150 species of birds come to Nepal to spend the winter, and these birds return north again during the breeding season.
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Birds that came from across the Himalayas to escape the winter have started returning. Birds that started coming from last October with the onset of the winter season have started returning with the onset of summer.
Duck species birds come to the Chitwan National Park and surrounding wetlands to escape the winter. These birds, which come every year in October, have started returning with the onset of summer. The birds that started returning from the last week of February will have all left by the end of March, said Basu Bidari, President of the Nepal Ornithologists' Association, Bagmati Province.
Birds come here from Mongolia, Russia, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, China and other countries. These birds that come to escape the winter had reached Chitwan through the gorge of the Kaligandaki. Duck species such as Karyangkurung, Chakhewa, Suiropuchhre, Malak, Khadkhade, Bijula, Gairy, as well as falcons and eagles come here to escape the winter. Chairman Bidari said that the forest-dependent species include chachar, chuiya, and bhardwaj.
Such birds come and live on the river banks and lakes here. According to him, 12 to 15 species of ducks that have come from outside Nepal enjoy the Narayani, Rapti rivers and Riukhola here. 150 species of birds come to Nepal as visitors to escape the winter. Chairman Bidari informed that these birds return from the south to the north after 6 months when they hatch their young. Experts say that these birds come because the days are short and the nights are long at the North Pole of the Earth, so there is no time for grazing.
Birds that live in wetlands, grasslands, forests and farmlands come to Nepal especially. Chitwan National Park is considered an ideal habitat for birds. The Rapti and Riu rivers flowing through the park, as well as the Narayani rivers and the lakes and forests within the park, are visited by visitors. Parks, buffer zones and community forests are also good habitats for birds. While 903 species of birds are found in Nepal, only 652 species are found in Chitwan.
Along with this, birds that come in the summer season have started arriving. According to Chairman Bidari, those birds that come via India have started entering Nepal. 'Birds that came to escape the winter have started returning, while birds that came in the summer have started arriving,' he said, 'Birds that come in the summer raise their young here and return with the onset of winter.'
