ATAPAKA BIRD SANCTUARY: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 19 June 2022

ATAPAKA BIRD SANCTUARY

✓Thousands of migratory birds reach the sanctuary every year for nesting.

✓The Atapaka Bird Sanctuary at Kolleru Lake has become a safe breeding ground for many migratory species namely Grey Pelicans and Painted Storks

 ✓Grey Pelican and Painted Stork both are near threatened species under IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

□ ABOUT KOLLERU LAKE

✓Kolleru Lake is located between the deltas of the Krishna and Godavari rivers in Andhra Pradesh.

✓It is an important habitat for an estimated 20 million residents and migratory birds like Grey or Spot-billed pelicans.

✓It was notified as a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1999 under India’s Wild Life Protection Act, 1972.

✓It was declared a wetland of international importance in 2002 under Ramsar convention.