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Rare vagrant Pied Avocet

January 7 , 2024 194 days 289 0
  • The checklist of Birds at the Nanjarayan tank Bird Sanctuary in Tiruppur touched 187.
  • The Forest Department watcher recently spotted a Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta), a shore bird.
  • It is a vagrant that is rarely spotted in inland water bodies.
  • There are no records of the species in inland water bodies in Tamil Nadu other than Nallathangal Dam and Nanjarayan Tank Bird Sanctuary.

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