Waterbirds

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Introduction

India is a riverine country with significant wetlands and a long coastline. This diversity of habitat provides suitable breeding and wintering grounds for myriad of water dependent birds. India is an important wintering ground for waterfowl and many threatened species find shelter in the jheels, lakes, beels and rivers all across the country.

Waterbodies

West Bengal, India
  Santragachi, Howrah
  Purbasthali, Burdwan
  Chittaranjan, Burdwan
  Salt Lake, Kolkata
  Sunderbans, 24 Parganas
  Bhagirathi River, Burdwan/Nadia

Northern India
  Bharatpur ~ Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Rajasthan
  Sultanpur ~ Sultanpur Lake National Park
  Chambal ~ National Chambal Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh
  Harike ~ Punjab
  Bhindawas ~ Bhindawas Bird Sanctuary, Haryana

Western India
  Sewri Bay, Mumbai

Sumit K Sen
Kolkata, India