Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) and Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) are two large and similar species that winter extensively in northwestern and western India.
Great White Pelican is the more abundant and widespread of the two species in India but has a patchy breeding range extending in pockets from southeastern Europe eastwards to Central Asia. Dalmatian Pelican has a similar but larger breeding range extending north into Russia.
Migration map
This animated migration map was created from observations uploaded to the citizen science platform eBird up until 2020. Where present, the inset graph depicts the seasonal likelihood of finding this species (i.e. the proportion of eBird checklists) within its range in India alone. We are grateful to the many birdwatchers around the world who have enabled the creation of this animation by sharing their observations on eBird.
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Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) breeds in northern China and eastern Russia (Amur) and is a true passage migrant in India on its way to southern Africa to spend the winter.
Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis) breeds across the northern Eurasian taiga and migrates to Southeast Asia and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands during winter.
Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) breeds in the Himalayas and in parts of central India and migrates to lower altitudes and latitudes during winter.