146 species recorded in Kaziranga chicken survey

The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, residence to probably the most one-horned rhinos on earth, recorded 146 species within the newest chicken survey, Assam’s wildlife officers mentioned on Sunday (October 19, 2025).

The survey by the Assam Bird Monitoring Network in collaboration with the Kaziranga authorities was timed with Kati Bihu on Saturday. It was performed throughout 5 key areas – Agoratoli, Gamiri, Panbari, and Panpur ranges of the nationwide park and the adjoining Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary.

The surveyors recorded 1,919 avian people belonging to 146 species. Agoratoli confirmed the very best variety with 89 species, adopted by Gamiri and Panbari (59 species every), Panpur (55 species), and Laokhowa (37 species).

Two of the recorded species (swamp grass babbler and Pallas’s fish eagle) have been endangered, six (river tern, better noticed eagle, slender-billed babbler, lesser adjutant stork, nice hornbill, and swamp francolin) have been weak, six (woolly-necked stork, northern lapwing, blossom-headed parakeet, grey-headed fish eagle, spot-billed pelican, and river lapwing) have been close to threatened, and 132 species have been of least concern.

Kaziranga officers mentioned that a number of necessary resident and migratory birds have been recorded through the survey. These embrace the blue-eared barbet, bluethroat, grey-headed lapwing, grey-headed woodpecker, better racket-tailed drongo, and Indian spot-billed duck.

“The Kati Bihu Bird Count 2025 served as a big citizen science initiative, selling inclusive, community-based conservation. The energetic participation of scholars, youth, birders, and particularly girls forest workers demonstrated a rising dedication to wildlife conservation in Assam,” Kaziranga’s director, Sonali Ghosh, mentioned.

The autumnal Kati Bihu is certainly one of Assam’s three main agrarian festivals. The others are the mid-January Bhogali or Magh Bihu and the mid-April Rongali or Bohag Bihu.