Magnificent Migratory Birds

It is known for its longest migration in the animal kingdom of 90,000 kilometers.

They have endured extensive migrations, averaging 12,760 km due to climate change effects.

Some are known to grow as much as 6 feet in height and migrate from Asia to warmer climates.

They migrate mainly at night and travels at least a few thousand kilometers between the breeding and the wintering sites.

These colorful birds are the world’s smallest long-distance migratory birds.

__________is the fastest migratory bird ever discovered that flies at a speed of 60 miles per hour.

Normally spotted in large lakes and lagoons, this species migrates to India in large numbers to escape harsh winters.

It is one of the only three migratory parrots.

They fly for about 7,500 miles in 11days non-stop to reach New Zealand from Alaska.

These are the smallest species of crane family, they use 3 migratory routes across the Himalayas that astonish the ornithologists.

They usually migrate during the daytime, alone, and hunt as they go.

These diving ducks migrate from Russia to parts of South Asia during winters.

An endangered member of the crane family, they migrate to India after the breeding season in the arctic tundra.

This seabird migrates to North Pacific during spring and returns to the south during autumn.

They became well known because of the Harry Potter films and have extremely variable migratory routes.

This bird belongs to the birds of prey and they migrate to the regions of Myanmar and India.

This musical bird migrates to India from Alaska during winter.

These belong to the species of ducks that migrate to Japan in winter and to Russia during the breeding season.

They fly three days non-stop from eastern Canada to South America.

Breeding in arctic Europe and Asia they migrate to South Africa and South Asia.

They have cheerful calls and are one of the early birds to arrive in India during winter.

They prefer woodland habitats like Africa for wintering sites and breed in Central Asia.

They are small raptors that breed in Siberia and migrate to Southern Africa.

Migrating to India every winter season, it is the highest flying bird in the world.

These medium to long distant migrants spend summer and winter in entirely different regions.

Considered as long-distant migrants they fly about 2400 miles to and fro between the breeding and the wintering grounds.

Most of these birds fly across the Gulf of Mexico in a single night and migrate to higher elevations for summer.

They are mostly permanent residents but birds in mountainous areas may move to lower elevations.

These shorebirds migrate further inland during breeding seasons.

Mostly found near water bodies as fish is their main prey and migrates between the American continents.