Rare bird spotted after 60 Years
Rare bird spotted after 60 Years
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DELHI: A bird endemic to the Himalayan foothills and Western Ghats was spotted
at Aravalli
Biodiversity Park near Vasant Kunj
recently. According to scientists at the park, Indian Pitta, a small and
colourful bird which is mainly seen in closed-canopy forests, was spotted in
Delhi after 60 years.
Its
sighting was last reported by ornithologist Usha Ganguli in
her book-A Guide to the Birds of Delhi. "The sighting is special because
it was seen in the mining pits which we have converted in to moist forests. We
have experimented by planting evergreen species in these ravaged pits of
Aravalis. It was a wasteland earlier. The bird found the kind of atmosphere it
requires here," said scientist in charge, M Shah Hussain.
The
bird is about 9-10 inches in size and is called 'Navaratna' in Hindi because of
its vibrant colours. A team at the biodiversity park is compiling
information about several other rare species of birds which have only been seen
at the park. A rare butterfly, Striped Blue Crow, was also seen for the first
time inside the park.
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