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Survey at Corbett Tiger Reserve

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  • About 275 bird species, including two critically endangered, four vulnerable ones and two endangered species, were counted during a survey at Corbett Tiger Reserve.
  • Two endangered species — Pallas’s fish-eagle, Egyptian vulture and four vulnerable bird species — great hornbill, great slaty woodpecker, grey-crowned prinia and river tern — have been counted in the survey.
  • The report was compiled by Oriental Trials, an NGO working for conservation of wildlife.
  • Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve
    • A national park in India located in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand state.
    • The first national park in India was established in 1936 and named formerly called as Hailey National Park.
    •  It was renamed Corbett National Park after the hunter and naturalist Jim Corbett, who had played a leading role in its establishment.
    • Comprises 520.8 km2 (201.1 sq mi) area of hills, riverine belts, marshy depressions, grasslands and a large lake and encompasses Dense moist deciduous forest mainly consists of sal, haldu, peepal, rohini and mango trees.
    • Corbett National Park is one of the thirteen protected areas covered by the World Wide Fund for Nature under their Terai Arc Landscape Program.
    • The reserve, located partly along a valley between the Lesser Himalaya in the north and the Shiwalik in the south, has a sub-Himalayan belt structure.

 

Source URl: 275 bird species counted during survey at Corbett Tiger Reserve

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