WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE CALCUTTA WETLANDS AND THE MANGROVE MARSHES OF SUNDERBANS

Birds
Resident: Sea Eagle, lapwing, ground parrot (endangered), Brahminy KiteTern, Orange Breasted Green Pigeon, Brown Wing Kingfisher, Black capped Kingfisher, Osprey etc


Migratory: Cranes, Plovers, Whimbrel, Curlew, Sandpiper, Lap-wing, Pelican, 7 types of Kingfisher and Cormorant

Sea Life


Hermit Crab, Estuarine Crocodile, 120 types of fish, otter, gangetic dolphin, Horseshoe Crab, Black Finless Porpoise, Olive Ridley Turtles come to spawn in the Sunderbans in winter on the shores of Kanak island;

Animals


Fishing Cat, Tiger, Jungle Cat, Wild Boar, Chital, Rhesus Monkey, King Cobra, Rock Python, Water Monitor, Barking Deer is found on Holiday island.