Kaziranga National Park records 93 thousand 491 birds

The world famous Kaziranga national park in Assam has become the popular home of birds and other species. As per latest cencus a total of 93 thousand 491 birds were recorded during the two-day annual waterfowl census . There are 112 bird species and 22 families found during the enumeration. The recent bird census has witnessed an increase of over 59 thousand birds in the Kaziranga national park.Last year, the figure stood at 34 thousand 284. The park authority has recently conducted a 2 day census where 35 teams were involved.

According to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), Amit Sahai, The third annual census was conducted to record and estimate waterfowl and winter migratory birds, and to monitor and assess the health of wetlands, The census was carried out in 52 wetlands across the Kaziranga Tiger Reserve, and 36 seasoned birders were involved in the exercise as enumerators.The total number of 93,491 birds of 112 species belonging to 22 families were counted during the exercise and the highest number of 26 species were from Anatidae family comprising ducks and geese, he said.

The top three species counted by number are Eurasian Coot, Bar-headed Geese and Common Teal.The maximum increase in the number of birds was witnessed in Laokhowa-Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary where the number of birds increased from 9,244 to 71,902.Meanwhile, in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary a census of waterbirds was also conducted and 24,000 waterbirds belonging to 58 species were recorded, which is higher than 15,000 recorded in 2020.