The Keoladeo National Park, more commonly known as Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, is located in Rajasthan between the two historic cities Agra and Jaipur. In 1956 it got established as bird sanctuary, 1981 as a national park the Keoladeo Ghana National Park, one of the finest water-bird sanctuaries in the world the lake and wetland was artificially created by the Maharaja of Bharatpur in the 19th century.
Keoladeo Ghana National Park or Bharatpur hosts a variety of bird species (Siberian crane etc) from across the globe. Close to 380 species of birds are found in this 29 sq km stretch, 44,000 trees that are used for nesting by birds each year.The park covers an area of 28.73km.
The birds which migrate here are colourful kingfishers, graceful pelicans rare Siberian cranes and trans- continental fliers- the migratory water.