Dipor Bil Bird Sanctuary, Guwahati – Fauna

Dipor Bil Bird Sanctuary, Guwahati – Fauna

The sanctuary is home to more than 219 species of birds including more than 70 migratory species. The largest congregations of aquatic birds can be seen, particularly in winter, with a reported recorded count of 19,000 water birds in a day. The Bheel is a staging site on migratory flyways and some of the largest concentrations of aquatic birds in Assam can be seen, especially in winter. Migratory water-fowl, residential water-fowl and terrestrial avifauna are common in paddy field areas, dry grassland areas and scattered forest areas.

Some of the birds found in the sanctuary are spot-billed pelican, lesser adjutant stork, white-cheeked hill partridge, oriental white-rumped vulture, long-billed vulture, Eurasian griffon vulture, Himalayan griffon vulture, Ferruginous duck, Baer's pochard, Pallas's sea eagle, greater adjutant stork, Siberian crane, and pheasant tailed jacana. The sanctuary is home to more than 20 species of amphibians, 12 species of lizards, 18 species of snakes and 6 species of turtles and tortoises.

The sanctuary is also home to more than 50 commercially viable species of fish, belonging to 19 families. Mammals such as Asian Elephant, Hoolock Gibbon, Assamese Macaque, Rhesus Macaque, Capped Langur, Slow Loris, Leopard, Jungle Cat, Leopard Cat, Large Indian Civet, Small Indian Civet, and Palm Civet, Mongoose, Sambar, Barking Deer, and Chinese Pangolin can be seen in the nearby Rani Reserve Forest and other forested areas. Herds of Asian Elephant visit this Dipor Bil for water frequently.