In a major boost to wildlife conservation in Assam, the Royal Bengal Tiger has been camera-trapped inside Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, confirming its return to the park after nearly 30 years. This is the first photographic evidence of the species in the park in recent times.

About Dibru-Saikhowa 

• It is a National Park as well as a Biosphere Reserve situated on the south bank of the river Brahmaputra in the district of Dibrugarh & Tinsukia. 
• The park is bounded by the Brahmapura and Lohit Rivers in the north and Dibru River in the south. 
• It mainly consists of moist mixed semi-evergreen forests, moist mixed deciduous forests, canebrakes and grasslands. 
• It is the largest salix swamp forest in north-eastern India, with a tropical monsoon climate with a hot and wet summer and cool and usually dry winter.
• Dibru-Saikhowa, with an area of 340 sq km, is among the most vibrant wildernesses on earth and is also distinct for its pristine scenic beauty. 
• Situated in the flood plain of Brahmaputra, Dibru-saikhowa is a safe haven for many extremely rare and endangered species of Wildlife.
• The forest type of Dibru-Saikhowa comprises semi-evergreen forests, deciduous forests, littoral and swamp forests and patches of wet evergreen forests. 
• Famed for Feral horses, a total 36 species of mammals and above 400 species of birds have so far been recorded from the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park.
• Fauna : Originally created to help conserve the habitat of the rare white-winged wood duck, the park is also home to other rare creatures. 36 species of mammals have so far been recorded: 
  • Tiger, Elephant, Leopard, Jungle Cat, Bears, Small Indian Civet, Squirrels, Gangetic Dolphin, Slow Loris, Assamese Macague, Rhesus Macaque, Capped Langur, Hoolock Gibbon, Wild Pigs, Sambar, Barking Deer, Water Buffalo, Feral Horses etc.
• Avifauna : It is an identified Important Bird Area (IBA) having more than 382 species of Birds, some of which are: 
  • Greater Adjutant Stork, Lesser Adjutant Stork, Greater Crested Grebe. Large Cormorant, Open bill Stork, Black necked Stork, Large Whistling Teal. Grey leg Goose, Grey-headed Fishing Eagle, Griffon Vulture, Osprey, Crested Serpent Eagle, Spot Billed Pelican, White Winged Wood Duck, Baer’s Pochard, Greater Spotted Eagle, Pale Capped Pigeon, Great Pied Hornbill, Marsh Babbler, Jerdon’s Babbler, Black Breasted Parrot bill, etc. 
  • The Park is renowned for natural regeneration of Salix trees.
• The area was declared as Dibru Reserved Forest in 1890. 
• In 1986, an area of 650 km2 was preliminarily declared as a wildlife sanctuary out of which finally 340 km2 was declared as wildlife sanctuary in 1995. 
• In 1997, Dibru-Saikhowa Biosphere Reserve was declared with an area of 765 km2 that included the 340 km2 of sanctuary area as the core. 
• In 1999, the 340 km2 sanctuary area was declared as a national park.

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