Islamic Republic of Pakistan

• Hadero Lake

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  Hadeiro Lake is situated 5 km north of Haleji. It is a small lake famous for pelicans and flamingos.

• Haleji Lake

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  It is Asia's greatest waterfowl reserve. Haleji lake is situated about 70km from Karachi. During winter thousands of birds fly down to Haleji from Siberian colder areas. It is the largest bird sanctuary of Pakistan.

• Kinjhar Lake

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  Kinjhar Lake is the largest fresh water lake of Pakistan. It is situated further 50km from Haleji near 2,500 years old civilization of Makli, Thatta and Bhambhore. It houses variety of tourist huts and boating facilities.

• Lal Suhanra National Park

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  This Park is situated in Choolistan desert about 40km from Bahawalpur. It is a nice place for watching desert species. It houses tourists huts and watch towers.

• Mai-Kolachi by-pass

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  This by-pass road is situated right in he heart of Karachi near 5-Star hotel complex off M T Khan road. It is a unique spot for watching flamingos in sea lagoons across the road even on a very short trip to Karachi.

• Margalla Hills National Park

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  Margalla hills form the skyline of Islamabad. There are a variety of resident birds which can be seen there during a normal jogging trip on the hills or on a special birding trip.

• Rawal Lake & Shakar Parian National Park

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  Visitors to the lush green capital of Pakistan can enjoy birding in and around Rawal Lake area in the heart of Islamabad. It is famous for resident as well as visiting birds.

• Ucchali Lake Complex

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  Ucchali Lake Complex consists of three small lakes. It is situated in the salt range plateaus in north-central Punjab. This area is famous for the regular winter visitor white-headed duck Oxyura Leucocephala.

• T R Aashi

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• Number of bird species: 792

  (As at June 2024)

  National Bird: Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar

• A Field Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent

  | By Krys Kazmierczak & Ber van Perlo | Christopher Helm | 2008 | Paperback | 352 pages, 96 colour plates, b/w illustrations, distribution maps | Out of Print | ISBN: 9781408109786 Buy this book from NHBS.com

• A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of India Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

  | By Bikram Grewal & Garima Bhatia | John Beaufoy Publishing | Edition 2 | 2022 | 176 pages, 300+ colour photos, 1 colour map | ISBN: 9781913679347 Buy this book from NHBS.com

• A Photographic Field Guide to the Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh

  | By Bikram Grewal & Sumit Sen | Princeton University Press | 2017 | Paperback | 792 pages, 4000+ colour photos, 1300+ colour distribution maps | ISBN: 9780691176499 Buy this book from NHBS.com

• Birds of Pakistan

  | By Richard Grimmett, Tom Roberts & Tim Inskipp | Christopher Helm | 2009 | Paperback | 256 pages, colour plates throughout | ISBN: 9780713688009 Buy this book from NHBS.com

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• BRC Bird Watching club, Pakistan

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  Bioresource Research Centre organized Bird Watching Club.

• Birds of Pakistan

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  Tweet birdlife of Pakistan for awareness, popularizing birding & highlight threats to them.

• Ornithological Society of Pakistan

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  Block D Near Farawa Chowk, PO Box 73, Dera Ohazi Khan, 32200. + 92 641 62339osp@mul.paknet.com.pk

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• *Protected areas of Pakistan

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  As of present, there are around 157 protected areas in Pakistan that are recognised by IUCN.

• NP Ayubia

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  Ayubia National Park is a protected area of 3,312 hectares (33 km2)[1] located in Abbotabad District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The park harbors up to 203 species of birds. Many species of birds, including the golden eagle, the vulture, Eurasian sparrowhawk and the hill pigeon among others can be found here. It is also home to some of the rarer Himalayan pheasant species like the kalij and koklass pheasants. Ayubia National Park supports 31 species of mammals such as the Asiatic leopard, hill fox and flying squirrel.

• NP Central Karakoram

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  it covers an area of about 10,000 sq. km and contains the greatest concentration of high mountains on earth. The number of bird species present is low. The robin accentor (Prunella rubeuloides) and black-throated thrush (Turdus ruficollis) overwinter here, and vultures, birds of prey, rosefinches (Carpodacus spp.), Himalayan monals (Lophophorus impejanus) and Güldenstädt's redstarts (Phoenicurus erythrogaster) remain throughout the year, though they may move to somewhat lower elevations in winter.

• NP Hazarganji-Chiltan

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  Hazarganji Chiltan National Park is a national park in the Mastung District of western Balochistan Province of Pakistan. It lies between Chiltan on its west and Hazarganji on the east. The park was established in 1980 to provide the habitat to rare Chiltan ibexes found in the area. 120 species of avifauna (36 resident and 84 migratory) and 30 species of reptiles. Birds includes the very rare Houbara bustard, griffon vulture, Egyptian vulture, crested honey buzzard (winters only), laggar falcon, peregrine falcon, common kestrel, Eurasian sparrowhawk (winters only), Indian scops owl, Indian cuckoo, European bee-eater (breeding only), chukar partridge, European nightjar (breeding/summer only), long-billed pipit, Eastern Orphean warbler, variable wheatear, blue rock thrush, whinchat, white-browed bush chat and Lichtenstein's desert finch.

• NP Kirthar

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  It tretches over 3,087 square kilometres (1,192 sq mi), making it the second largest national park in Pakistan after Hingol National Park. The fauna comprises Indian leopards, striped hyenas, Indian wolves, ratels, urials, chinkara gazelles and rare Sind wild goats. Blackbuck antelopes are kept in enclosures for a reintroduction project at Kirthar National Park. Most large predators have been killed with the last leopard shot in 1977.

