Ganges Delta trees are found in these areas. The delta region has mangrove trees. It is estimated that 30,000 chital ("Axis axis") are in the Sundarbans part of the delta. Birds found in the delta include kingfishers, eagles, woodpeckers, the shalik ("Acridotheres tristis"), the swamp francolin ("Francolinus gularis"), and the doel ("Copsychus saularis"). Two species of dolphin can be found in the delta: the Irrawaddy dolphin ("Orcaella brevirostris") and the Ganges river dolphin ("Platanista gangetica gangetica"). The Irrawaddy dolphin is an oceanic dolphin which enters the delta from the Bay of Bengal. The Ganges river dolphin is a true river dolphin, but
Endangered Species Act of 1973 endangered species. That meeting was held in Washington, D.C., in February, 1973 and produced the comprehensive multilateral treaty known as CITES or Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. President Richard Nixon declared current species conservation efforts to be inadequate and called on the 93rd United States Congress to pass comprehensive endangered species legislation. Congress responded with a completely rewritten law, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, which was signed by Nixon on December 28, 1973 (). It was written by a team of lawyers and scientists, including Dr. Russell E. Train, the first appointed