Travel Reference
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Birds
With well over 1000 species of birds, India is a birdwatcher's dream. Many birds are thinly
spread over this vast country, but wherever critical habitat has been preserved in the midst
of dense human activity you might see phenomenal numbers of birds in one location.
Winter can be a particularly good time, as wetlands throughout the country host northern
migrants arriving to kick back in the lush subtropical warmth of the Indian peninsula.
India has 238 species of snake, of which about 50 are poisonous. Of the various species of cobra, the king
cobra is the world's largest venomous snake, attaining a length of 5m!
