Patna Bird Sanctuary is a protected area in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district encompassing a lentic lake that is an important wintering ground for migrating birds.. It is situated near a town Jalesar which is also known as Ghungroo Nagari or Bell City. It was founded in 1991 and covers an area of . With a lake area of only , it is the smallest bird sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh. The sanctuary has been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2026.
The water quality of the lake supports a wide range of avifauna during winter season. The entire lake area gets covered by profuse growth of macrophytic vegetation of water hyacinth and Potamogeton species during summers.
About 200,000 birds of 300 different bird species frequent the sanctuary. More than 106 species of migratory and resident birds are known to have their resting habitats around the lake. The important aquatic birds inhabiting lake are: Lesser whistling-duck Graylag goose Comb duck Ruddy shelduck Gadwall Eurasian wigeon Indian spot-billed duck Northern shoveler Northern pintail Green-winged teal Common pochard Ferruginous duck Baer's pochard Tufted duck Indian peafowl Common quail Black francolin Gray francolin Little grebe Asian openbill Woolly-necked stork Black-necked stork Little cormorant Great cormorant Purple heron Cattle egret Indian pond-heron Black-headed ibis Red-naped ibis Eurasian spoonbill Black-shouldered kite Egyptian vulture Booted eagle Bonelli's eagle Shikra Black kite Eurasian coot Sarus crane Black-winged stilt Black-tailed godwit Laughing dove Greater coucal Rose-ringed parakeet Plum-headed parakeet Long-tailed shrike Black drongo Rufous treepie Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark Bengal bushlark Red-vented bulbul Plain leaf warbler Ashy prinia Plain prinia Common babbler Oriental magpie-robin Brahminy starling Common myna Bank myna Purple sunbird Indian silverbill Scaly-breasted munia
See also Shekha Jheel Keetham Lake
References
External links
http://etah.nic.in/patna.htm http://www.harrivainolaphoto.com/patna.html