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<p>clean up</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> {{Orphan|date=June 2019}}<br /> {{Unreferenced|date=February 2013}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Kongur Wetland.JPG|thumb|Kongur Wetland]]<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Kongur&#039;&#039;&#039; is a freshwater [[wetland]] located in [[Tirupur District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<br /> <br /> Some of the birds which can be seen here are [[painted stork]], [[Oriental ibis]], [[common sandpiper]], [[Indian spot-billed duck]], [[common coot]], [[rosy starling]], [[little cormorant]], [[cattle egret]], [[intermediate egret]], [[little egret]], [[southern coucal]], [[rose-ringed parakeet]], [[white-breasted kingfisher]], [[pied kingfisher]], [[Snake bird|darter]], [[little grebe]], [[spotted owlet]], [[Indian roller]], [[ashy prinia]], [[common hoopoe]], [[common moorhen]], [[common myna]], [[pied wagtail]], [[grey wagtail]], [[pied bushchat]], [[Asian green bee-eater]], [[black-winged kite]], [[Asian koel]], [[pond heron]], [[black drongo]], [[pied cuckoo]], [[blue-faced malkoha]], [[Indian robin]], [[purple sunbird]], [[purple-rumped sunbird]], [[white-headed babbler]], [[common flameback]], [[open-bill stork]], [[Large egret|greater egret]], [[grey heron]], [[Eurasian collared dove]], [[glossy ibis]], [[rock pigeon]], [[white-breasted waterhen]], [[Indian paradise flycatcher]], [[paddy-field pipit]], [[Indian silverbill]], [[northern shoveller]].<br /> <br /> In 2012 two [[greater flamingo]]s arrived here as winter visitors.<br /> <br /> A huge number of [[Vachellia nilotica|babool]] trees attract birds for roosting. The lake receives the water from Shanmuga Nadhi which is originated from [[Palani Hills]]. The lake is 25&amp;nbsp;km from Palani.<br /> <br /> Some of the resident birds such as [[peafowl]]s, [[grey francolin]]s can also be seen here.<br /> <br /> Destruction of babool and palm trees are threatening the birds&#039; habitat.<br /> <br /> {{Coord missing|Tamil Nadu}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Tiruppur district]]<br /> [[Category:Wetlands of India]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Tirupur-geo-stub}}</div>

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