Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary Bar-headed goose "(Anser indicus)", Little grebe "(Tachybaptus ruficollis)", Eurasian wigeon "(Mareca penelope)", Mallard "(Anas platyrhynchos)", Red-crested pochard "(Netta rufina)", Tufted duck "(Aythya fuligula)," Knob-billed duck "(Sarkidiornis melanotos)", Ruddy shelduck "(Tadorna ferruginea)", Cotton pygmy-goose "(Nettapus coromandelianus)," Little cormorant "(Microcarbo niger)", Great cormorant "(Phalacrocorax carbo)," Common moorhen "(Gallinula chloropus)," Cattle egret "(Bubulcus ibis)", Intermediate egret "(Ardea intermedia)", Asian openbill "(Anastomus oscitans)", and Grey-headed swamphen "(Porphyrio poliocephalus)". Parvati Arga was declared a bird sanctuary on 23 May 1990. Prior to that it was under the fisheries department. Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in Gonda district of
What Bird is That? friends, together with the succinct but compendious descriptive information, will place within easy reach of the bird lover, a most valuable "vade mecum" of bird and bush lore for out of doors as well as a thing of beauty for the library." Cayley’s aim in creating this work was to make available a book that would encourage and help people to learn about and appreciate Australia’s remarkable and unique bird life. He saw and responded to a need for a simple book that was accessible to the non-specialist birdwatcher. Each species was illustrated in colour and the birds were organised