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If you are a bird lover or have an inclination towards the bird photography, Bharatpur is an ideal place for you. Bharatpur Bird Sanctury, situated in Rajasthan, is unarguably one of the finest bird parks in the world. This ‘abode of birds’ was earlier known as Keoladeo Ghana National Park.
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It is a reserve that offers protection to faunal species as well. Nesting indigenous water birds as well as migratory water birds and waterside birds, this sanctuary is also inhabited by Sambar, Chital, Nilgai and Boar. Bharatpur is the real kingdom of Avian fauna in India with not less than 377 bird species already spotted. Any visitor spending a day there is likely to easily spot 50 to 100 species.
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In winters, the number of birds rises suddenly and one can encounter with the elusive Siberian Crane. In fact, Bharatpur is one of the only two known wintering haunts of Siberian Crane. Birds come to this national park in waves. Over 350 species of birds find a refuge in the 29 sq km of shallow lakes and woodland which make up the park. A third species spotted here are migrants, many of whom spend their winters in Bharatpur before returning to their breeding grounds as far away as Siberia and Central Asia.
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Migratory birds which can be encountered here include as large a bird as Dalmatian pelican, which is slightly less than two meters, and as small a bird as Siberian disky leaf warbler, which is as small as the size of a finger. Other prominent migrants are: several species of cranes, pelicans, geese, ducks, eagles, hawks, shanks, stints, wagtails, warblers, wheatears, flycatchers, buntings, larks and pipits, etc.
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