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Painted snipe

Painted snipe

Order: Charadriiformes . Family: Rostratulidae
Painted snipe are short-legged, long-billed birds similar in shape to the true snipes, but more brightly coloured. There are 2 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Pakistan.

Greater Painted snipe Rostratula benghalensis

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Crab Plover

23:12 | Labels: Crab Plover

Crab Plover

Order: Charadriiformes . Family: Dromadidae

The Crab Plover is related to the waders. It resembles a plover but with very long grey legs and a strong heavy black bill similar to a tern. It has black and white plumage, a long neck, partially webbed feet and a bill designed for eating crabs.

Crab Plover Dromas ardeola

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Oystercatchers

23:06 | Labels: Oystercatchers

Oystercatchers

Order: Charadriiformes . Family: Haematopodidae
The oystercatchers are large and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs. There are 11 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Pakistan.

Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

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Ibisbill

23:04 | Labels: Ibisbill

Ibisbill

Order: Charadriiformes . Family: Ibidorhynchidae
The Ibisbill is a bird related to the waders, but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family. The adult is grey with a white belly, red legs and long down curved bill, and a black face and black breast band.

Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii

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Osprey

22:56 | Labels: Osprey

Osprey

Order: Falconiformes . Family: Pandionidae
The Pandionidae family contains only one species, the Osprey. The Osprey is a medium large raptor which is a specialist fish eater with a worldwide distribution.

Osprey Pandion haliaetus

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Flamingos

22:53 | Labels: Flamingos

Flamingos

Order: Phoenicopteriformes . Family: Phoenicopteridae
Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet high, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. They are more numerous in the latter. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly-shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and are uniquely used upside-down. There are 6 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Pakistan.

1.Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor

2.Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus

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Ibises and spoonbills

22:47 | Labels: Ibises and spoonbills

Ibises and spoonbills

Order: Ciconiiformes . Family: Threskiornithidae
The Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers. There are 36 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in Pakistan.

1.Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

2.Red naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa

3.Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

4.Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus

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Storks

07:46 | Labels: Storks

Storks

Order: Ciconiiformes . Family: Ciconiidae
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute; bill clattering is an important mode of stork communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory. There are 19 species worldwide and 7 species which occur in Pakistan.

1.Black Stork Ciconia nigra

2.White Stork Ciconia ciconia

3.Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala

4.Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans

5.Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius (A)

6.Woolly necked Stork Ciconia episcopus (A)

7.Black necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

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