Pani Dihing Wildlife Sanctuary

Pani-Dihing Bird Sanctuary
Location of Pani-Dihing Bird Sanctuary in Assam
Location	Sivasagar district, Assam, India
Nearest city	Sivasagar
Coordinates	27°7′19″N 94°35′47″E / 27.12194°N 94.59639°E / 27.12194; 94.59639^[1]
Area	33.93 km² (13.10 sq mi)
Established	1996
Governing body	Department of Environment & Forests, Assam

Pani-Dihing Bird Sanctuary (Assamese: পানী দিহিং অভয়াৰণ্য) is a 33.93-square-kilometre (13.10 sq mi) bird sanctuary located in Sivasagar district, Assam. It is 22 km (14 mi) away from Sivasagar town.^[2] This protected area was established as a Bird Sanctuary in August 1996 by the Government of Assam.^[3] It was identified as a potential bird sanctuary in late 1980s. The first systematic ornithological surveys in the area was conducted by noted conservationist Dr Anwaruddin Choudhury in 1987-88.^[4] Pani-Dihing is a complex of grassland and wetland. Some of the wetlands including channels or beels include Tokia, Jarjaria, Boloma, Dighali, Singorajan, Sagunpora, Kandhulijan, Fulai and Gaiguma. A detailed background of Pani-Dihing has also been published.^[5] Pani-Dihing and adjacent areas is on the global map being an Important Bird & Biodiversity Area ^[6]

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Climate

The climate of the area is tropical monsoon and annual temperature ranges between 7-38 degree Celsius annually. Annual rainfall is approximately 2400–3200 mm with a relative humidity of 65-85 %.^{[citation needed]}

Rivers

The sanctuary is bordered by the Brahmaputra and the Disang rivers in the north west and south respectively.^[3]

Fauna

As many as 267 species of birds including 70 species of migratory birds have been identified and recorded at Pani Dihing.^[7] Some notable birds seen here are bar-headed goose, greylag goose, Indian spot-billed duck, mallard, gadwall, wigeon, garganey, shoveller, red-crested pochard, common pochard, ferruginous duck, greater adjutant stork, lesser adjutant stork, open-bill stork, white-necked stork, glossy ibis, grey plover, Himalayan griffon and white-rumped vulture^[8] Assam's first record of bank myna was from Pani-Dihing.^[9] Among mammals, there were past records of great Indian one-horned rhinoceros and tiger. Wild elephants, hog deer, rhesus monkey and otters^[10]

Threats

Although an important birding area supporting a very large population of birds, Pani-Dihing has suffered on account of poaching, grazing of cattle and fishing within the sanctuary premises.^[7]^[11]

References

^ "Pani-Dihing Bird Sanctuary". Wikimapia.org. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
^ "Department of Environment & Forests (Government of Assam)". online.assam.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Panidihing–A Paradise of Birds North east diary". Yojana. August 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
^ "Choudhury, A.U. (1988). Some rare ornithological records from Sibsagar, Assam". Cheetal 29(2): 3–9.
^ Choudhury, A.U. (2003). My days in Pani-Dihing and other Sivasagar wetlands. Pakhitirtha (Souvenir- Bird Festival). Pp. 14–18
^ Rahmani et al. (2016) Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas of India. Vol. I. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai and BirdLife International (UK)
^ ^a ^b "Plan to rid reserve of cattle, poachers". The Telegraph. 28 September 2010. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
^ "Choudhury, A.U. 1991. Bird observations from Sibsagar district, Assam, India". Forktail. 6: 35–42.
^ Choudhury, A.U. (2000). The birds of Assam. Gibbon Books & WWF-India, Guwahati. Pp. 240.
^ Choudhury, A.U. (2013). The mammals of North East India. Gibbon Books & Rhino Foundation with support from COA, Taiwan. Pp. 432.
^ "Beastly tales from Panidihing - Poachers, villagers poison birds in Sivasagar sanctuary for meat". The Telegraph. 6 November 2002. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.

External links

Pani Dihing Wildlife Sanctuary at assaminfo.com.

v t e Protected areas of Assam
National parks	Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Kaziranga National Park Manas National Park Nameri National Park Orang National Park Dehing Patkai National Park Raimona National Park
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Reserved forest	Kakoijana reserved forest Ultapani Reserve Forest

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