MIGRATORY bIRDS

1. MIGRATORY BIRDS

2. WHY DO BIRDS MIGRATE • BIRDS MIGRATION IS A REGULAR SEASONAL JOURNEY UNDERTAKEN BY MANY SPECIES OF BIRDS . • BIRDS MOVEMENTS INCULDE THOSE MADE IN RESPONSE TO CHANGE IN FOOD AVILABILITY, HABITAT OR WEATHER. • APPROXIMATES 1800 OF THE WORLD’S BIRD SPECIES ARE LONG DISTANCE MIGRANTS.

3. ARCTIC TERN

4. ARCTIC TERN • THE ARCTIC TERN IS A SEA BIRD . • THE SPECIES IS STRONGLY MIGRATORY, SEEMING TWO SUMMERS EACH YEAR AS IT MIGRATORY FROM THE NORTH ALONG A WINDING ROUTE TO THE OCEANS AROUND ANTARCTICA AND BACK, A ROUND TRIP OF ABOUT 70,900 KM EACH YEAR.

5. BAR-TAILED GODWIT

6. BAR-TAILED GODWIT • The Bar-tailed Godwit is a large wader, from the Arctic coasts and Tundra and winters on coasts in temperate and tropical regions. • It makes the longest known non-stop flight of any bird without pausing to feed by any animal, 11,680 km along a route from Alaska to New Zealand.

7. MIGRATORY BIRDS IN INDIA •  India plays host to a number of migratory birds in summers as well as in winters. • It is estimated that over hundred species of migratory birds come to India in search of feeding grounds or to escape the severe winter of their native habitat. • The numerous wildlife sanctuaries set up in the country serve as their temporary habitat.

8. MIGRATORY BIRDS OF WINTER • SIBERIAN CRANE • Among the cranes, they make the longest distance migrations. • They winter in India south to Nagpur and east to Bihar.

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