Kaziranga National Park

#GS 03 Biodiversity Conservation

Kaziranga National Park lies along the river Brahmaputra on the North and the Karbi Anglong hills on the South.
It is home to around 2600 Indian one-horned rhinoceros, approximately 2/3rd of their total world population.
Along with the iconic Greater one-horned rhinoceros, the park is the breeding ground of elephants, wild water buffalo, and swamp deer.
Over the time, the tiger population has also increased in Kaziranga, and that’s the reason why Kaziranga was declared as Tiger Reserve in 2006.
Also, the park is recognized as an Important Bird Area by Bird Life International for the conservation of avifaunal species.
Birds like lesser white-fronted goose, ferruginous duck, Baer’s pochard duck and lesser adjutant, greater adjutant, black-necked stork, and Asian Openbill stork specially migrate from the Central Asia during the winter season.
The forest region of Kaziranga Park is home to world’s largest population of Indian Rhinoceros.
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has sought a “factual report” on the rhino population enumeration, conducted in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve in March 2022.

Great One-Horned Rhino is the only Rhino species found in India and are also known as Indian Rhinos.
They are the largest Rhino species and are recognisable by a single black horn and a grey-brown hide with skin folds.
The species is restricted to small habitats in Indo-Nepal terai and northern West Bengal and Assam.
In India, rhinos are mainly found in Assam, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.
The Indian state of Assam is home to the largest population of greater-one horned rhinos, with more than 90% in Kaziranga National Park.
Pobitora wildlife sanctuary has the highest density of Indian one-horned rhinos in the world.

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