State of India’s birds, 2023
A report on India’s bird population has painted a grim picture for many of the country’s species. The State of India’s Birds (SoIB) report showed worrisome declines, with 178 species of wild birds identified
Birds
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Vulture safe zone across south Indian states mooted
Kozhikode: Conservation of critically-endangered vultures has received a fillip with forest officials and experts from three south Indian states deciding to make coordinated efforts to create a vulture
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Forest ministry asks officials to take steps for saving GIB
Jaisalmer: Union forest and climate change ministry expressing concern from the government of Rajasthan for not getting support for saving the state bird and schedule first wildlife the great Indian bustard,
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Moa for sale: trade in extinct birds' bones threatens New Zealand's history
Paleontologists are begging the New Zealand government to immediately halt the trade in the priceless bones of the extinct moa bird, fearing that millions of years of science is disappearing as entire
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Multi-pronged approach against Chinese manja
Make this a happy Sankranti for humans and birds too. Say no to synthetic/glass-coated manja banned by the National Green Tribunal and Government of Telangana,” is the message plastered on almost all the
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Water body attracting migratory birds in Haryana cries for government's attention
KURUKSHETRA: The arrival of migratory birds during autumn in northern plains of India is an important natural process and provides a golden opportunity for the bird-watchers and wildlife lovers. The flocking
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Online drive launched to save Great Indian Bustard
RAJKOT: Wildlife conservation institutions has launched an online petition to save the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB) whose population has dwindled to just 150 in India. Of the 150,
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Australian populations of threatened bird species halves in 30 years
Populations of threatened bird species in Australia halved in the past 30 years, according to a new national Threatened Bird Index. The index is the first part of a large data consolidation project
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Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach
Determining whether species have gone extinct requires considering the timing and reliability of records, the timing and adequacy of surveys, and the timing, extent and intensity of threats. However, previous
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Loss of bird species hampers forecasting for Zimbabwe's farmers
As the summer planting season approaches in eastern Zimbabwe, small-scale farmers struggle with familiar questions: When will the rains come, and when should I sow my crops? This year something else
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India’s national action plan for conservation of migratory birds and their habitats along Central Asian Flyway (2018-2023)
The Central Asian Flyway (CAF), one among the nine flyways in the world, encompasses overlapping migration routes over 30 countries for different waterbirds linking their northern most breeding grounds