Birding in Central India

The diverse habitats with dense forest, wetlands and plains increase bird diversity in the state. Many northern bird species migrate to MP during the winters.

Large number of bird families is represented in the state. The most popular destinations for bird watching are the protected areas – Wildlife sanctuaries and National Parks. These are excellent for watching forest birds there are few wetland bodies in the state good enough for water birds.

Interesting birds in MP are the Great Indian bustard, Lesser florican, Spotted grey creeper, Forest spotted owlet, Sarus Crane,Indian courser, Malabar whistling thrush, Blue capped thrush, Bar headed goose, Greylag goose, Paradise Flycatcher, Verditor flycatcher, Yellow browed bulbul, Red whiskered bulbul, Racket Tailed Drongo, Golden Oriole, Black headed oriole, Lesser Adjutant Stork, Black necked stork, Grey headed fishing eagle, Crested serpent eagle, Changeable hawk eagle, Common kestrel, Red necked falcon, Sarus Crane, Shama, Indian scimitar babbler, Spangled drongo, Malabar pied hornbill, Black naped monarch, Painted spurfowl, Red spurfowl, Northern pintail, Shoveller, Red crested pochard, Eurasian wigeon, Common pochard, Common teal, Lesser whistling teal, Comb duck, Alexandrine parakeet, Plum headed parakeet, Black rumped flame back, White naped woodpecker, Asian brown flycatcher, Red throated flycatcher and many more…

The diverse habitat in MP provide the bird watchers opportunity to sight new and rare birds which may not have been check listed so far. A large number of migratory birds arrive in winters – waders, warblers, ducks, teals, eagles, to name a few.

The best season for birding in India is winter since bird numbers increase with arrival of migrants from North. MP is cold in winters warm clothing is a must. For forest birding a good pair of binoculars are required for birding in wetlands spotting scope is a must. Find birding packages Madhya Pradesh: Bird Watching Tours MP