Kaushambi, India - Undated

Man takes out dead birds from his jacket in Kaushambi, India, undated. He reportedly claimed that he had got the birds from a hunter.

This is the moment a poacher caught red-handed pulls seven rare ducks from under his jacket in northern India.

The birds, believed to be gadwalls, migrate in small numbers to Uttar Pradesh to escape Siberia's frozen winters.

Forest ranger footage shows the poacher, named only as Arun, sheepishly pulling out bird after bird from his coat and dropping them in a pile beside him.

The footage surfaced online on 1st January, with the suspect claiming he had bought the birds from a hunter near Alwara Lake.

The waterway is known as a haven for both local and migratory birds, according to local media.

Arun was handed over to local police who wanted him to identify the man who sold him the birds.