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