From vibrant pittas to majestic flamingos, explore India’s most breathtaking bird species and where to spot them in the wild.

However, Greater Flamingos are bigger with a typical weight of between 2kg and 4kg (4.4 to 8.8 lbs), categorizing them as large birds. Engines are required to undergo bird ingestion testing to ...

This story appears in the April 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. A flamingo looks like a bird cooked up by an exuberant preschooler—absurdly long legs, knobby ankles (that look like ...

Six of Audubon's striking prints are on display in the Museum's Birds gallery. If you've seen the film, you'll immediately recognise the pink plumage of the greater flamingo alongside one of the most ...

On a misty April morning, Jan and Hermann were photographing flamingos when they noticed spider webs strung between reeds and beaded with dew. For them, this photograph symbolises the diversity of the ...

If birds left tracks in the sky ... of Spain’s Ebro River Delta on the Mediterranean coast, a flock of greater flamingos is silhouetted in the water, while European herring gulls fly overhead.

Tamil Nadu plans to declare Dhanushkodi as a Greater Flamingo Sanctuary. The government will also create a Raptors Research Foundation and a biodiversity park in Tiruvannamalai district.

"To safeguard this vital habitat and maintain biodiversity balance, steps will be taken to notify Dhanushkodi as a Greater Flamingo Sanctuary, ensuring the protection of migratory wetland birds ...

The region, located at the tip of Rameswaram Island, is a crucial stopover for migratory birds along the Central Asian Flyway, particularly the majestic Greater Flamingo. Follow live Budget ...