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A flock of astir 70 Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) arrived astatine Hope Island successful Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, Kakinada Bay for the archetypal clip connected Tuesday. This is the archetypal largest flock of Greater flamingos ever sighted successful the Godavari estuary.
Last winter, a lone Greater flamingo was sighted successful the wetland adjacent to the Coromandel International fertilizer portion connected the outskirts of Kakinada city. A fewer Greater flamingos were besides sighted connected the mudflats of S.Yanam and Bhairavapalem successful caller years.
Forest section unit led by Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary Ranger S.S.R. Vara Prasada Rao sighted the gathering connected Tuesday.
According to an authoritative merchandise issued by the District Forest serviceman N. Ramachandra Rao, the Greater flamingos arrived astatine Hope Island for ‘feeding’. However, the Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary authorities are yet to found the past halt of the flock earlier they arrived astatine the island.
On January 17, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had announced a abstraction metropolis with statelling launching installation would beryllium developed connected Hope Island nether the Public Private Partnership model.
