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Maguri Motapung Beel (also known as Maguri Motapung Bill, Maguri Bill and Maguri Beel) is a wetland and lake located near
Maguri Motapung Beel is a natural habitat to many varieties of birds. The lake is an important habitat for over 110 resident and migratory bird species, including eight listed as threatened on the IUCN Red List, such as the
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park is a national park located in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, Assam, India. It was designated a Biosphere Reserve in July 1997 with an area of , including a core area of and a buffer zone of .
It is located at a ...
and Motapung Village of Tinsukia district in Assam. Maguri Motapung Beel serves as a natural home to wildlife and provide a source of livelihood to the local communities.
Etymology
''Maguri'' is the local term for walking catfish and ''Motapung'' is the name of the nearby village. ''Beel
A beel (Bengali and Assamese: বিল) is a billabong or a lake-like wetland with static water (as opposed to moving water in rivers and canals - typically called in Bengali, in the Ganges - Brahmaputra flood plains of the Eastern Indian s ...
'' or ''Bill'' means lake in Assamese language.
Geography
Maguri Motapung Beel is approx. 9 km away from Tinsukia town and 50 km from Dibrugarh Airport. This lake is 3.8 km away from Guijan Ferry Ghat which is the gateway of theDibru-Saikhowa National Park
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park is a national park located in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, Assam, India. It was designated a Biosphere Reserve in July 1997 with an area of , including a core area of and a buffer zone of .
It is located at a ...
. Maguri Motapung Beel is located in the south bank of the Dibru River and it connects Dibru River through a small channel and finally meets Brahmaputra River
The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, northeast India, and Bangladesh. It is also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, Luit in Assamese, and Jamuna River in Bangla. It ...
.
Avifauna
Maguri Motapung Beel is a natural habitat to many varieties of birds. The lake is an important habitat for over 110 resident and migratory bird species, including eight listed as threatened on the IUCN Red List, such as the Swamp grass babbler
The swamp grass babbler or swamp prinia (''Laticilla cinerascens'') is a small bird of the Indian subcontinent. Some authorities consider it a subspecies of the rufous-vented grass babbler.
Range, habitat, and status
The swamp grass babbler occu ...
, the ferruginous duck, the white-winged wood duck and the falcated duck.
A rare Mandarin duck was spotted in 2021 in the wetland Maguri Motapung Beel for the first time in 118 years.
See also
List of lakes of Assam
This is a list of lakes (beels) and wetlands of Assam, India.
Tinsukia district
* Maguri Motapung Beel
* Udaipur Beel
*Rampur Beel
Dibrugarh district
* Lomghori Beel
* Sasoni Merbeel
* Dihingerasuti Beel
Sivasagar district
* Boka Beel
* Borbo ...
References
{{reflist Lakes of Assam Tinsukia district Important Bird Areas of India