Rare Sighted

This beautiful bird was sighted after 63 years in Delhi from Aravalli Biodiversity Park. It is also known as 'Navratana', endemic to Indian subcontinent. Pitta is a winter visitor to this area and mainly found in undisturbed ditches of the park.

is a small passerine bird. They feed predominantly on berries, nectar but sometimes take insects. This bird is identified by olive-green upperparts and greyish white underparts, streaked on the breast with a short tail, short thick curved bill and tubular tongue. The latter features reflect the importance of nectar in its diet.

which is endemic to Indian subcontinent has been reported in 2015 from the wetlands of Yamuna Biodiversity Park after 70yrs. Once common in Indian rivers, this snake had lost its occurrence. Restoration of the wetlands in Yamuna Biodiversity Park has attracted this species to survive and breed. This snake is mildly venomous and lives on the edge of water bodies containing mud and aquatic vegetation.

Though categorized in Least Concern Category of IUCN list, this species was recorded only 4 times in Biodiversity Parks. A small owl with peculiar ear tuft on its head and yellow eyes is nocturnal and prey upon insects.

A monotypic species is a passerine bird and migrate from Himalaya to Peninsular India in winters. Tickell’s thrush is omnivorous bird and feed upon berries, insects and earthworms.

A Himalayan Butterfly seen for consecutive two years in Yamuna Biodiversity Park. This species is found on flowery slopes and other semi-open rural habitats in the foothills of the Himalaya.