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| Great Indian Bustard |
Birds of Desert National Park, Rajasthan
It often surprises people to learn that birdwatchers go to deserts, hot, and cold (
Ladakh) places in search of birds. The habitat, it seems, can't be sustaining bird
life. In actuality it is quite the opposite!
A large number of species of birds are found all over Rajasthan like Larks, Wheatears, raptors including Vultures. Most
of these birds are not colourful as they must camouflage themselves from predators.
The Great Indian Bustard (image on the top left) is one of the critically endangered birds in India owing to hunting and loss of habitat. The habitats that these birds thrive in are dry
grasslands, semi-desert regions, and scrubs. One of main reasons, for the Great Indian Bustard's reducing numbers in this region and in all parts of India, is because the earlier semi-desert lands have got transformed into farmed areas because of irrigation.
These bird pictures are from the Desert National Park, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.The pictures are courtesy Soma Jha.
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| Asian Desert Warbler |
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| Bimaculated lark |
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| Black-crowned sparrow-lark |
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| Common babbler with Spanish sparrow |
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| Cream-coloured Courser |
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| Desert Lark |
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| Long-legged Buzzard |
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| Southern grey Shrike |
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| Variable Wheatear |
