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Trip Report INDIA 2002 Simon Plat, Bernard Oosterbaan, Willem Oosterbaan |
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Location: directly next to the Taj Mahal in Agra.
Costs: -
Date(s): 20-11-2002 (2 birding hours).
Notes: The Yamuna River was rather dry, dirty and empty in terms of birds. We spend a little time to check the area in vain for Skimmers, Black-bellied Terns, Small Pratincoles and Gulls. This might be why we wouldn’t advise to drive a great distance just to bird this river, but if you’re planning to visit the Taj Mahal anyway (which we didn’t) it wouldn’t hurt to check the river.
Highlights: Greater Flamingo (1 flying over),
River Lapwing (V), Dunlin (V among some Little Stints).
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Birding the Yamuna River, just behind the Taj Mahall, was somewhat less romantic than pictured in the "Land of the Tiger" series. |
| (5/3 ?) striped Squirrel |  |
Bird list:
| Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo, Aalscholver) | X |
| Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea, Blauwe Reiger) | X |
| Great Egret (Egretta alba chloriceps, Grote Zilverreiger) | X |
| Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia, Lepelaar) | X |
| Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber, Europese Flamingo) | 1 |
| Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea, Casarca) | X |
| Black Kite (Milvus migrans, Zwarte Wouw) | XX |
| Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus, Aasgier) | X |
| Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus himatopus, Steltkluut) | XX |
| Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta, Kluut) | 1 |
| River Lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii, Indische Sporenkievit) | V |
| Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus indicus, Indische Kievit) | XX |
| White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellus leucurus, Witstaartkievit) | V |
| Dunlin (Calidris alpina, Bonte Strandloper) | V |
| Little Stint (Calidris minuta, Kleine Strandloper) | XX |
| Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii, Temmincks Strandloper) | X |
| Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus, Zwarte Ruiter) | V |
| Common Sandpiper (Tringa hypoleucos, Oeverloper) | X |
| Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia, Groenpootruiter) | V |
| Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus, Witgatje) | V |
| Common Redshank (Tringa totanus, Tureluur) | V |
| River Tern (Sterna aurantia, Rivierstern) | 1 |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri, Halsbandparkiet) | XX |
| White Wagtail (Motacilla alba, Witte Kwikstaart) several ssp. | V |
| Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola citreola, Citroenkwikstaart) | 1 |
| Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striatus, Jungle-babbelaar) | X |
| House Sparrow (Passer domesticus, Huismus) | X |
| Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis, Treurmaina) | XX |
| House Crow (Corvus splendens, Huiskraai) | XX |
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