Himalayan griffon vulture sighted at Pt. Calimere sanctuary
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Himalayan griffon vulture, a uncommon and largest chook native to the Himalayas, has been sighted for the primary time at the Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary close to Vedaranyam in Nagapattinam district, in keeping with Forest Department officers.
Forester Sathish Kumar of the sanctuary, who was on an everyday patrol, noticed the chook perching on a “manikara hexandra” tree close to the Thambusamy Illam forest relaxation home on Sunday.
Amused by its characters and perspective, he photographed the chook and checked with S. Ramasubramanian, Conservator of Forest, Thanjavur, an everyday chook watcher. Mr.Ramasubramanian recognized the chook as a Himalayan griffon vulture.
The chook is alleged to an grownup and has a ruff that’s lengthy and pale brown with white streaks.
The ruff feathers are discovered to be lengthy and spiky. The vulture is listed as “near threatened” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.
It lives primarily within the greater areas of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau at the elevation of above 1500 metres.
“It is wonderful to watch the Himalayan vulture in the dry evergreen forest in Point Calimere. It could have travelled from far away ranges of Himalayas,” Mr. Ramasubramaian advised The Puucho.
The inexperienced forest might need attracted the chook to land at Point Calimere, a house to migratory birds from distant continents. It could possibly be a quick keep for the vulture, Mr. Ramasubramanian mentioned and added that directions had been given to the forest personnel to make sure hassle free keep for the chook.
A group had been shaped to stop disturbances by people.
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