Birding Delhi, India: Gardens of Bahai Temple and Surrounding Parks

The grounds of the Baha'i Lotus Temple and surrounding Kalkaji District Park offers a great opportunity for bird photographers to get good photos of common Delhi park birds, such as Yellow-footed Green Pigeon, Brown-headed Barbet, Asian Koel, Alexandrine Parakeet, Hoopoe, Common Babbler Asian Pied Myna, Brahminy Starling, Bank Myna, Indian Robin.


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The morning and evening lighting conditions are often excellent, and birds are quite confiding as no one pursues them. In winter and during spring and autumn migrations, the ranks of the parks residents is swelled with a variety of warblers and robins coming down from Central Asia, China and Siberia.

Enjoy the photos:

Indian Robin


Hoopoe


Brown-headed Barbet


Black-rumped Flameback


Rufous Treepie


Asian Pied Starling


Green Bee-Eater


Ashy Prinia


Common Babbler