Context: 1st bird festival at Nagi- Nakti bird sanctuaries in Bihar to start from Jan 15.
Nagi-Nakti bird sanctuary has been selected for this event because of its uniqueness.
Apart from the dense deciduous forests, moram land and variety of birds and animals, there’s unique rock formation in the area.
Kalrav
Bihar’s first state-level bird festival ‘Kalrav’ will be held at the world famous Nagi-Nakti bird sanctuaries in the Jamui district.
The event is intended to create awareness about conservation of birds and their habitat, the wetlands.
And to discuss these issues, the department has invited experts from different parts of the country to explain how to identify rare species of birds and protect them.
Nagi- Nakti Bird Sanctuaries
The Nagi- Nakti Bird Sanctuaries have been the home of a wide variety of indigenous species of birds and of migratory birds that turn up during the winters from places like Eurasia, Central Asia, the Arctic Circle, Russia and Northern China.
Over 136 species of birds have been spotted at these sanctuaries.
Around 1,600 bar-headed geese, which is about 3% of the global population of this variety, have been seen here, as per a report of the Wetlands International.
The Nagi Dam (791 ha) and Nakti Dam (332 ha) are two sanctuaries so close to each other that they can be taken as one bird area.
In 2004, Nagi Dam Bird Sanctuary was declared an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International.