Sheopur, February 27 A rare and endangered forest owlet has been sighted in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh just before the arrival of the third batch of cheetahs from Africa, which an official claimed on Friday was "a significant development in the field of ornithology".
Eight cheetahs, part of an ambitious reintroduction program after the big cats went extinct in the country nearly seven decades ago, will arrive at KNP from Botswana in the southern part of Africa on Saturday.
The discovery of the forest owlet is important because the bird is considered one of the world's rarest raptors and has potential ecological implications for habitat management associated with the Cheetah Project, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (wildlife) Subharanjan Sen told