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Maguri Motapung Wetland

  • Posted By
    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Environment
  • Published
    21st Jul, 2020
  • This wetland is 500m away from the oil well that was exploded in Assam.
  • Maguri Motapung Beel is less than 10 km south of the more famous Dibru-Saikhowa National Park and part of the Dibru-Saikhowa Biosphere Reserve.
  • The wetland derives its name from ‘Magur’, local word for the catfish Clarius batrachus, once found here in abundance. Motapung is a village nearby, and Beel is the Assamese word for wetland.
  • It was declared an Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) in 1996.
  • Important species of maguri wetland are Golden Mahaseer, vulnerable species (like the Swamp Francolin and the Marsh Babbler), and two endangered (Greater Adjutant and Pallas’s Fish-eagle) and six critically endangered (like Baer’s Pochard, Red-headed Vulture and White-bellied Heron).
  • This reserve connects the national park in Assam to Namdapha National Park in Arunachal Pradesh, creating a big wildlife corridor of immense importance in the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot.
  • The reserve is located within the Brahmaputra’s floodplains, and is limited by the Lohit river in the north and the Dibru in the south

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