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Samaguri Beel (also known as Pokhi Tirtha or Bird Pilgrimage ) is an ox-bow shaped (U-shaped) wetland and lake located near to Nagaon town in Nagaon district of Assam . The Beel is situated in the Brahmaputra River basin . The lake was formed by the abandoned path of the Kolong River .[1] [2]
Etymology [ edit ]
Samaguri Beel is popularly known as Pokhi Tirtha . Pokhi Tirtha is the Assamese term for Bird Pilgrimage . Migratory birds use this lake for during their winter stopovers.[1]
Avifauna [ edit ]
Varieties of species of migratory bird visit the Samaguri during winter, such as Lesser whistling duck , Fulvous whistling duck , Ferruginous pochard , Whiskered tern , Cotton pygmy goose , Cinnamon bittern , Grey-headed lapwing etc. This lake is a natural habitat to many varieties of birds, too; such as Bronze-winged jacana , Indian Pond Heron , Oriental Darter , Cattle Egret , White-throated kingfisher , Common Kingfisher , Grey-headed swamphen , Common Moorhen , White-breasted waterhen , Little Egret , Osprey , Little Cormorant , Asian openbill etc.[3] [citation needed
See also [ edit ]
List of lakes of Assam
References [ edit ]
^ "Water theme park in bird paradise - Samaguri Beel set to become tourism centrepiece of Nagaon" . The Telegraph . Retrieved 28 November 2020 .
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