Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary

Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the places of Andhra Pradesh where Asian Waterbird Census will be conducted
It is a wildlife sanctuary and estuary situated near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh.
It is the second largest stretch of mangrove forests in India with 24 mangrove tree species and more than 120 bird species.
It is home to the critically endangered white-backed vulture and the long billed vulture.
The sanctuary is a part of the Godavari estuary and has extensive mangrove and dry deciduous tropical forest
About half of the area is the backwater, which includes a sand pit of 18 km length.
The rivers Coringa and Gaderu and their deltaic branches intersect the region, along with other water channels.
This forms about 335.7 square km of marsh vegetation
Flora: The Sanctuary in the estuary of river Godavari supports rich mangrove vegetation with species like Rhizophora, Avicennia, Sonneratia, Aegiceros.
Fauna: Otter, Fishing Cat, Jackal, Marine Turtle and Estuarine Crocodile.
Most common birds are Sea Gulls, Storks, Herons, Snipes, Ducks and Flamingos.
It is home for the rare, endangered Smooth Indian Otter, Fishing Cat, Estuarine Crocodile

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