Karera Bird Sanctuary, Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh India

Karera Bird Sanctuary is located in Madhya Pradesh and is about 55 kilometres from Shivpuri. Shivpuri was once the summer capital of the Scindia rulers of Gwalior. Karera Bird Sanctuary is a bird watcher's delight. The sanctuary is famous for its celebrity inhabitant Indian bustard and is believed to be last refuge of this bird. The studies conducted on the Indian bustard here have revealed that there are three type of bustards found in the sanctuary. The three types of bustards you may come across are Indian bustard, bearded bustard and colored bustard. 

The Karera Bird Sanctuary is located at a distance of around 55 km from Shivpuri on the Jhansi-Shivpuri main road. The thorny open country of the Karera Sanctuary houses the haughty Great Indian Bustard and the equally snooty blackbuck. But blackbucks and bustards are not the only wildlife that roams Karera. There are many other varieties of birds and animals that have made it their habitat. The Dihaita Jheel here plays host to many migratory birds. Experts have recorded a total of 245 bird species in Karera. There are pintails, teats, and gadwalls snoozing in the sun or squatting meditatively in the mud. There are resident water birds too like the black-bellied river terns, egrets, and spoonbills.