| Sultanpur National Park | |
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| Location | Gurugram, Haryana, India |
| Nearest city | Gurugram |
| Coordinates | 28°27′44″N 76°53′24″E / 28.4623°N 76.8899°E |
| Area | 1.43 km2 (0.55 sq mi) |
| Established | 1991 |
| Governing body | Forests Department, Haryana |
| Website | www |
Sultanpur National Park is a national park in Haryana, India, covering approximately 142.52 ha (1.4252 km2).
Geography[edit | edit source]
Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary is located in Sultanpur village, Farrukhnagar, Gurgaon district in the state of Haryana.[citation needed]
Wildlife[edit | edit source]
Some of the resident birds are common hoopoe, paddyfield pipit, purple sunbird, little cormorant, pigeons, common myna, Eurasian stone-curlew, grey francolin, black francolin, Indian roller, white-throated kingfisher, Indian spot-billed duck, painted stork, common spoonbill, black-headed ibis, black-necked stork, little egret, great egret, cattle egret, red-vented bulbul, rose-ringed parakeet, red-wattled lapwing, shikra, Eurasian collared dove, red collared dove, laughing dove, spotted owlet, rock pigeon, magpie robin, greater coucal, weaver bird, bank mynah, common mynah and Asian green bee-eater and crested lark.[citation needed] Every year more than 100 migratory bird species arrive at Sultanpur in search of feeding grounds and to pass the winter including Siberian cranes, greater flamingo, ruff, black-winged stilt Eurasian teal, common greenshank, northern pintail, yellow wagtail, white wagtail, northern shoveler, great white pelican.[citation needed].
In addition to the many birds, animals such as nilgai, Bengal fox and blackbuck are also seen here.[1][2] Trees which are popular with the birds like acacia nilotica, acacia tortilis, berberis and neem have been planted.[citation needed]
History[edit | edit source]
As a bird sanctuary it was the find of Peter Jackson who wrote to Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, founder of the society,[clarification needed] in 1970 about the need to declare the Sultanpur jheel (lake) near Delhi a bird sanctuary, and she asked him to take her there.[citation needed] She had to cancel at the last minute, but later instructed then Chief Minister of Haryana, Bansi Lal, to protect the wetland. As a result the area was declared a bird sanctuary in 1972. In July 1991 the reserve was upgraded to a national park.[3][4] It has an area of 1.43 km².[5]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wildlife Tours India, About Sultanpur National Park
- ↑ Wildlife Institute of India, Directory of Wildlife Protected Areas in India, wii.gov.in
- ↑ Peter Jackson Interview Archived 28 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine Sanctuary Asia, (12/2000) "Interviews", December, 2000.
- ↑ Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary and National Park www.birding.in.
- ↑ Wildlife Protected Areas in Haryana www.wii.gov.in.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Sultanpur National Park at birding.in
- The Sultanpur Photo Log
- How Sultanpur happened: Sultanpur and Najafgarh Jheels[usurped], by Peter Jackson[usurped]
- Sultanpur National Park – Eco-sensitive Zone; MINISTRY of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Notification, New Delhi, 29 January 2009 – [To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, part II, Section 3, Subsection (ii)], [F.No. 30/1/2008-ESZ], By Dr. G. V. Subrahmanyam, Scientist ‘G’]
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