indore a total of 207 species of birds have made indore and its surroundings their home revealed a survey conducted by forest department this is the first time the department has carried out an effort to document the species of birds and their habitat in the region survey conducted over last year by a team of forest officials and ornithologists from indore region found hundreds of species of birds including bird species listed as endangered by indian bird conservation network ibcn like egyptian vulture and four of the vulnerable bird species greater spotted eagle sarus crane painted stork and woollynecked stork are found in the region conservator of forest b s annigeri said survey was aimed at collecting statistics about birds species of the region and their habitat he said after survey they have prepared a comprehensive list with elaborated detail about the resident migratory and local migratory status of the birds they also listed all the potential birding sites found in the indore region out of the total 207 bird species 126 are resident species 45 are winter visitors from siberia and other parts of europe while remaining 36 are resident migratory species which migrates within the country said annigeri ornithologist ajay gadikar who was part of the survey said indore forest division comprising indore dhar jhabua and alirajpur has many lakes wetlands scrub lands light forest areas agriculture land and grasslands which support many species of birds an exhaustive survey was carried out by the department in last one year in which all the potential sites of indore forest division were visited and bird species found were listed he said he said ralamandal wildlife sanctuary located at the edge of the city is found to hold a very good population of ground nesting birds various species of quails and francolins are recorded here apart from many other species main lakes where birds are found include sirpur and yeshwant sagar lake apart from this many small wetlands around the villages have also became good birding spots during winters said gadikar adding to see the forest birds one can visit areas around tincha mhow and manpur he said various gardens campus of indore zoo and daly college campus are very good to watch local resident birds till now there was no proper data about species of birds found in indore region the survey will help in planning for conservation of wetlands and bird species he said