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Drigh Lake ( ur, ) is situated in Qambar Shahdadkot District in Drigh Wildlife Sanctuary
Publisher: Sindh wildlife Department. Retrieved 2 June 2012 Drigh Lake was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1972 and was designated as a
Drigh Lake ( ur, ) is situated in Qambar Shahdadkot District in Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
, Pakistan, from Larkana city and from Qambar town. It has a surface area of and the running length of the lake from North to South is about 5.64 Miles. Formed in the floods of 1814, 1815 and 1817.
Drigh Lake is a favorable area for resident and winter migratory birds like night heron, grey heron, purple heron, great white egret
The great egret (''Ardea alba''), also known as the common egret, large egret, or (in the Old World) great white egret or great white heron is a large, widely distributed egret. The four subspecies are found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and ...
, little egret, mallard
The mallard () or wild duck (''Anas platyrhynchos'') is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Arge ...
, gadwal, pintail, shoveller, common teal, tufted duck, wigeon, osprey, marsh harrier, white breasted kingfisher
The white-throated kingfisher (''Halcyon smyrnensis'') also known as the white-breasted kingfisher is a tree kingfisher, widely distributed in Asia from the Sinai east through the Indian subcontinent to China and Indonesia. This kingfisher is a ...
, pied kingfisher, small blue kingfisher, purple galinule, white-breasted waterhen
The white-breasted waterhen (''Amaurornis phoenicurus'') is a waterbird of the rail and crake family, Rallidae, that is widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia. They are dark slaty birds with a clean white face, breast and belly. They ...
, moorhen, cormorant
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed, but in 2021 the IOC adopted a consensus taxonomy of seven ge ...
, common pochard, pied harrier
The pied harrier (''Circus melanoleucos'') is an Asian species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is migratory, breeding from the Amur valley in eastern Russia and north-eastern China to North Korea. Wintering individuals can be foun ...
, crow pheasant
The greater coucal or crow pheasant (''Centropus sinensis''), is a large non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. A widespread resident in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, it is divided into several subspe ...
, darter, garganey, ferruginous duck, greater spotted eagle, moorhen, marbled teal and coot.Publisher: Sindh wildlife Department. Retrieved 2 June 2012 Drigh Lake was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1972 and was designated as a
Ramsar site
A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,8 ha (O)
*** Permanent 8 ha (P)
*** Seasonal Intermittent < 8 ha(Ts)
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Ramsar sites in Pakistan
Lakes of Sindh
Marine parks of Pakistan
Qambar Shahdadkot District
Protected areas of Sindh