India / Pakistan Ramsar wetland
Great Rann of Kutch
65 bird species recorded; the most from January to February.
NandaMunish · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
26 species in January.25 species in February.14 species in March.0 species in April.0 species in May.5 species in June.0 species in July.7 species in August.20 species in September.7 species in October.11 species in November.23 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
65 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 65Speciesrecorded more than once
- 13Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 262Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 11Raptors
- 10Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 3Ducks & geese
- 1Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 2Flamingos
- 21Songbirds
- 11Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 65 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Gyps himalayensisGyps himalayensis
Waders10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Cream-coloured CourserCursorius cursor
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Caspian PloverCharadrius asiaticus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Ducks & geese3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
Herons, ibises & grebes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black-necked StorkEphippiorhynchus asiaticus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Flamingos2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorNT
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hoopoe LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Rufous-fronted PriniaPrinia buchanani
- Eastern Pied WheatearOenanthe picata
- Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny LarkGalerida deva
- Desert WarblerSylvia nana
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinus
- Yellow-eyed BabblerChrysomma sinense
- Rufous-tailed LarkAmmomanes phoenicuraNT
- White-browed Bush ChatSaxicola macrorhynchusVU
- Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
Other birds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Pterocles exustusPterocles exustus
- Ortygornis pondicerianusOrtygornis pondicerianus
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Painted SandgrousePterocles indicus
- Sykes's NightjarCaprimulgus mahrattensis
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from January to February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan27°/10°2 mm
- Feb31°/13°1 mm
- Mar36°/19°2 mm
- Apr41°/23°2 mm
- May42°/26°3 mm
- Jun40°/28°43 mm
- Jul36°/27°148 mm
- Aug34°/25°158 mm
- Sep35°/24°82 mm
- Oct36°/21°8 mm
- Nov33°/17°6 mm
- Dec28°/12°2 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Great Rann of Kutch.
A salt marsh near the Arabian Sea on the India-Pakistan border
Great Rann of Kutch is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in India.
65 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 262 open records.
The most recorded are the Spotted Sandgrouse, the Montagu's Harrier and the Steppe eagle.
3 species come for the summer, 10 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Eastern Imperial Eagle and White-browed Bush Chat.
The most species are recorded from January to February.
Get there and watch
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Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Great Rann of Kutch
India
- 43Birdyas Score
- 65Species
- 13Migrants
- 2Threatened
Chari-Dhand Wetland Conservation Reserve
India · 138 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 217Species
- 160Migrants
- 6Threatened
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary
India · 202 km
- 89Birdyas Score
- 334Species
- 168Migrants
- 12Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1118568) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 262 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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