Birds of D’Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh: Summer Surveys

Abstract

D’Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India is one of the finest grassland sanctuaries of India, with perhaps the largest population of Critically Endangered Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis . It also has many globally threatened wet grassland species such as Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris , Swamp Francolin Francolinus gularis , Swamp Grass-babbler Liticilla cinerascens , Jerdon’s Babbler Chrysomma altirostre griseigularis , and Marsh Babbler Pellorneum palustrus . During summer visits in 2015 and 2016, 131 bird species have been identified, but more are likely to occur. Detailed ecological and ornithological studies are required in this wonderful but neglected sanctuary.