Guwahati, Oct 19 (IANS) Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR), India’s seventh UNESCO world heritage site, recorded a total of 146 bird species and 1,919 individual birds in its latest bird survey, officials said on Sunday.
A senior official said that the ‘Kati Bihu Bird Count 2025’ was successfully organised at Kaziranga on Saturday by the Assam Bird Monitoring Network (ABMN) in collaboration with the KNPTR authorities.
The KNPTR official said that the bird surveys were conducted across five key locations — Panbari Range, Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary, Panpur, Gamiri Range (both under the Biswanath Wildlife Division), and Agoratoli Range.
The collective survey recorded a total of 146 bird species and 1,919 individual birds, with Agoratoli showing the highest diversity at 89 s