Keoladeo National Park This former duck-hunting reserve of the
Maharajas is one of the major wintering areas for large numbers
of aquatic birds from Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, China and
Siberia. Some 364 species of birds, including the rare Siberian
crane, have been recorded in the park. Outstanding Universal
Value Keoladeo National Park, located in the State of Rajasthan,
is an important wintering ground of Palaearctic migratory
waterfowl and is renowned for its large congregation of non-
migratory resident breeding birds. A green wildlife oasis
situated within a populated human-dominated landscape, some 375
bird species and a diverse array of other life forms have been
recorded in this mosaic of grasslands, woodlands, woodland
swamps and wetlands of just 2,873 ha. This ‘Bird Paradise’ was
developed in a natural depression wetland that was managed as a
duck shooting reserve at the end of the 19th century. While
hunting has ceased and the area declared a national park in
1982, its continued existence is depend