Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary

 𝐊𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐢 is a 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 in 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐡𝐬𝐢𝐥 of 𝐃𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 and 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 of the 𝐒𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 of 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐲𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡.It is 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑𝟐 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. It is 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 to 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 through 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬. The 𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 consists of 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐤, 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮 and 𝐛𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐨.

It has a 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 of 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬,which have probably 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 from 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢 and 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐢. 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 are 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 in 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬. Other 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 are 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬, 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐬 and 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐲𝐞𝐧𝐚. The 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 are 𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐢, 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐤, 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚 and 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥. 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐫, 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫-𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞, and 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐭 are also 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭.

According to a 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 done in 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖, 𝐊𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐢 has around 𝟏𝟐𝟓 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 of 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 the 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 of 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐲𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡, the 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐲𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫.Other birds in 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 are 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐦-𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐧𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰 and 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨.

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