Sultanpur National Park

Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary is located in Sultanpur village, Farrukhnagar, Gurgaon district in the state of Haryana.^[2]

Some of the resident birds are common hoopoe, paddyfield pipit, purple sunbird, little cormorant, pigeons, common myna, Eurasian stone-curlew, grey francolin, black francolin, Indian roller, white-throated kingfisher, Indian spot-billed duck, painted stork, common spoonbill, black-headed ibis, black-necked stork, little egret, great egret, cattle egret, red-vented bulbul, rose-ringed parakeet, red-wattled lapwing, shikra, Eurasian collared dove, red collared dove, laughing dove, spotted owlet, rock pigeon, magpie robin, greater coucal, weaver bird, bank mynah, common mynah and Asian green bee-eater and crested lark.^[2] Every year more than 100 migratory bird species arrive at Sultanpur in search of feeding grounds and to pass the winter including Siberian cranes, greater flamingo, ruff, black-winged stilt Eurasian teal, common greenshank, northern pintail, yellow wagtail, white wagtail, northern shoveler, great white pelican.^[2] In addition to the many birds, animals such as nilgai, Bengal fox and blackbuck are also seen here.^[3] Trees which are popular with the birds like acacia nilotica, acacia tortilis, berberis and neem have been planted.^{[citation needed]}

As a bird sanctuary it was the find of Peter Jackson who wrote to Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, founder of the society,^{[clarification needed]} in 1970 about the need to declare the Sultanpur jheel (lake) near Delhi a bird sanctuary, and she asked him to take her there.^{[citation needed]} She had to cancel at the last minute, but later instructed then Chief Minister of Haryana, Bansi Lal, to protect the wetland. As a result the area was declared a bird sanctuary in 1972. In July 1991, the area was upgraded to a national park.^[4][5] It has an area of 1.43 km² (0.55 sq mi).^[6]