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Forest officials in Odisha's Bhitarkanika have recently conducted the country's first-ever census of mangrove pitta birds and spotted 179 of them.
These birds are recognized for their striking and vivid colors and are found exclusively in the mangrove forests of Bhitarkanika in Odisha and Sundarban in West Bengal.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has evaluated and categorized the species as "Near Threatened."