Long Distance Migrants Gallery

Demoiselle cranes (Anthropoides virgo)

Demoiselle cranes (Anthropoides virgo) in flight at sunset with a flock of Great white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) in the foreground. Little Rann of Kutch National Park, Gujurat, India

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Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica)

Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica), adult male in breeding plumage, on seaweed in shallow water, bill open. Varanger Peninsula, Barents Sea, Norway

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