Birding at Shokaliya, Ajmer for Lesser Florican

Lesser Florican is a beautiful bird, endemic to India and classified as endangered species in IUCN list. This bird can be sighted at Shokaliya from July to September in Shokaliya grassland near Ajmer, Rajasthan. Apart from Shokaliya, Lesser Florican can also be seen in Madhya Pradesh, near Ratlam.

We, Mr. Sharad Agrawal, Vijendra Prakash Parmar and Varun Lunia, went to Shokaliya on 16th August 2015 early morning from Udaipur and reached there by 6AM. We moved around from from one grassland to another looking for Lesser Florican, Rock Eagle owl, Indian Courser, Rain Quail etc. We also met some eminent birders on that day.

Here is list of birds we saw at Shokaliya:-

1. Whited Eyed Buzzard
2. Lesser Florican Female (6 numbers)
3. Rock Eagle Owl
4. Crested lark
5. Stone Curlew
6. Rain Quail
7. Crested Lark
8. Rofus Fronted Prinia
9. Yellow Wattled lapwing
10. European Roller
11. Streak Throated Swift
12. Eurasian Collared Dove
13. Pied Myna

14. Black Winged Kite
15. Rock Bush Quail
16. Grey Francolin
17. House Sparrow
18. Indian Silverbill
19. Green Bee Eater
20. Jungle Crow
21. Jungle Babbler
22. Southern Grey Shrike

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