More than 200 bird species sighted in Papikonda National Park
The HinduGUDISA More than 200 bird species have been recorded in the myriad diverse landscape across the length and breadth of the 1012 square-kilometre Papikonda National Park in the Godavari region of the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh. The survey was carried out across different geographies of the national park — dense forest cover serving as prime habitat of tigers, the Godavari riverine ecosystem and the State’s only grassland — Gudisa Grassland. IISER-Tirupati Citizen Science Coordinator and PNP Bird Survey Coordinator Rajasekhar Bandi told The Hindu: “We have sighted more than 200 bird species during the survey. Mr. Rajasekhar said: “Another exclusive survey — Breeding Bird Survey — should be carried out to ascertain the impact of climate change on the bird species in the PNP.”
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