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Detailed explanation-1: -145 bird species spotted during the first bird festival in Sundarbans-The Hindu.

Detailed explanation-2: -145 different bird species were sighted during the first Sundarban Bird Festival. The first-ever festival was organised by the Sundarban Tiger Reserve (STR) division of the West Bengal Forest Department, where several teams visited different areas inside the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Hunter’s Statistical Account of Sundarban, written in 1878, “Tigers, Leopards, Rhinoceros, Wild Buffaloes, Wild Hogs, Wild Cats, Barasinga, Spotted Deer, Hog Deer, Barking Deer, and Monkeys are the principal varieties of wild animals found in Sundarbans".