Nepal's Royal Chitwan National Park has made it clear that bird flu has not been traced in the park so far as no birds from Siberia area have arrived.

"No symptom of bird flu has been seen in the park to the date as the migratory birds from Siberia are yet to arrive into the park, a 175-square km world heritage site in mid-southern Nepal, and no local birds have been killed of any disease," Chief Conservation Officer of the park Shiv Raj Bhatta told reporters on Monday.

"The Siberian birds had already arrived from Siberia area by the second week of the month last year, but no bird has flown into the park so far this year," he said.

According to Bhatta, birds from Siberia, which are likely to import the disease into Nepal, migrate to the forests of Nepal in winter every year.

There are birds of about 500 species inhabiting in the park at present, he added.

Source: Xinhua