Rapid Documentation Of Avifaunal Diversity of Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India

The dataset “Rapid Documentation Of Avifaunal Diversity of Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India” is published by Nature Mates Nature Club

The Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India, on the slopes of the Himalayas, bounded by the Teesta and Mahananda rivers.

The sanctuary encompasses an expansive area of 159 square kilometres within a reserve forest and was initially established as a game sanctuary in the year 1955. In 1959, the sanctuary was designated with the purpose of safeguarding the Indian Gaur and royal Bengal tiger, both of which were confronted with the imminent risk of extinction.

The entire land area is partitioned into 33 distinct forest blocks, which are further categorised into four ranges: East, West, North, and South. The forest blocks encompass the following areas: Punding, Bandar jhola, Jogi jhora, Kuni, Choklong, Upper Champasari, Gulma valley, Silihhita, West Sevoke, East Sevoke, North Sevoke, Jhenaikuri, Lower Ghoramara, Upper Ghoramara, Gola, Ruyem, Andera, Chawa, Samaardanga, Lower Champasari, Singimari, Gulma, Mahanadi, Sukna (Part 1), Rongdong, Kaklong, Mohorganj, Panchenai, Hatisar, Kyananuka, Adalpur, Chumta, and Laltong. 

The geographical scope of our investigation includes the Rong Tong block within the sanctuary.

The dataset presented encompasses the avian species documented within the Rong Tong region during a comprehensive biodiversity survey conducted on the 9th and 10th of June in the year 2023.

At the taxonomic level, each species has been identified and categorized at the species or genus level. The bird community encompasses a wide array of 72 species, each of which is methodically categorized into 32 families and 11 orders.

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