Over 400 bar-headed geese have been found on the mid-water sandbank of the Ayeyawady River, Myitkyina Township of Kachin State, since last December.

The migratory birds take shelter in Kachin State’s Indawgyi Lake and its wetland areas in winter yearly mostly in October. The bar-headed geese resided on the sandbank of the Ayeyawady River starting in 2014.

The migratory birds fly to Myanmar via the Central Asia Flyway and East-Asia Australian Flyway out of nine flyways, according to Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary.
The Bar-headed Goose migrate to the northern part of Thailand, India and the southern part of China including Myanmar between October and April. They breed in the middle part of Asia and are mostly found in rivers, fields and dams. They are protected bird species in Myanmar and are listed as Least Concern (LC) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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