Rare avians enthral bird watchers at Sultanpur
Hindustan Times Haryana|December 16, 2024
NEW DELHI: Birders in Delhi-NCR made several rare sightings on Sunday, continuing a trend of vagrant species being spotted in the region.
Jasjeev Gandhiok
Rare avians enthral bird watchers at Sultanpur

Among the rarest visitors spotted were the Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa) and the falcated duck (Mareca falcata), both spotted at Sultanpur on Sunday.

The Baikal teal has been sighted after more than a decade in the region—the last sighting came in 2013 at Sultanpur.

The falcated duck was sighted last year in Surajpur, but birders say there have only been a handful of sightings over the past decade.

"The Baikal teal has a record from 2013 at Sultanpur and before that, around 2011 at Okhla. It is extremely rare. We had reports of the falcated duck being sighted on December 12 too and before that, a record exists from Surajpur last year. There have only been a handful of sightings of both these birds in the last decade across NCR," said birder Pankaj Gupta.

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