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HABITATS: Freshwater Wetland
JURISDICTION: Minor Irrigation Dept., Zilla Parishat
IBA CRITERIA:
- A1 (Critically Endangered/ Threatened Species/ Vulnerable)
- ORIENTAL WHITE-BACKED VULTURE Gyps bengalensis
- SPOT BILLED PELICAN Pelecanus philippensis
- GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE Aquila clanga
- DARTER Anhinga melanogaster
- PAINTED STORK Mycterial leucocephala
- ORIENTAL WHITE IBIS Threskiornis melanocephalus
2. A4i (= 1 Bio-geographic Population)
- BAR-HEADED GOOSE Anser indicus
- GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus
- BLACK-HEADED IBIS Threskiornis melanocephalus
- SPOT BILLED PELICAN Pelecanus philippensis
PROTECTION STATUS: Not officially protected
- Pied avocets Recurvirostra avosetta, Brahminy ducks Tadorna ferruginea seldom visit the lake during winter.
THREATS AND CONSERVATION ISSUES
THREATS AND CONSERVATION ISSUES
SILTATION: PERSISTING - Practice of cultivation in dry bed is adding up the problem.
WEAK BUND/POOR MAINTENANCE OF LAKE: EXISTING AND CONTINUED - Recently laid canals providing irrigation water has let to negligence of lake.
POACHING: ADDED - Traditional hunters are still on prowl in addition to new breed of guns.
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