Census reveals presence of 565 peacocks in KBR Park

HYDERABAD: As many as 565 peacocks were identified in the peacock census conducted by the Telangana forest department at Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (KBR) national park in Hyderabad on Sunday.

The park management conducted a peacock census to estimate the population, with the help of FCRI students, friends of snake society, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Deccan Birders, NGOs and KBR walkers.

The teams went around in the 390 acres national park, spotted, identified, and counted peahens, peacocks and various other species of birds. CCF Charminar Saidulu, DFO Hyderabad M Joji, forest range officer and staff of KBR Park were also present.