(Jan) Indian sunderban

Question 1

What is it?

Answer 1

• covers 4,200 sq. km, and includes the Sunderban Tiger Reserve of 2,585 sq. km.
• The tiger reserve is home to about 96 royal Bengal tigers (census 2020).
• It is a world heritage site and a Ramsar site (a wetland site designated to be of international importance).
• Indian Sunderbans, which is part of the largest mangrove forest in the world

Question 2

Current report by Zoological survey of India?

Answer 2

• India has over 1,300 species of birds and if 428 species of birds are from the Sunderbans.
• home to nine out of 12 species of kingfishers found in the country as well as rare species such as the Goliath Heron and the spoon-billed sandpiper.