Sarus Crane
- The world’s tallest flying bird now seems to be getting a new lease of life in Uttar Pradesh, where it enjoys the status of official State bird.
- The IUCN has marked it as ‘vulnerable’ in its list of threatened species.
- The Sarus habitat is outside protected areas, in natural wetlands with low water depth, marshy and fallow areas and agricultural fields.
- They play a vital role in ecological balance by controlling the population of harmful insects and have significant cultural importance, while also being sociable.
- Sarus is omnivorous and feeds on fish and insects, as well as roots and ....
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- 1 Biodiversity Hotspots of India
- 2 Environmental Conventions
- 3 Levels of Biological Organization and Diversity
- 4 Types of Biomes
- 5 Ecosystem Functioning
- 6 Organisms and Their Environment
- 7 Environment in Brief
- 8 Environmental Pollution
- 9 Wildlife Conservation Projects in India
- 10 Global Conventions
