More than 43 species of resident and migratory water birds visit here every year. More than 100,000 migratory birds start coming by December and fly away to their northern homes by June or July after they lay and hatch eggs and the young ones mature enough to fly with the older ones.
The following migratory birds visit this area from other counties
A flock of bar-headed geese (Anser indicus) at the lake in the sanctuary
A pair of black-winged stilts (Himantopus himantopus) in the foreground with bar-headed geese in the background, at the sanctuary.
Bar-headed goose, Siberia
Common sandpiper, Siberia
Common teal, Siberia
Coot, central Siberia
Green sandpiper, Siberia
Greater flamingo, northern India
Northern pintail, Siberia
White stork, central Asia
