" MOEYUNGYI WETLAND BIRD SANCTUARY "
First Ramsar Site of Myanmar
This Myanmar (Burma) ecotourism, birds watching and birding tours site, Moeyungyi Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary (17˚ 30' N and 96˚ 32' E) lies in Bago Township, Bago Division, on east of the Yangon- Mandalay highway, about 112km from Yangon and it is easily accessible from Yangon City.
It is a permanent freshwater lake and plays hydrological, biological and ecological role to the resident and migratory water fowls and than local people. The reservoir is constructed in 1878 for the flood control to the down Stream of Sittaung River. The wetland is above 10 m sea level and the water is from 0.85 m to 4, 33 m in deep. The whole water body is 103.6 sq km (40 sq miles) in size and established in 1988 as a wetland wild sanctuary for the protection of water fowls and their habitats.
Large assemblies of migratory and resident water birds (recorded in 128 species) are accessible to view and photograph in this Myanmar (Burma) ecotourism, birds watching and birding tours site. The best time to visit is in the winter (November to April) when most migratory bird species are present. The highlight would be large flocks of Asian Openbill, rare Painted Stork, Lesser Whistling Duck, Northern Pintail, Purple Swamphen, Cotton Pygmy Goose, Pheasant-tailed Jacana and Bronze-winged Jacana. Other specialities are resident species - rare Sarus Crane, Oriental Darter, Asian Golden Weaver, Plaintive Cuckoo, Oriental Pratincole, Little Tern, Cinnamon Bittern and Vinous-breasted Starling, and migrant birds - very rare Baer's Pochard, rare Greater Spotted Eagle, Eastern Marsh, Western Marsh Harrier, Pied Harrier, Whiskered Tern, Bluethroat, Black-browned Reed Warbler, Oriental Reed Warbler and Blunt-winged Warbler.
The reservoir supports a variety of marsh plant community including water lilies, aquatic grass and reeds which sometime break free to from floating island. A few trees and shrubs grow on the banks. Surrounding areas are paddy land.
There are about 30,000 people around the reserve that are depending on the fishing and growing paddy. They mostly catch fishes such as Stripe snake- head fish, Great Snake-head fish, Grey-feather back fish, Swamp eel and Spotted spiny eel. The Myanmar endemic species of Burmese Eyed Turtle and Burmese Flap-shelled Turtle also may be viewed in the lake.
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