Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur, Rajasthan (India) is a famous avifauna sanctuary. 375 species of birds migrate from around the world. A major tourist centre with scores of ornithologists, a world heritage site. One of richest bird areas in the world. Rare Siberian Cranes are beautiful.
A bird paradise – an unrivalled breeding site for herons, storks, cormorants, migrant ducks & waterfowls. Common ones – gadwall, shoveler, cotton teal, tufted duck, knob-billed duck, great cormorant, ruff, painted stork, white spoonbill, open-billed stork, oriental ibis, darter & the sandpiper. Sarus Cranes with their spectacular courtship dance are so lovely to watch. A surreal space.
A rich assortment of land-birds like warblers, babblers, bee-eaters, bulbuls, buntings, chats, painted francolins, quails., grey hornbill, iora. Many big birds of prey like osprey, peregrine, short-toed eagle, tawny, imperial eagle, spotted eagle, crested serpent eagle. Great for bird watchers & bird lovers.