‘Mini Kaziranga’ has 58 waterfowl species
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Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary had recorded 64 species in 2020
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Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary had recorded 64 species in 2020
Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, which has the highest concentration of the one-horned rhinoceros, has 58 species of waterfowls, the annual survey of the birds, conducted on February 7, has revealed.
The number is six fewer than last year, when the sanctuary recorded 64 species during the second waterfowl census.
Sited 45 km east of Guwahati, the 16 sq. km Pobitora Sanctuary had an estimated 102 rhinos in 2018. At 6.375 rhinos per square kilometre, the concentration of the herbivore in the sanctuary is higher than that in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve further east.
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