TNPSC Thervupettagam

Coimbatore’s Kurichi tank

October 1 , 2023 451 days 621 0
  • Greater sand-plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) has been spotted in an urban tank in Coimbatore.
  • It is a long-distance migrant bird that normally prefers sea shores.
  • It breeds during April to May in central Asia, late March to late May in Turkey and up to late June in Armenia.  
  • It winters in the shores of Indian and Australian Oceans after the breeding.
  • Recently, a Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus), a shore bird that breeds in the Arctic region, was sighted in Kurichi tank.

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