Bangladesh Ramsar wetland
Hakaluki Haor
50 bird species recorded; the most in October.
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This month here
0 species in January.29 species in February.13 species in March.0 species in April.0 species in May.12 species in June.0 species in July.5 species in August.11 species in September.43 species in October.20 species in November.0 species in December.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
50 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).
- 50Speciesrecorded more than once
- 13Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 286Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 2Raptors
- 1Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 13Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 12Songbirds
- 9Other 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 50 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors2 species
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- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
Waders1 species
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- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Ducks & geese13 species
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- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
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- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-necked IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
Songbirds12 species
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- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Indian Pied MynaGracupica contra
- Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustris
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotus
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
Other birds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- CootFulica atra
- Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus
- Black-rumped FlamebackDinopium benghalense
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan24°/10°11 mm
- Feb28°/13°29 mm
- Mar33°/18°81 mm
- Apr34°/22°304 mm
- May32°/24°475 mm
- Jun32°/25°574 mm
- Jul32°/26°523 mm
- Aug32°/25°432 mm
- Sep31°/25°343 mm
- Oct30°/22°203 mm
- Nov27°/17°28 mm
- Dec24°/12°22 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Hakaluki Haor.
One of Asia's larger marsh wetland resources
Hakaluki Haor is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Bangladesh.
50 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 286 open records.
The most recorded are the Little Cormorant, the Little Egret and the Brahminy Kite.
3 species come for the summer, 7 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- Osmany International Airport (ZYL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 37 km in a straight line
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.
In our other atlases
Around Hakaluki Haor.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmKailas Tila26 m · 11 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmHakaluki Hāor4.3 km² · 6.6 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Hakaluki Haor
Bangladesh
- 39Birdyas Score
- 50Species
- 13Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3350278) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 286 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 |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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