https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Patna_Bird_Sanctuary 2026-09-07T15:44:47Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patna_Bird_Sanctuary&diff=246768&oldid=prev 2021-05-26T20:42:00Z

<p>added <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Protected_areas_established_in_1991&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Protected areas established in 1991 (page does not exist)">Category:Protected areas established in 1991</a> using <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:HC" class="extiw" title="wp:HC">HotCat</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}<br /> {{Refimprove section|date=March 2019}}<br /> {{Infobox protected area<br /> | name = Patna Bird Sanctuary<br /> | iucn_category = IV<br /> | iucn_ref =&lt;ref name=wdpa&gt;{{cite web |author=Protected Planet |date=2018 |title=Patna |publisher=United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre |url=https://protectedplanet.net/308593}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> | photo = Patna_Bird_sanctury.jpg<br /> | photo_width =<br /> | photo_caption = Waterbirds at the lake<br /> | map = India Uttar Pradesh#India<br /> | map_alt =<br /> | map_caption =<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|27|31|5|N|78|16|50|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br /> | coords_ref =<br /> | area_ha = 109<br /> | relief =1<br /> | location = Etah district, Uttar Pradesh, India<br /> | nearest_city =<br /> | created =1991<br /> | designated =<br /> | established = <br /> | governing_body =Uttar Pradesh State Forest Department<br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Patna Bird Sanctuary&#039;&#039;&#039; is a protected area in [[Uttar Pradesh]]&#039;s [[Etah]] district encompassing a [[lentic]] lake that is an important wintering ground for [[migrating bird]]s.{{cn|date=March 2021}}. It is situated near a town Jalesar which is also known as Ghungroo Nagari or Bell City . It was founded in 1991 and covers an area of {{convert|1.09|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.&lt;ref name=wdpa/&gt; With a lake area of only {{convert|1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it is the smallest bird sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh.<br /> <br /> The water quality of the lake supports a wide range of avifauna during winter season. The entire lake area gets covered by profuse growth of macrophytic vegetation of [[water hyacinth]] and &#039;&#039;[[Potamogeton]]&#039;&#039; species during summers.{{cn|date=March 2019}}<br /> [[File:VIR 4720-res1 filtered.jpg|thumb|Sarus crane]]<br /> [[File:VIR 4500-res.jpg|thumb|Rosy pelican, greylag goose, bar-headed goose]]<br /> [[File:Tuffed Duck and Fargusion.jpg|thumb|Tuffed duck and Fargusion ducks]]<br /> About 200,000 birds of 300 different bird species frequent the sanctuary. More than 106 species of migratory and resident birds are known to have their resting habitats around the lake. The important aquatic birds inhabiting lake are:{{cn|date=March 2019}}<br /> * [[Lesser whistling-duck]] <br /> * [[Graylag goose]]<br /> * [[Comb duck]]<br /> * [[Ruddy shelduck]]<br /> * [[Gadwall]]<br /> * [[Eurasian wigeon]]<br /> * [[Indian spot-billed duck]]<br /> * [[Northern shoveler]]<br /> * [[Northern pintail]]<br /> * [[Green-winged teal]]<br /> * [[Common pochard]]<br /> * [[Ferruginous duck]]<br /> * [[Baer&#039;s pochard]]<br /> * [[Tufted duck]]<br /> * [[Indian peafowl]]<br /> * [[Common quail]]<br /> * [[Black francolin]]<br /> * [[Gray francolin]]<br /> * [[Little grebe]]<br /> * [[Asian openbill]]<br /> * [[Woolly-necked stork]]<br /> * [[Black-necked stork]]<br /> * [[Little cormorant]]<br /> * [[Great cormorant]]<br /> * [[Purple heron]]<br /> * [[Cattle egret]]<br /> * [[Indian pond-heron]]<br /> * [[Black-headed ibis]] <br /> * [[Red-naped ibis]]<br /> * [[Eurasian spoonbill]]<br /> * [[Black-shouldered kite]]<br /> * [[Egyptian vulture]]<br /> * [[Booted eagle]]<br /> * [[Bonelli&#039;s eagle]]<br /> * [[Shikra]]<br /> * [[Black kite]]<br /> * [[Eurasian coot]]<br /> * [[Sarus crane]]<br /> * [[Black-winged stilt]]<br /> * [[Black-tailed godwit]]<br /> * [[Laughing dove]]<br /> * [[Greater coucal]]<br /> * [[Rose-ringed parakeet]]<br /> * [[Plum-headed parakeet]]<br /> * [[Long-tailed shrike]]<br /> * [[Black drongo]]<br /> * [[Rufous treepie]]<br /> * [[Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark]]<br /> * [[Bengal bushlark]]<br /> * [[Red-vented bulbul]]<br /> * [[Plain leaf warbler]]<br /> * [[Ashy prinia]]<br /> * [[Plain prinia]]<br /> * [[Common babbler]]<br /> * [[Oriental magpie-robin]]<br /> * [[Brahminy starling]]<br /> * [[Common myna]]<br /> * [[Bank myna]]<br /> * [[Purple sunbird]]<br /> * [[Indian silverbill]]<br /> * [[Scaly-breasted munia]]<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Shekha Jheel]]<br /> *[[Keetham Lake]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> *{{cite web |title=Patna Bird Sanctuary |publisher=Forest and Wildlife Department, Uttar Pradesh, India |url=http://www.upforest.gov.in/StaticPages/patnabird_Home.aspx}}<br /> *{{cite web |title=Patna Bird Sanctuary |publisher= |url=http://upforestwildlife.org/patnasanctuary/index.html}}<br /> *[http://etah.nic.in/patna.htm http://etah.nic.in/patna.htm]<br /> *[http://www.harrivainolaphoto.com/patna.html http://www.harrivainolaphoto.com/patna.html]<br /> <br /> {{Tourist attractions in Agra}}<br /> {{Aligarh division topics}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Bird sanctuaries of Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Etah district]]<br /> [[Category:1991 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Protected areas established in 1991]]<br /> <br /> {{Etah-geo-stub}}</div>

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