Migratory Species

Snow Leopard
Amur Falcons

Marine turtles
Dugongs
Humpbacked whales

Migratory Birds in India

Winter Birds

Summer birds

Siberian Cranes(Rajasthan- critical), Greater Flamingo, Common Teal, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Northern Shoveler, Rosy Pelican, Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Eurasian Pigeon, Black Tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank Starling Bluethroat, Long Billed Pipit.

Bar Headed Goose, Black necked crane

Harrier birds

Richard Pipit

Asian Koel, Black Crowned Night Heron, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Comb Duck, Blue Cheeked Bee Eater, Blue Tailed Bee-Eater, Cuckoos (Pied cuckoo)

Bar Headed Goose

They migrate from Central China and Mongolia where they breed there and come to India in winter
Sited at Karingali puncha wetlands, Kerala
Unique is migration path over Himalayas

Capacity to adapt to high oxygen demand at high altitude areas

Harrier Birds

Harrier Birds are the only diurnal ‘Raptor group or Birds of Prey’ nesting and oosting on the ground.
These birds regularly visit vast swathes of Indian Subcontinent grasslands during winter to escape frigid Central Asia.

Ruddy Shelducks - Assam - Migratory bird

Pied Cuckoo - Least Concern - Migratory bird from Africa to India at the time of onset of monsoon

Non Migratory birds

Great Indian Hornbill

Native / Indigenous to India

Asiatic Lion

Kashmir Stag

Pygmy Hog

Malabar Civet

Elvira rat, Kondana Rat

Red Panda

Laggar falcon (Amur falcon is not native, it is migratory)

Blackbuck

Bengal Florican (Assam, UP, Arunachal)

Cochin Forest Cane Turtles

Not indigenous ( xotic)

Asiatic Cheetah

Amur Falcon (Laggar falcon is native)

Migratory Species

Invasive Fauna of India

Artificial Translocation

Wild buffaloes translocated from Assam to Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary in Raipur district, Chattisgarh
Gangetic gharials re-inserted in rivers of UP, Rajasthan, MP
Jan 2020, Supreme Court allowed introduction of African Cheetahs from Namibia to India (probable place: Kuno Palpur in MP (Kuno National Park), Nauradehi sanctuary in MP, Velavadar National Park, Chhaari Dhand in Gujarat and Tal Chapar sanctuary in Rajasthan)

African Cheetahs is the only mammal hunted to extinction in India in modern times (extinct in India )
African Cheetah are listed as IUCN Vulnerable
National Tiger Conservation Authority recommended for reintroduction

Asiatic lions in Gujarat planned to translocate to Kuno National Park, MP in 2018

Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (IGZP), Vishakhapatnam plans to reintroduce a pack of 16 dholes/Asiatic wild dogs into the forests.

Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre	Pinjore	Haryana	within Bir Shikargah WS for the breeding and conservation of Indian vultures ‘Gyps Vultu Reintroduction Programme'
Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve		TN	Indian Board of Wildlife is planning to reintroduce Nilgiri Tahr
Satkosia Tiger Reserve		Odisha	Mahanadi River. Meeting point of Eastern Ghats and Deccan Peninsula. Tigers reintroduced from MP
Nauradehi Sanctuary		MP	Successful tiger relocation programme Spreads across Narmada and Ganges river basins Potential site for Cheetah reintroduction programme
Beas conservation reserve		Punjab	Proposal to re-introduce the critically endangered gharial.

Indian Rhino Vision 2020 aims to translocate Rhinos from Kaziranga National Park and Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary to five other protected areas namely Manas, Laokhowa, Buracharpori-Kochmora, Dibrusaikhowa and Orang.

Native, Migratory and Translocated Species