Q. Eagle’s Nest Wildlife Sanctuary recently in news is located in which of the following state?
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[A] Assam

[B] Meghalaya

[C] Sikkim

[D] Arunachal

Answer: D
Notes:

About Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary: 

  • Eaglenest or Eagle’s Nest Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area of India in the Himalayan foothills of West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh.  
  • It conjoins Sessa Orchid Sanctuary to the northeast and Pakhui Tiger Reserve across the Kameng river to the east. It is also a part of the Kameng Elephant Reserve. 
  • The sanctuary derives its name from the Red Eagle Division of the Indian army which was posted in the area in the 1950s. 
  • The sanctuary is notable as a prime birding site due to the extraordinary variety, numbers and accessibility of species. 
  • Eaglenest is the site where Bugun liocichla (a passerine bird species) was first discovered in 1995 and again observed and described in 2006. 

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