Wildlife

Amur Falcon

A champion migratory bird can cover about 22000 km annually flies day and night.
They are found in pangti ,Wikhla district of Nagaland and are protected under Indian wildlife protection act 1972.
They undertaken long migratory journey from colder regions like Siberia, Russia, China among others to Warner places like South Africa, India and Eastern nations.
The avian beauty is sized between 21cm to 31cm, feeds on grasshoppers, dragonflies and insects.
They basking in Warmer climes of Gogte salt pans between Nala Sopara and Vasai.
Saltpans are made of shallow watered salt pans and two major lakes chutney lakes and Gass.
Salt pans provides food and shelter.
The bird is vulnerable to poaching.

Indian Roller

It is an Indian tropical bird found in Indian subcontinent and West Asia.

Features:

Its name is Coracias benghalensis, commonly known as Neelkanth.
It is a least threatened species in IUCN.
It is a state bird of 3 Indian states namely, Orissa, Telangana and Karnataka.

It is a bird of family caraciidae
It is 30 -34 cm long
Face and throat are pinkish
Head and back are brown
Wings are light and dark blue
The bird had two productive phases: one is breeding ( May to July) when they lay their eggs and the second is non breeding ( rest of months of the year)
It's brain has quite similar to human brain during the breeding season learning and memory is enhanced to identify a partner for courtship, and mating, nest building, territorial marking and parental care.
It is commonly seen on trees and wires and mainly found in Vindhya Range.

WOOLLY FLYING SQUIRRELS

Species name-

NEW-

EUPETAURUS TIBETINESIS (Tibetan woolly flying squirrel discovered in 2021 in Tibet)
Eupetaurus nivamons ( Yunnan woolly flying squirrel discovered in 2021 China)

OLD-

Eupetaurus cinereus(discoveted in 1994. in Pakistan)

Two woolly flying squirrels species were discovered by the scientists from Australia and China in May 2021.

Key features:

the woolly flying squirrels could be over 3feet long( exact 1100 MM)
Weight could be over 2.5 kg.
They live at altitude up to 4,800m( more than half of the height of Mount Everest) in areas of uninhabited by the people.
They are the rarest animal in the world.
These are some of the largest squirrels in the world
They are very gorgeous(shandaar) soft furred squirrels.
Location:

They live on the top of the world in the Himalayas such as:

Northern Pakistan,
North-western India particularly Uttarakhand,
South-central Tibet,
Northern Sikkim,
western bhutan,
And North western Yunnan, China .

Threat: Eupetaurus cinereus is threatened by habitate loss, owing to large scale clear cutting of forests particularly destruction of high-elevation pine woodlands.

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Himalayan vulture

Himalayan vulture is also known as Himalayan griffon vulture.

It is a threatened species of International Union for conservation of nature (IUCN)
It is Protected in India under the Schedule 1 of the Wildlife protection act 1972

It is the largest and the heaviest bird found in the Himalayas ;
Himalayan vulture's weight are around 14 -15 kg;
It is found at 3000 meters height and above in the Himalayas;
They can carry and fly away more than 3 times of its own weight and can also kill for its prey;
Himalayan vulture is native to the Himalayas and adjoining Tibetan plateau
Recently, it is seen at Bageshwar district of Uttarakhand in India.
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