• NP Lal Suhanra

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  Lal Suhanra is a national park in Pakistan that is situated in the Bahawalpur district of Punjab province. It is one of South Asia’s largest nationals parks, and is a UNESCO declared Biosphere Reserve. More than 160 species of birds are also present, including the houbara bustard, griffon vulture, crested honey buzzard, marsh harrier, hen harrier, laggar falcon, peregrine falcon, kestrel, Eurasian sparrowhawk, Egyptian vulture, lark, shrike, wheatear, and barn owl. Lake Patisar, a large body of water in the center of the park, is ideal for bird watching. In mid-winter, the lake is regularly home to between 10,000 and 30,000 ducks and common coot.

• NP Margalla Hills

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  It is a national park located in Islamabad Capital Territory. It covers approximately 17,386 hectares (67.13 sq mi). Tilla Charouni with a height of 1604m is tallest peak in the park. The park is rich in biodiversity, especially rich in Sino-Himalayan fauna, most notably gray goral, barking deer and the Leopard. It is also home to a large number of birds such as larks, paradise flycatcher, black partridge, shrikes pheasants, spotted doves, Egyptian vultures, falcons, hawks and eagles.

• NP Rawal Lake & Shakar Parian

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  The reservoir is of considerable importance for wintering waterfowl. It is a good place for birds watching, as the majority of Birds of Islamabad are found here.

• Pakistans IBAs

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  Overview of IBAs

• WII Jiwani Coastal Wetland

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  The Jiwani Coastal Wetland is a wetland located in Balochistan, Pakistan, near the town of Jiwani. According to the book Avian Diversity of Jiwani Coastal Wetlands, Pakistan, 112 species of birds were recorded of which 79 species were migratory and 33 were resident. Of the 79 migratory species, 54 migrated during winters, 11 migrated during summers, 10 were year round visitors, and 3 species were vagrant.

• WS Haleji Lake

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  Haleji Lake is a perennial freshwater lake in Thatta District of Sindh Province, Pakistan. It is 6.58 km2 (2.54 sq mi) in size and is surrounded by marshes and brackish seepage lagoons. Haleji Lake is a wintering site for waterfowl such as cotton teal, spot-billed duck, purple moorhen and pheasant-tailed jacana. It is also a breeding site for egrets and herons.

• WS IBA Chashma Barrage

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  A large barrage on the Indus river with a series of embankments or flood bunds which, at low water levels, divide the reservoir into five shallow lakes each of up to 250 ha in area. The construction was completed in 1971. Maximum flooding occurs in spring.

• WS WII IBA Keenjhar Lake

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  Keenjhar Lake is in Thatta District, Sindh, Pakistan. It is 122 km from Karachi and 18 km from the town of Thatta. It is the second largest fresh water lake in Pakistan. Keenjhar Lake has been declared a ramsar site and a wildlife sanctuary. It provides a favorable habitat of winter migratory birds like ducks, geese, flamingos, cormorants, waders, herons, egrets, ibises, terns, coots and gulls. It has been observed as a breeding area of the black-crowned night heron, the cotton pygmy goose, purple swamphen, and pheasant-tailed jacana.

• Wetlands

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  Pakistan presently has 19 sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance, with a surface area of 1,343,627 hectares…

• eBird

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• BirdQuest

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  PAKISTAN’S HIMALAYAS – Orange Bullfinch, White-cheeked Bushtit, Long-billed Bush Warbler and other Western Himalayan specialities

• BirdTour Asia

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  This exciting addition to our tours sees us combine Tajikistan and Pakistan in search of some of the regions least-known species.

• Pakistan Travel and Tours

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  There are around 362 bird species all over Gilgit-Baltistan according to birdsofgilgit.com and there is a great variety of waterfowl (up to 86 species), especially during spring and autumn. There are a number of birds of prey such as hawks, eagles, vultures, owls and falcons.

• 2017 [07 July] RMK - - A Journey to the North of Pakistan

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  After having a wonderful birding season during the early months of the year, finding summer birds in Islamabad became difficult due to the heat. So, yours truly, Swabi Birder, decided to undertake a long journey to the see the majestic mountains of the Northern Territories, with the hope of seeing new species of birds to add to my Pakistan Birding List.

• 2020 [03 March] -

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  I found Sindh province and the region around Karachi to have a huge concentration of birds of prey, perhaps largest in the world.

• 2023 [06 June] - Andrew Spencer and Josh Beck

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  ...we found Sind Woodpecker eventually, having a very cooperative and showy pair. We then hiked back to the car via an alternative trail that Ali and the locals knew, surprisingly finding Indian Pitta in the gallery forest just behind Gulyal as well, a new bird for the reserve and potentially only the second “known” site in PK aside from Margalla Hills, though it must certainly occur more widely...

• Birds of Pakistan

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  Some species accounts and pictures

• Birding Islamabad

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  I have decided to create a Blog of my birding exploits in and around Islamabad in Pakistan. Probably a little late as I have just recorded my 300th species. Islamabad is a wonderful place to watch birds; situated as it is at the base of the beautiful Margalla Hills and on the migration highways of many species. Each season brings new birds to the areas around the city as others depart. I hope, in some small way, to generate interest in the birds of Islamabad and the surrounding areas…