Siliguri, Dec 12: A Siliguri
based organization is planning to develop bird watching circuits
in the Manas Wildlife Sanctuary. It intends
to market the place as an ideal tourist destination for bird
lovers and watchers alike. The groundwork survey on the birds
of eastern Manas has been taken out by a team of ornithologists
named Sujan Chatterjee, Sumit Sen and Bikram Grewal –
who has written several books on natural history.
The ornithologists in their three-day survey
spotted 162 different bird species. It was the first part
of their survey and probably the first one in Manas. Since
there is large number of bird-watching tourists increasing
every year, Manas can be an ideal destination for them with
its great diversity of avian population.
The experts found species of birds like
the wreathed hornbill, red-headed trogons – and 19 species
of raptors, eight types of woodpeckers, chestnut-eared buntings,
a pale blue fly-catcher and innumerable spider-hunters and
a chestnut-capped blabber in the sanctuary. The sanctuary
is home also to another 380 species of birds including the
greater and less adjutant storks, black-tailed crake, swamp
francolin, Marsh and Jerdon’s babblers, pied harrier,
Hodgson’s bushchat and Ibisbill.
One can also find a great variety of wildlife
in Manas like many endangered species of the tiger, pygmy
hogs, Indian rhinoceros and elephants. Manas Wildlife
Sanctuary was listed as a World Heritage Site in
danger by UNESCO in 1992 |
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