birds
Some of Scotland’s rarest birds could be wiped out by the end of the century as a new UK report highlights “profound” climate change in the Highlands, experts have warned.
Ptarmigan, dotterel and snow bunting have already been forced to the tops of the highest Scottish peaks as global warming has shrunk the cooler high- altitude habitat which they need to survive.
Experts yesterday...
This map shows the Condor Bioreserve, including the national parks and protected areas in Ecuador.
A study was carried out to prepare a baseline information on bird species and their dynamics at the Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu. A considerable part of TIA contains grassland. A survey around the airport recorded 59 plant species, majority were berbs (57.6%). Adjacent to the airport, patches of bamboo and other trees were noticed. Based on 144 observation days during Jan-...
The research explores the current and future conservation regime, and local population ecology of globally threatened water bird Sarus Crane (Grus antigone antigone) in Rupandehi, and Kapilvastu districts of Nepal. The study strongly recommended to declaring certain areas of these districts as a...
This paper emphasises wildlife biodiversity and the management techniques and drawbacks particularly in Bhawal National Park. The park was declared a National Park in 1982; there was a great diversity of animal species at Bhawal National Park especially peafowl and jungle fowl dating back to the British era as well as the Pakistani era. But unfortunately during and after 1971 there were...
Itahari municipality is one of the three municipalities of Sunsari district. It is situated in the Tarai region of Eastern part of Nepal. The main rivers are Sunsari, Tengra and Budhi. Besides that there are also few man-made and natural wetlands. Itahari is very near from the mixed type of jungle popularly known as ‘Charkoshe Jhadi’ on the north, which provides ideal shelter for...
Tinjure Forest, one of the ecologically important regions, lies on the eastern mid-hills of the country at a distance of about 9 km. from Basantapur bazaar of Tehrathum district. Its altitude ranges between 2400-3010 m and covers 22 sq. km. lying in between Basantapur and Chauki (Rai 1998). Basantapur is a small market located on the boarder of Sankhuvasabha and Terhathum district....
The symbiotic relationship of bird and pika is still a least understood phenomenon in biological science. This study at 3300 m near Somdang of Ganesh Himal area of central Nepal provided a new and interesting information on the behaviour of Royle’s Pika (Ochotona roylei) which shared its haypile with a bird called Scaly Breasted Wren Babbler (Pnoepyge albiventer). Among...
Members of the thrush family (Turdidae) are renowned for a quite melodious but nevertheless complex mode of singing. Such holds true also for the Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis) that settles in some tropical regions of Asia. We have studied the territorial singing of this species in the area of Biratnagar (Nepal), and present a list of first results here. Analysis of...
In and around Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Eastern Nepal Grantee: Bharat Raj Subba The Lesser Adjutant Stork (Leptoptilos javanicus), one of the eight species of storks found in Nepal, is globally threatened. The overall objective of the project is to ensure that the populations of Lesser Adjutant Stork found in the human-dominated landscape of eastern Nepal are conserved and the threats to...
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