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One can find both sea and shore birds, Every year over a hundreds of migratory birds species visit here to feed. In winter the sanctuary provides is a panorama of both migratory and resident birds like the
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cater the forestry research needs of the Arid and semi arid region of
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when visited the sanctuary in 1984 and he reportedly sited 104 species on a single day.
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Marine
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Bird sanctuary in
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254:(2 February) it was declared as a
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643:. Hindustan Times. Archived from
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610:"Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary"
343:Great white pelicans preening
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1113:Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary
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315:. The nearest airport is at
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1592:Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary
1531:Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary
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860:Bankapura Peacock Sanctuary
571:February–March. During the
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930:Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary
575:of 2010, an International
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1430:Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary
1410:Beas Conservation Reserve
905:Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary
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803:"MigrantWatch: Locations"
617:Sites Information Service
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166:605 ha (1,490 acres)
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1587:Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary
940:Thattekad Bird Sanctuary
915:Porbandar Bird Sanctuary
910:Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary
885:Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary
880:Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary
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22:Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary
1602:Samaspur Bird Sanctuary
1496:Karikili Bird Sanctuary
1108:Sultanpur National Park
855:Attiveri Bird Sanctuary
1536:Vellode Bird Sanctuary
1526:Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary
1453:Keoladeo National Park
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895:Mayani Bird Sanctuary
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1597:Saman Bird Sanctuary
1229:Vembanad-Kol Wetland
865:Bonal Bird Sanctuary
402:Indian spotted eagle
362:Black-headed bunting
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1303:Nandur Madhameshwar
549:black-necked storks
458:black-tailed godwit
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378:Great white pelican
358:Grey-necked bunting
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1577:Bakhira Sanctuary
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1458:Sambhar Lake
1392:Tampara Lake
1377:Chilika Lake
1367:Anshupa Lake
1349:Pala Wetland
1275:Sakhya Sagar
1270:Bhoj Wetland
1178:Mansar Lakes
1131:Chandra Taal
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1646:West Bengal
1632:Uttarakhand
1617:Sur Sarovar
1331:Loktak Lake
1313:Thane Creek
1295:Maharashtra
1280:Sirpur Lake
1141:Renuka Lake
1039:Kanwar Lake
1021:Deepor Beel
676:16 February
542:Indian hare
470:common teal
454:little tern
256:Ramsar site
171:Established
150: /
126:Coordinates
1674:Categories
1468:Tamil Nadu
1308:Lonar Lake
1183:Wular Lake
1080:Nalsarovar
1057:Nanda Lake
711:2012-01-11
596:References
534:jungle cat
514:cormorants
510:demoiselle
406:black ibis
301:coral reef
207:Designated
1445:Rajasthan
1247:Tsomoriri
1193:Karnataka
1085:Thol Lake
1075:Khijadiya
560:Salim Ali
522:blue bull
293:ecosystem
281:mangroves
262:Sanctuary
1174:Surinsar
583:See also
538:mongoose
494:shoveler
478:garganey
317:Jamnagar
313:Jamnagar
307:Location
289:Kalindri
279:support
120:Jamnagar
98:Location
1551:Tripura
1341:Mizoram
1323:Manipur
1252:Tso Kar
1100:Haryana
1067:Gujarat
651:12 June
622:2 March
566:Tourism
518:darters
482:Gadwall
241:Gujarat
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135:22°31′N
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1402:Punjab
1359:Odisha
1239:Ladakh
1211:Kerala
615:Ramsar
573:winter
526:jackal
474:dunlin
398:shikra
321:Mumbai
277:creeks
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327:Birds
110:India
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