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70,000 avian species in Bhitarkanika heronry [1]

KENDRAPARA: As many as 70,000 birds of various species were spotted in the Bagagahan heronry during the four-day bird census in the Bhitarkanika National Park recently.

Park DFO Prasan Kumar Behera said high-tech Global Positioning System (GPS) was used for counting and sampling the avian species.

The census was carried out by a team of 15 forest officials and environmentalists.

Publication Date: 
07/09/2009
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar) [2]
Tags:
Bhitarkanika [3], Endangered Species [4], Birds [5], Census/ Habitat Monitoring [6], Bhitarkanika NP [7], Orissa (Odisha) [8]
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bhitarkanika-np
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa