Nanda lake is a Ramsar site located on the Indian state of
Goa
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. It covers an area of 0.42 square kilometres. It is situated in
Curchorem
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. It is the first and only Ramsar wetland site in Goa.
History
The lake was notified as a wetland by the Indian government on 2021 under the Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017. On 6 August 2022, it was declared as a Ramsar wetland site on 2022 Ramsar Convention .
Fauna
The wetland is home to red-wattled lapwing, black-headed ibis, bronze-winged jacana, brahminy kite, common kingfisher, wire-tailed swallow, intermediate egret, little cormorant and lesser whistling duck.
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Alcedo atthis
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Bubalus bubalis
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Camponotus compressus
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Castalius rosimon
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Distribution
The species is found in Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar; Tenasserim, extending into the Malayan subreg ...
Danaus genutia
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Eurema hecabe
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Gallinago gallinago
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Junonia almana
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Lonchura malacca
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Melanitis leda
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Description
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Merops orientalis
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Merops philippinus
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Nycticorax nycticorax
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Oecophylla smaragdina
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Plegadis falcinellus
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Ploceus manyar
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Pluvialis fulva
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In breeding plumage, they all have largely black underparts, and golden or silvery upperparts. Th ...
Spialia galba
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Distribution and status
The butterfly ran ...
Tanaecia lepidea
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Description
Upperside dark brown, paler in the female, with very obscure black markings of transverse lines across the cells of both ...