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Rare species of duck
January 21 , 2023
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- A rare species of duck, Greater Scaup was recently sighted in Loktak lake in Manipur’s Bishnupur district after a gap of over 90 years.
- It is locally known as Sadangman.
- The Greater Scaup is a medium-sized diving duck species that belongs to the family of Anatidae.
- There are records of Captain L Gamble of Gurkha Rifles and Indian Civil Service officer JP Mills gunning down the ducks on January 25, 1925, and in December 1927, respectively.
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