TEHRAN The Department of Environment in cooperation with the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts has actually developed a national birdwatching secretariat in Khuzestan province.According to Behzad Moein, an official with the provincial DOE, it is the very first birdwatching secretariat in the nation, IRNA reported.The nationwide birdwatching secretariat intends to recognize birds and promote the culture of birdwatching amongst people.
Bird watching is a branch of ecotourism.
Iran is home to 577 species of birds, 404 of which reside in Khuzestan province, Moein noted.The official went on to say that the province ranks initially in the nation in terms of the birds diversity.Birds such as basra reed warblers; marbled ducks; little, big and African darters; osprey and golden owls; flamingos; and other birds in Khuzestan province are signed up in the list of environmental resources.The department of environment is arranged to introduce the secured areas ideal for birdwatching in addition to birdwatching routes to the secretariat.
The secretariat with the assistance of birdwatching experts will unveil these places to tourists to further flourish birdwatching, Moein added.The south-western province of Khuzestan is the most diverse area in terms of various bird species, its special and pleasant environment, as well as rich natural environments, have actually turned this province into a paradise for unusual and endangered species of birds.Every year, with the start of the cold season, flocks of migratory birds concern winter season in the province from the cold areas of Central Asia.Due to the existence of numerous rivers, wetlands, and special bird environments, a minimum of 6 species of uncommon birds of Iran that live in the margins of wetlands and rivers have been tape-recorded in Khuzestan province, two types of which have been seen just in this region.From terns and ibises to house sparrows, different subspecies of birds will definitely be tape-recorded in Khuzestan province by researching and broadening the science of bird enjoying in the country.About 20 percent of the nations wetlands are located in Khuzestan, this is why the province is home to a lot of migratory birds, along with the favorable weather condition conditions.Bird-watching in IranAlthough large portions of the country are arid to semi-arid, Iran possesses a very rich and diverse bird fauna.Two main aspects are responsible for this; the terrific series of habitatsfrom irreversible snows to deep deserts and from lavish deciduous forests in the north to palm groves and mangroves in the southand Iran's position at a crossroads between three major faunal regions, according to the Iran Paradise website.The bulk of the nation lies within the Palearctic faunal area, which stretches from Europe and North Africa across north and central Asia to the Soviet Far East and Japan.
Lying along the southern edge of this area, Iran's bird animals includes a large Western Palearctic faunal element, reaching its eastern extremity in the central Alborz and Zagros mountains, and a smaller sized, but still significant, Eastern Palearctic component, which extends into northeastern Iran in the highlands of Khorasan.On Iran's south coast, the tidal mudflats, mangrove, sand beaches, rocky coasts, and sea-cliffs assistance a variety of breeding and wintering environments for seabirds.
Reproducing species include Crab Plover Dromas ardeola, Great Thick-knee Burhinus recurvirostris (only in the sea); several types of herons and egrets such as Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii, Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis and Goliath Heron Ardea goliath (in mangrove); and a number of types of terns.Wintering species include Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia, Osprey Pandion haliaetus, White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla, and also many shorebirds significantly African Black Oystercatcher Heamatopus ostralegus, Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica, Curlew Numenius arquata and Plovers Charadrius spp., Scuas Stercorarius spp., Gulls Larus spp., and Terns Sterna spp.MT/ MG