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Animal migration is the relatively long-distance movement of

individual animals, usually on a seasonal basis. It is the most


common form of migration in ecology. It is found in all major
animal groups, including birds, mammals, fish, reptiles,
amphibians, insects, and crustaceans.

The trigger for the migration may be local climate, local


availability of food, the season of the year or for mating
reasons.To be counted as a true migration, and not just a local
dispersal or irruption, the movement of the animals should be
an annual or seasonal occurrence, such as Northern
Hemisphere birds migrating south for the winter; wildebeest
migrating annually for seasonal grazing; or a major habitat
change as part of their life, such as young Atlantic salmon or
Sea lamprey leaving the river of their birth when they have
reached a few inches in size
 Siberian Cranes
 Amur Falcon
 Greater Flamingo
 Demoiselle Crane
 Bluethroat
 Black Winged Stilt
 Blue Tailed Bee Eater
 Bar Headed Goose
 Great White Pelican
 Rosy Starling
Siberian Cranes are snowy white color birds and migrate
during winter to India. These cranes are omnivorous and
breeds in the arctic tundra of Russia and Siberia.

Siberian Cranes or snow cranes are critically endangered


species of migratory birds, wintered in Bharatpur Keoladeo
National Park till 2002.
Amur falcons are small raptor that breed in Siberia and migrate to
Southern Africa. During migration in large flocks across North East
India and over the Arabian sea, they feed around Doyang Lake in
Nagaland in the evening or early in the morning during the winter
season.
Amur Falcon were massacred in Nagaland during the migration but
because of Conservation India, the raptor is now a protected species
and a successful campaign was begun to prevent their killing.
Greater Flamingo is the largest of all species of the flamingo family, found
in the Indian subcontinent. The migratory bird found in parts of Nal
Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary, Flamingo City and in the
Thol Bird Sanctuary of Gujarat during entire winter season.

Greater Flamingo and Lesser flamingo are the most beautiful migratory
birds found in India, Sewri Mudflats,Bhigwan Bird Sanctuary,Chilka Lake
and Jawai Dam Sanctuary are few best places to spot Flamingoes in India
Demoiselle cranes are migratory birds and spend the winter in the Indian
subcontinent. These cranes are smallest species of crane lives in a variety of
different environments, including desert areas of Rajasthan.

Khichan village of Rajasthan is known for a large number of demoiselle cranes


where local people feed the birds, Last year 15000 demoiselle cranes have
visited the village.
Bluethroat is a small brightly colored passerine bird from thrush
family and winters in north Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
Keoladeo National Park of Bharatpur in Rajasthan is one of the
best place to spot migratory birds coming to India in winter
season.
Black Winged Stilt is a very long legged wader bird and become a
regular migrant to India, usually found around the wetland. The bird
has 5 subspecies named as Black necked stilt,Black winged stilt ,White
backed stilt and White headed stilt.

The breeding habitat of all these species of stilts are marshes, shallow
lakes and ponds, Basai Wetland,Pune shallow lakes and Gujarat water
ponds are the few places to spot Black Winged Stilt.
Blue Tailed Bee Eater is a strongly migratory bird found
seasonally in much of peninsular India. This species is a richly
coloured near passerine bird breeds in farmland and most often
seen near large waterbodies.
Blue Tailed Bee Eater nest under ground in sandy banks or
open flat areas near waterbodies and predominantly feed on
Indian bees,Honey Bees, wasps and hornet.
Bar Headed Goose is the highest flying bird in the world and migrate
to India every in winter season. The bar headed migrates over the
Himalayas and spend their winter in Assam to Tamil Nadu states of
India.
This bird is one of the most common winter season visitor found in
large wetlands of India. Keoladeo National Park or Bharatpur Bird
Sanctuary is the most famous avifauna sanctuary to spot bar headed
goose in India.
The great white pelican also known as rosy pelican is a large
bird with long beak and a large throat pouch, distributed in
Eastern Europe, Africa and Northwest India. This species
migrates to India during winters in large numbers and settles
down mainly in the states of Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan
and Gujarat. Follow the link to know more about Sanctuaries
to See Pelican Birds in India.
Rosy Starling is a black head, chest and tail with white
body passerine bird from starling family. It is a strong
migrant bird and spend winters in India including
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
and Andhra Pradesh.
 Mobile phone radiation
 Hunting of Birds
 Smuggling of birds

 Deforestation

 Forest fires

 Natural disasters

 Habitat
Forest fire in the bandipur on 25th feb 2019
Approx 900 birds are died on this incident
 Siberian Cranes
 Bald eagle

 Forest owlet

 Whooping crane

 Piping plover

 Kakapo

 Spotted owl

 Red knot

This are in red list according to IUCN

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