About this book Contents Customer reviews Related titles. Images Additional images. About this book Ducks, Geese and Swans of India describes 42 species of ducks, geese, and swans found in India.
Current promotions. Bestsellers in Birds of Asia-Pacific. More Info. Guide to the Birds of China. Birds of Mongolia. Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago. Birds of Central Asia. Birds of Sri Lanka. Birds of Melanesia. Birds of the Philippines. Birds of the Indian Subcontinent. The wintering populations are found in Middle East, southern Europe, central and east china and the Indian subcontinent. This species in monotypic.
More detailed information The Tundra swan Cygnus columbianus breeds in north and northeast Asia and northern parts of North America. The wintering populations are found in Middle East, western Europe, east and southeast china, southeast and southwest North America and the Indian subcontinent.
This species in polytypic and comprises subspecies C. Brown wood owl. Little swift. River lapwing. Swinhoe's snipe. Small pratincole. Little gull.
Eastern spotted dove. Asian western koel. It prefers shallow freshwater pools, lakes, marshes and swamps. Whooper swans require large areas of water to live in, especially when they are still growing, because their body weight cannot be supported by their legs for extended periods of time.
The whooper swan spends much of its time swimming, straining the water for food, or eating plants that grow on the bottom. Despite their size, whooper swans are powerful fliers and can migrate hundreds or even thousands of miles to their wintering sites in southern Europe and eastern Asia. Naresh K Thakur reports. Share Via. The whooper swan is the national bird of Finland and is featured on the Finnish 1 euro coin.
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