​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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Ecology & Environment