Mangrove Pitta bird

  • In a first-ever census of its kind in the country, forest officials in Odisha’s Bhitarkanika have sighted 179 mangrove pitta birds.
  • The first census in India was conducted to analyze the population of these birds.
  • The highest number of these birds was sighted in the Mahipura river mouth area of the Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary.
  • These beautiful birds are found exclusively in the mangrove forest areas of Bhitarkanika in Odisha and Sundarban in West Bengal.
  • According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the species has been assessed and classified as “Near Threatened”.
  • Bhitarkanika National Park is located ....
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