Nalbana Bird Sanctuary
| Nalbana Bird Sanctuary | |
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  Location in Odisha, India  Nalbana Bird Sanctuary (India) | |
| Location | Puri, Odisha, India |
| Coordinates | 19°41′39″N 85°18′24″E / 19.69417°N 85.30667°E |
| Area | 15.53 square kilometres (6.00 sq mi) |
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Nalbana Bird Sanctuary or Nalbana Island is the core area of the
monsoon season
due to inundation only to emerge again in post-monsoon.
Nalbana means a weed covered island In the
Large flocks of
pariah kite, brahminy kites, kestrel, marsh harriers, and the world's most widespread bird of prey, peregrine falcon, are among the raptors seen here.[4]
Many short-legged shorebirds are also seen in a narrow band along the shifting shores of the lake and islands. These include plovers, the collared pratincole, ruff, dunlin, snipes and sandpipers. Larks, wagtails and lapwings are also found on the mudflats. Feeding in deeper water are the longer-legged avocets, stilts and godwits.
The higher vegetated areas of the lake support
coots, are also seen.[6]
Nesting colonies of
Indian river tern at the island, the largest nesting colony in the southeast Asia.[4]
References
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- ^ "New clues to historic naval war in Chilika". Nature India Journal Published online 3 June 2008, Subhra Priyadarshini. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ^ Tripathy, Dr. Balaram (November 2007). "Maritime Heritage of Orissa" (PDF). Orissa Review. Govt. of Orissa: 27–41. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-10.
- ^ a b c Chilika Development Authority (2008). "Avi fauna". Archived from the original on December 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- UNEPInternational Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network. p. 115. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- ^ "Chilika Lagoon". Birds and birding in India. birding.in. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-22.