List of most famous Indian Bird Sanctuaries that are hosts of different classes of migratory and domestic birds. Bird watchers from around the world come to India to see them.

1. Bird Sanctuaries in India
Complete Information For Bird Lovers
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2. Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary
Area: 143 Sq Km
Year Of Establishment: 1989
Temperatures: Max 45.50°C & Min 1.70°C
Nearest Town: Gurgaon (15km)
State: Haryana
Best Time to Visit: December and January
Birds Found :
In winter Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary provides a picturesque panorama of
migratory birds such as Siberian Cranes, Greater Flamingo, Ruff, Black winged
Stilt, Common Teal, Common Greenshank, Northern Pintail, Yellow Wagtail,
White Wagtail, Northern Shoveler, Rosy Pelican, Gadwall, Wood Sandpiper,
Spotted Sandpiper, Eurasian Wigeon, Black tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank,
Starling, Bluethroat and Long billed Pipit. Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary has birds in
summer too ,About 11 species of migratory birds such as Asian Koel, Black
crowned Night Heron, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Comb duck, Blue cheeked Bee
Eater, Blue-tailed Bee-Eater and Cuckoos come here.

3. Thattekad Bird Sanctuary
Area: 25 km² (9.65 square miles)
Year Of Establishment: 1983
Temperatures: Ranging from 10 °C to 26 °C
Nearest Town: Kothamangalam (13 km)
State: Kerala
Best Time to Visit: September to March
Birds Found :
Malabar Grey Hornbill, Malabar Parakeet, Nilgiri Wood Pigeon, White-bellied
Treepie, Nilgiri Flycatcher, Grey-headed Bulbul, Wynaad Laughingthrush, Rufous
Babbler, Malabar Lark and Crimson-backed Sunbird, Red Spurfowl, White-
bellied Woodpecker, Malabar Trogon, Brown-backed Needletail, Oriental Bay
Owl, Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Black Baza, Malabar Whistling Thrush and Black-
throated Munia

4. Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary
Area: 2,873 hectare, 29 km2
Year Of Establishment: 1982
Temperatures: Min. 05 °C Max. 47 °C
Nearest Town: Delhi Agra & Jaipur
State: Rajasthan
Best Time to Visit: October, February
Birds Found :
Pelicans, Cranes, Ducks, Eagles, Hawks, Pipits, Warblers, Wheatears, Wagtails,
Flycatchers, Buntings, Larks, Shanks, Painted storks, Pipits, White Ibis,
Cormorants, Pale

5. Kinnerasani Bird Sanctuary
Area: 635.40 Sq. Kms
Year Of Establishment:
Temperatures: Max 45 °C & Min 20°C
Nearest Town: Paloncha
State: Andhra Pradesh
Best Time to Visit: June to October
Birds Found :
Baya Weaver, Black Bittern, Black Drongo, Black Ibis, Black-headed Cuckooshr,
Chestnut-headed Bee-ea, Common Woodshrike (Tep) , Crested Serpent Eagle,
Greenish Warbler Grey-bellied Cuckoo, Long-tailed Shrike ,Oriental Honey-
buzzard, Red-headed Bunting (Em), Red-vented Bulbul, Ruddy Shelduck , Short-
Toed Snake Eagle, White-eyed Buzzard

6. Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary
Area: 2.246 Sq. Km
Temperature Range: 45°C to 3°C
State: Uttar Pradesh
Best Time to Visit: November to March
Birds Found :
Graylag goose, pintail, cotton teal, red crested pochard, gadwall, shoveller, coot
and mallard are some of the migratory flocking to the sanctuary. Among the
local birds, one can behold potwill, sarus crane, painted stork, peacock, white
ibis, dabchick, whistling teal, open billed stork, and white necked stork among
others

7. Kawal Bird Sanctuary
Area: 893 Sq. Km.
Year Of Establishment :1964
Temperatures: Max 45 °C & Min 20°C
Nearest Town: Adilabad(260-kms from Hyderabad)
State: Andhra Pradesh
Best Time to Visit: November To May
Birds Found :
Peacock, kites, eagles, partridges, quails, owls, vultures, pied horn bills, painted
strokes, cocktails, love birds, Budgerigars, Ducks, Grey Pelicans, Rosy Pelicans,
kingfishers, Mynahs and pigeons

8. Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary
Area: 14 Acres
Temperatures: Around 35 °C and in winters 22 °C
Nearest Town: Kottayam (14km)
State: Kerala
Best Time to Visit: June to August and November to February
Birds Found :
Waterfowl, Cuckoo, Owls, Egrets, Herons Water Ducks, Parrots, Teal, Larks,
Flycatchers, Wood Beetle, Mangrove Forests, Green Paddy Fields and Coconut
Groves

9. Kaundinya Bird Sanctuary
Area: 358 square kilometers
Year Of Establishment: 1983
Temperatures: Max 45 °C & Min 15°C
State: Andhra Pradesh
Best Time to Visit: October To May
Birds Found:
The Grey Pelicans, Rosy Pelicans, Pied Horn Bills, Painted Storks, Peacocks,
Ducks, Love Birds, Budgerigars and Cockatiels

10. Kolleru Bird Sanctuary
Area: 673-sq-kms
Year Of Establishment: November 1999
Temperatures: Max 45 °C & Min 15°C
Nearest Town: Vijayawada Kaikaluru
State: Andhra Pradesh
Best Time to Visit: October to May
Birds Found :
Open Bill Storks, Painted Storks, Glossy Ibises, White Ibises, Teals, Pintails,
Shovellers, Red-Crested Pochards, Black winged Stilts, Avocets, Common
Redshanks, Wigeons, Gadwalls and Cormorants Water birds which contain
Garganys, ducks, Open bill storks, Herons, Flamingos & grey pelicans.

11. Porbandar Bird Sanctuary
Area: 1 Sq. Km
Temperature Range: 43°C to 12°C
State: Gujarat
Best Time to Visit: October to March
Birds Found :
flamingo, pelican, spoonbill, avocet, coot, pintail, little cormorant, little grebe,
Indian roller, shoveller, ducks, geese, whistling teal, bittern, stork, heron, egret,
ibis, gull, tern, jacanas, ruff, red shank

12. Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary
Area: 0.67 Sq. Km
Temperature Range: 35°C to 15°C
State: Karnataka
Best Time to Visit: June to November
Birds Found :
Painted storks, Asian openbill storks, common spoonbills, woolly-necked storks,
black-headed ibis, white ibis, lesser whistling ducks, Indian shags, stork-billed
kingfishers, egrets, cormorants, oriental darter, herons, great stone plovers,
river terns and streak-throated swallows

13. Other Bird Sanctuaries in India
Chilka Lake Bird Sanctuary in Orissa State
Mayani Bird Sanctuary in Maharashtra State
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary in Gujarat State

14. Thanks for Watching