"
My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather.
"
-
Loire Hartwould
What could be prettier to watch than a bird in song!
The Jim Corbett National Park is a birdwatcher's
dream-come-alive. It is fabulously rich in its
avifauna; according to a survey carried out by the
Zoological Survey of India, Corbett is home to as
many as 585 different species of birds including our
favourite - the amazingly beautiful 'Long Tailed
Broadbill' (see image above).
Amongst the many avian delights of Corbett are a
large number of water-birds (about 15 kinds of ducks
alone), night birds such as the scary sounding
Franklin's Nightjar and a variety of migratory birds
including the Great Black-headed Gull and the Booted
Hawk-Eagle.
Other birds you can look out for at the Jim Corbett
National Park:
Oriental-Pied Hornbill, Emerald Dove, Red Wattled
Lapwing, the Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Crested
Kingfisher, Indian Shikra, Indian Alpine Swift,
Mynahs and Bulbuls.
