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  2. Keoladeo National Park - Wikipedia

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    Darter at sunset Saurus crane Oriental magpie-robin in Keoladeo National Park. Keoladeo National Park is an important wintering ground for large numbers of migrant birds; the most common waterfowl are gadwall, shoveler, common teal, cotton teal, tufted duck, knob-billed duck, bar-headed goose, little cormorant, great cormorant, Indian shag ...

  3. Siberian crane - Wikipedia

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    The Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus), also known as the Siberian white crane or the snow crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.They are distinctive among the cranes: adults are nearly all snowy white, except for their black primary feathers that are visible in flight, and with two breeding populations in the Arctic tundra of western and eastern Russia.

  4. Kolleru Lake - Wikipedia

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    This lake is a major tourist attraction. Many birds migrate here in winter, such as Siberian crane, ibis, and painted storks. The lake was an important habitat for an estimated 20 million resident and migratory birds, including the grey or spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis).

  5. Bird migration - Wikipedia

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    The populations of Siberian cranes (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) that wintered in India declined due to hunting along the route, particularly in Afghanistan and Central Asia. Birds were last seen in their favourite wintering grounds in Keoladeo National Park in 2002. [135]

  6. Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary - Wikipedia

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    The Kanwar Taal or Kabar Taal Lake or Kabartal Wetland [2] located in Begusarai district of Bihar, India, Asia's largest freshwater oxbow lake. [3] It is approximately six times [4] the size of the Bharatpur Sanctuary.

  7. National parks of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Literally translated as "Lower Kama National Park", Nizhnyaya Kama is a national park in the center of Russia, located in Tukayevsky and Yelabuzhsky Districts of Tatarstan. It was established April 20, 1991, to protect coniferous (mostly pine) forests at the banks of the Kama River. [30] Onezhskoye Pomorye

  8. V. S. Vijayan - Wikipedia

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    BNHS.1990. Keoladeo National Park Ecology Study 1980 1990. An overview. (Ibid). 1991. Freshwater turtle fauna of eastern Rajasthan. With S. Bhupathy J.Bombay Nat. Hist.Soc.88 (1):118 122. 1990: Wintering population of the Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus and its behaviour in Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India.

  9. Siberian Crane Memorandum of Understanding - Wikipedia

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    Map of signatories to the Siberian Crane MoU, 1 July 2006. Taking into consideration the unfavorable conservation status of the Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) [1] and the fact that the species has the longest migration route of all crane species ranging from breeding areas in the Arctic regions of Asia to wintering grounds in southern Asia, the range states acknowledged that the ...