Demoiselle Crane

Anthropoides virgo

Demoiselle Cranes are commonly seen winter visitors.

Flocks wander over open cultivated fields and marshy areas, and rest on river banks or margins of jheels during the midday heat. With their neck and legs fully extended, these cranes fly in broad 'V' formation.

Barheaded geese

Anser indicius

Winter visitors from central Asia, the barheaded geese are found in Northern and Northeast India. Congregating in large numbers, these birds raid on crop fields and can cause damage to winter crops such as wheat or gram. The bar-shaped marks on their head has earned them their name.

  Bar Headed Goose

Rosy Pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus

Rosy Pelicans are winter visitors to North India. A pelican flock is like a team of cooperative fishermen surrounding a school of fish, driving them to the shallow waters and then scooping them up in their pouches.

Large flocks are seen in Jheels and Lakes.

Pelican