Birding in Orang Wildlife Sanctuary (OWLS)

The state of Assam with its typical geologic, physiographic and climatic diversity holds a pivotal place in the process of progressive evolution of the present day flora and fauna of India, serving as an effective gateway to the floristic faunistic influx (Kurup 1986). Around thirtynine percent of the state is under forest cover, with one national park and cleven sanctuaries occupying more than 2000 sq. km. area. Yet except for the Kaziranga National Park and Manas Tiger Project, not much effort has been put in to the survey of the avifauna of the rest of the protected areas. The present paper is an attempt to the listing of avifauna of Orang Wildlife Sanctuary, a hitherto unsurveyed area.