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Migratory birds start arriving in Chilika
November 25 , 2017
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- After a long flight of thousands of miles, lakhs of migratory birds have made their way to the Chilika Lake
- Major bird congregations have been spotted in the wetlands of the Nalabana Bird Sanctuary inside Chilika and Mangalajodi, a major village on the banks of the lake.
- Northern pintail, gadwall and shovellers, plovers, sandpipers and migratory ducks are among the migratory species.
- Chilika lake is Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon; second largest lagoon in the World after New Caledonian barrier reef in New Caledonia, US.
- It is located in Odisha state on east coast of India, at mouth of Daya River, flowing into Bay of Bengal.
- It is the largest wintering ground for migratory birds on the Indian sub-continent.
- It is one of the hotspot of biodiversity in country and some rare, vulnerable and endangered species listed in IUCN Red List of threatened Animals inhabit in lagoon.
- In 1981, Chilika Lake was designated the first Indian wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.
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