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From the peacock to the sarus crane and the great hornbill, India is full of remarkable birds. Answer 10 questions about India’s birds and where to find them, and learn a fact with every answer.
1. What is India's national bird?
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Indian peafowl. The Indian peafowl was declared the national bird in 1963.
2. Which bird weaves hanging nests from grass and palm strips?
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Baya weaver. Male baya weavers build long, bottle-shaped nests that hang from trees.
3. Which is the tallest flying bird in the world?
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Sarus crane. Sarus cranes can stand about as tall as an adult person.
4. Which bird lays its eggs in crows' nests?
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Asian koel. The koel lets crows raise its chicks. Its loud call is a familiar sound of Indian summers.
5. The Great Indian Bustard is mostly found in which state today?
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Rajasthan. Most of the few remaining Great Indian Bustards live in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan.
6. Keoladeo National Park, famous for birds, is in which state?
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Rajasthan. Keoladeo, near Bharatpur, attracts huge numbers of water birds in winter.
7. Which bird is the state bird of Kerala?
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Great hornbill. The great hornbill, with its large casque on top of its beak, is Kerala's state bird.
8. Huge flocks of which pink bird breed in the Rann of Kutch?
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Flamingo. The Rann of Kutch is one of the biggest flamingo breeding grounds in Asia.
9. Which bird is well known for copying human speech?
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Hill myna. The hill myna is one of the best mimics among birds.
10. Which rare crane used to fly from Siberia to Bharatpur each winter?
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Siberian crane. Siberian cranes once wintered at Keoladeo, but none have been seen there since the early 2000s.
