Marine National Park

Marine National Park of Gujarat encloses an area of 458 square kilometers in the Gulf of Kutch, that is 30 kilometers from Jamnagar. Marine National Park of Gujarat is the first marine park of the country, acknowledged in 1982.

The protected area of Marine National Park of Gujarat comprises of an archipelago that is made up of 42 islands in the Gulf of Kutch.

Marine National Park of Gujarat has a large population of sponges, Sea turtles, finless porpoise, dugong and corals. During the months of monsoon, more than 30 different species of migratory birds nests here in the Marine National Park in Gujarat in the mangrove forests.

The Marine National Park in Gulf of Kutch at Jamnagar has a rich wild life species. The mammals that harbors in the Marine National Park in Gujarat are as follows:

Dugong

Gangetic Dolphin

Jackal

Jungle Cat

Black-naped Hare The reptiles of the Marine National Park in Gujarat are as follows:

Green Sea-turtle

Leatherback Turtle

Common Monitor The wide variety of birds available in the the Marine National Park at Gujarat are :

White-tailed Eagle

Imperial Eagle

Steppe Eagle

Montagu's Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Black-shouldered Kite

Common Kestrel

Laggar Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Grey Francolin

Indian Courser

Great Thick-knee

Rufous-tailed Shrike

Southern Grey Shrike

White-eared Bulbul

Variable Wheatear

Clamorous Reed Warbler

Flamingo

Crab-plover

Great Cormorant

Western Reef Egret

Pelican

Demoiselle Crane

Pied Avocet

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Eurasian Curlew

Godwit

Pacific Golden Plover

Ruddy Turnstone

Yellow-legged Gull

Caspian Tern

Great Crested Tern