Chandigarh, Nov. 23 -- The avian experts have recorded, apparently for the first time in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, the breeding of Sarus Crane, the world's tallest flying bird and a threatened species.
The Sarus Crane, known for their dramatic dance moves, have found a suitable habitat for breeding at Himachal's Pong Dam Lake in Kangra district and Punjab's Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve in Gurdaspur district.
The bird is listed as "vulnerable" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species and is a state bird of Uttar Pradesh. Their global population is estimated to be 25,000 to 37,000 and in India, their number is between 15,000 to 20,000 individuals.
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