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The Kaziranga National Park supports a rich and varied bird life. In addition to numerous species of resident birds it serves as the winter visiting ground to many migratory birds. Altogether 478 species of birds, (Barua and Sharma, 1999) both migratory and resident, have been identified. The list included 25 globally threatened and 21 near threatened species. The park has also been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by Birdlife International for the conservation of the avifaunal species.

The 25 globally threatened species are: The Swamp francolin (Francolinus gularis), Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus), Ferruginous Pochard (Aythya nyroca), Baer’s Pochard (A. Baeri), Blyth’s Kingfisher (Alcedo hercules), Pale-capped pigeon (Columba punicea), Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis), Nordmann’s Greenshank (Tringa guttifer), Black bellied tern (Sterna acuticauda), Pallas’s Fishing Eagle (Haliaetus leucoryphus), Greater spotted eagle (Aquilla clanga), Imperial Eagle (A. Heliaca), Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni), White-bellied Heron (Ardea insignis), Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus phillippensis), Dalmatian Pelican (P. Crispus), Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius), Lasser adjutant (L. Javanicus), Hodgson’s Bushchat (Saxicola insignis), Rufous-vented prinia (Prinia burnesii), Bristled Grassbird (Chaetornis striatus), Marsh Babbler (Pellorneum palustre), Jerdon’s Babbler (Chrysomma altirostre), Blackbreasted Parrotbill (Paradoxornis flavirostris) and Finn’s Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus). There is a breeding colony of the pelicans near Boralimora in the Eastern Range where as many as six hundred nests were observed. When the chicks grow up and they are taken out by their parents for fishing in the Beels it presents a very interesting and impressive sight of hundreds of pelicans moving in army formation. In addition to the breeding colonies of the pelicans, there are large breeding colonies of egrets, cormorants and the darter



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