Adults have white hindwings and brown forewings, each with a dark streak, and a wingspan of 4 cm. The abdomen is red or, more rarely, yellow. Males have four large eversible coremata (scent organs), which can exceed the length of the abdomen when inflated. The eggs are yellow and round, and are laid in rows […]
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The ibisbill is a bird related to the waders. It is grey with a white belly, red legs and long down-curved bill, and a black face and black breast band. It occurs on the shingle riverbanks of the high plateau of central Asia and the Himalayas.
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Jhilmil Jheel Conservation ReserveJan 16, 20227:58 AMTraveling7.39 km300 minutesAll birds reported? YesComments: 4 Ruddy Shelduck4 Indian Spot-billed Duck4 Common Merganser5 Indian Peafowl3 Red Junglefowl2 Rock Pigeon2 Spotted Dove5 Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon1 Greater Coucal3 White-breasted Waterhen1 Indian Thick-knee1 Northern Lapwing2 River Lapwing3 Red-wattled Lapwing2 Little Ringed Plover1 Little Stint1 Common Sandpiper1 Green Sandpiper1 Common Greenshank1 Pallas’s Gull1
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Bird Name: Cinnamon BitternScientific Name: Ixobrychus cinnamomeusDate of Photo: 03 July 2020Location: Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve, HaridwarPhoto by: Ankit SainiObservation: Looking for insects in rice field at Tantawala village, Monsoon visitor at Jhilmil Jheel Conservation ReserveAbout Bird: Uniform-looking cinnamon-rufous flight feathers and tail in all plumages.
Animal Name: Spotted Deer Scientific Name: Axis axis Date of Video: June, 2019 Location: Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve, Haridwar Video by: Krishna Avtar
Bird Name: Cinereous Vulture Scientific Name: Aegypius monachus Date of Video: 3rd March, 2020 Location: Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve, Haridwar Video by: Krishna Avtar
Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve Dec 10, 2019 8:07 am Traveling 20.57 km 255 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: 47 Ruddy Shelduck 2 Northern Shoveler 1 Common Merganser 1 Oriental Turtle-Dove 1 Laughing Dove 1 Greater Coucal 2 Eurasian Moorhen 2 Sarus Crane 4 Northern Lapwing 15 River Lapwing 5 Yellow-wattled Lapwing 1 Red-wattled Lapwing
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Nov 27, 2019 7:46 am Stationary 250 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: 8 Bar-headed Goose 5 Graylag Goose 34 Ruddy Shelduck 4 Common Shelduck — They are Near a bank of Ganga 5 Northern Shoveler 3 Gadwall 2 Eurasian Wigeon 6 Indian Spot-billed Duck 2 Mallard 5 Northern Pintail 6 Red-crested Pochard 3 Common
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Animal Name: Swamp Deer (Barasingha) Scientific Name: Rucervus duvaucelii Date of Video: 24 Nov. 2019 Location: Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve, Haridwar Video by: Krishna Avtar