 00" E
15.    Kutch Desert WLS (includes Flamingo City) Gujarat 24° 05' 32.95" N, 70° 09' 4.62" E
16.    Naliya Grassland (Lala Bustard WLS) Gujarat 23° 30' 00" N, 68° 45' 00" E
17.    Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary Gujarat 22° 47' 50.62" N, 72° 01' 12.95" E
18.    Porbandar Bird Sanctuary Gujarat 21°38'8.82"N, 69°37'7.10"E
19.    Thol Lake Bird Sanctuary Gujarat 23° 08' 7.90" N, 72° 24'15.03" E
20.    Bhindawas Bird Sanctuary Haryana 28° 32' 45.85" N, 76° 32' 19.57" E
21.    Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary Haryana 28° 28' 00" N, 76° 55' 00"E
22.    Bandli Wildlife Sanctuary Himachal Pradesh 31° 28' 38" N, 76° 55' 41" E
23.    Kais Wildlife Sanctuary Himachal Pradesh 32° 02' 06" N, 77° 11' 42" E
24.    Pong Dam Lake WLS (declared as a Bird Sanc. In 1983) Himachal Pradesh 32° 04' 25" N, 76° 13' 47" E
25.    Udhuwa Lake Bird Sanctuary Jharkhand 24° 59' 37" N, 87° 49' 21" E
26.    Adichanchunagiri Wildlife Sanctuary Karnataka 12° 55' 00" N, 76° 40' 00" E
27.    Bankapur Peacock Conservation Reserve (Bird) Karnataka -
28.    Ghataprabha Bird Sanctuary Karnataka 16°14'0.00"N, 74°49'60.00"E
29.    Gudavi Bird Sanctuary Karnataka 14° 26' 36.09" N, 75° 01' 8.12" E
30.    Kokkare Bellur Community Reserve (Bird) Karnataka 12° 13' 53" N, 77° 05' 19" E
31.    Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary Karnataka 12° 25' 29.19" N, 76° 39' 13.49" E
32.    Chulannur Peafowl WLS Kerala 10°43’44.63”N , 76°28’35.19” E
33.    Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary Kerala 11° 7'34.31"N, 75°49'43.45"E
34.    Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary Kerala 9°37'46.51"N,  76°25'25.56"E
35.    Mangalvanam Bird WLS Kerala 9°59'17.31"N,  76°16'27.86"E
36.    Thattekad or Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary Kerala 10° 06' 38" N, 76° 43' 45" E
37.    Pitti Wildlife Sanctuary (Bird) Lakshadweep 10° 46' 54" N, 73° 31' 59" E
38.    Ghatigaon Bustard Sanctuary Madhya Pradesh 26° 03' 46.95" N, 77° 58' 34.34" E
39.    Karera Bustard Sanctuary Madhya Pradesh 25° 41' 44" N, 78° 09' 59" E
 
(Coordinates of Dihaila jheel in Karera Bustard Sanctuary)
40.    Sailana Kharmor (Lesser Florican) sanctuary Madhya Pradesh 23° 24' 26" N, 74° 58' 05" E
41.    Sardarpur Kharmor (Lesser Florican) sanctuary Madhya Pradesh 23o27’0.97”N,  74O56’41.57”E
42.    Jaikwadi Bird Sanctuary Maharashtra 19° 29' 43" N, 75° 17' 37" E
43.    Jawaharlal Nehru Bustard Sanctuary Maharashtra 18° 21' 00" N, 75° 11' 38" E
44.    Karnala Bird Sanctuary Maharashtra 18°53'21.98"N,  73° 7'23.49"E
45.    Mayani Bird Sanctuary Maharashtra 17°26'51.28"N,  74°33'59.97"E
46.    Naigaon Mayur WLS Maharashtra 18°35'30.15"N,  76°10'52.75"E (Coordinates of Naigaon village)
47.    Nandur Madhmeshwar Bird Sanctuary Maharashtra 19° 59' 36" N, 74° 01' 50" E
48.    Khonoma Nature Conservation and Tragopan sanctuary Nagaland 25° 39' 32" N, 94 ° 02' 01" E
49.    Nalabana Bird Sanctuary Orissa 19° 42' 36" N, 85° 28' 48" E (Chilika Lake)
50.    Harike Lake Bird Sanctuary Punjab 31° 18' 00" N, 75° 04' 60" E
51.    Desert National Park Rajasthan 26° 49' 05.42" N, 70° 31' 02.47" E
52.    Keoladeo / Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary Rajasthan 27° 10' 2.53" N, 77° 31' 11.70"E
53.    Kitam WLS (Bird) Sikkim 27° 6'38.66"N,  88°21'9.42"E
54.    Ariyakulam Bird Sanctuary Tamil Nadu 9° 9'53.34"N,  77°32'14.13"E
55.    Chitrangudi and Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary Tamil Nadu 9° 19' 48" N, 78° 28' 60" E
56.    Koonthangulam Bird Sanctuary Tamil Nadu 8° 28' 12" N, 77° 43' 48" E
57.    Point Calimere Bird Sanctuary Tamil Nadu 10° 18' 72" N, 79° 51' 60" E
58.    Thiruppudai- Maruthur Conservation Reserve (Bird) Tamil Nadu 10°59'36.54"N,  79°26'59.62"E
59.    Vaduvoor Lake Bird Sanctuary Tamil Nadu 10° 42' 13.06" N, 79° 18' 49.79" E
60.    Vedanthangal and Karikili Bird Sanctuary Tamil Nadu 12° 32' 02" N, 79° 52' 29" E
61.    Vettangudi Bird Sanctuary Tamil Nadu 10° 06' 23.98" N, 78° 30' 17.96" E
62.    Bakhira Bird Sanctuary Uttar Pradesh 26° 34' 60" N, 83° 00' 00" E
63.    Nawabganj Priyadarshini Bird Sanctuary Uttar Pradesh 26° 34' 60" N, 80° 40' 00" E
64.    Patna Bird Sanctuary Uttar Pradesh 27° 34' 60" N, 78° 45' 00" E
65.    Saman Bird Sanctuary Uttar Pradesh 27° 04' 60" N, 79° 00' 00"E
66.    Samaspur Bird Sanctuary Uttar Pradesh 26° 00' 00" N, 81° 25' 00"E
67.    Sandi WLS (declared as a Bird Sanc. In 1990) Uttar Pradesh 27° 15' 00" N, 79° 55' 00" E
68.    Sur Sarovar WLS (declared as a Bird Sanc. In 1991) Uttar Pradesh 27° 00' 00" N, 77° 45' 00" E
69.    Asan Barage Wetland CR (Bird) Uttarakhand 30° 25' 60" N, 77° 42' 00" E
70.    Jhilmi Jheel CR(Bird) Uttarakhand 29°47'43.00"N,  78°12'59.00"E
71.    Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary West Bengal 22°25’21.77”N, 88°23’43.39”E
72.    Kulik Bird Sanctuary West Bengal 25° 58' 00" N, 87° 52' 50" E





(Source: ENVIS)