Features: Top Birding Hot Spots in Pakistan-Punjab (Dera Ghazi Khan)

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Top Birding Hot Spots in Pakistan - Punjab Dera Ghazi Khan Updated: 12/25/2005 By BCP member Muhammad Saad N Qaisrani Dera Ghazi Khan is one of the largest districts of Punjab. It is very strategically located, as it has borders with 2 other provinces, Sindh and N.W.F. P. The district has a varied land structure. It is houses a semi-desert steppe, as well as Canal irrigated land. Other than that the Indus river flows through the district, giving it quite a varied architecture. The desert portions of Dera Ghazi Khan are home to a large number of resident and migratory species. The winter visitors to these regions include Saker and Peregrine Falcons. Breeding Falcons in this region are the Red necked Falcon and the Laggar Falcon. Other Raptors such as Tawny and Steppe Eagles, and Buzzards are common visitors. Double passage migrants to D. G Khan include Dalmatian Pelicans and MacQueens Bustards. Cream colored and Indian Coursers can also reliably be encountered here. Rare birds here include Black bellied Sandgrouse. The riverain areas are home to a wide variety of resident and migratory species. These include a large number of waders. Migratory ducks that occur here include Greylag and Bar headed Geese, Ruddy Shelducks, Ferruginous Pochards, Red crested Pochards. Other than these Black Storks can also be found here in winters. Some globally threatened birds that are common here include Rufous vented Prinia and Black bellied Tern. As a matter of fact, the Black bellied Tern is the commonest tern specie in the whole D. G Khan district. Other common and special species are Rufous fronted Prinia, Sindh Sparrow and Sindh Woodpecker. Great Thick-knees are also found in these regions. The Canal irrigated tracts are home to the most number of species. Common birds in these tracts are Sindh Sparrow, Indian Robin, Rosy Starlings. Scarce Passage migrants include Brahminy Starlings and Orphean Warblers. Summer breeding visitors to these canal irrigated regions include Small Button Quail, Yellow legged Button Quail, Rain Quail and Barred Button Quail. The Barred Button Quail has been discovered in Pakistan very recently. Currently the only place known where the Barred Button Quail occurs in Pakistan is Dera Ghazi Khan. Bird Species List: Red crested Pochard Ferruginous Pochard Oriental Darter Greater Spotted Eagle Imperial Eagle Rufous vented Prinia Black bellied Tern Jerdon's Babbler Dalmatian Pelican Mac Queen's Bustard Laggar Falcon Indian Skimmer Cream coloured Courser Indian Courser Saker Falcon Pregrine Falcon Red necked Falcon Black Stork Rufous fronted Prinia Sind Sparrow Sind Woodpecker Great Thick-knee Indian Robin Brahminy Starling Orphean Warbler Small Button Quail Yellow legged Button Quail Rain Quail Barred Button Quail Northern Hobby Black bellied Sandgrouse Greylag Goose Bar headed Goose Water Rail Northern Goshawk Black headed Jay Ashy crowned Finch-lark Pale Crag Martin Upland Pipit Rufous tailed Bush Robin White tailed Stone Chat Rufous fronted Prinia Plain Leaf Warbler Penduline Tit Trumpeter Finch Reed Bunting Oriental Darter Eurasian Bittern Little Bittern Chestnut Bittern Black Bittern White Stork Glossy Ibis Greater Flamingo Common Goldeneye Goosander Lammergier Osprey Red capped Falcon Baillon's Crake White breasted Waterhen Demoiselle Crane Common Crane Greater Painted Snipe Jack Snipe Little Tern Northern Eagle Owl Dusky Horned Owl Sykes's Nightjar << Back to birding sites list
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