TNPSC Thervupettagam

Mass mortality of spot-billed pelicans

January 31 , 2022 903 days 630 0
  • Andhra Pradesh State Forest Department has approached experts from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII-Deharadun), Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), and Zoological Survey of India (ZSI-Kolkata).
  • This is for preventing mass mortality of spot-billed pelicans in the Naupada swamp at Telineelapuram, Srikakulam district.
  • Telineelapuram is a designated Important Bird Area (IBA), where pelicans have been succumbing to ‘Nematode infestation’ since December 2021.

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