{"id":105175,"date":"2021-05-05T17:37:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T12:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=105175"},"modified":"2021-05-05T17:49:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T12:19:22","slug":"white-bellied-heron-spotted-in-arunachal-pradesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/white-bellied-heron-spotted-in-arunachal-pradesh\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;White-Bellied Heron&#8221; spotted in Arunachal Pradesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The white-bellied heron was spotted at Walong in the Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh. This is the first time the white-bellied heron was sighted at a height of 1,200 meters above sea level in India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About White-Bellied Heron:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105239\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/White-bellied-heron.jpg?resize=416%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"White-bellied heron\" width=\"416\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/White-bellied-heron.jpg?w=416&amp;ssl=1 416w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/White-bellied-heron.jpg?resize=296%2C300&amp;ssl=1 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: eBird<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The White-bellied Heron is a rare and elusive bird. It is the second-largest living species of heron.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Characteristics: <\/strong>The White-bellied Heron is extremely shy to human presence. It is plain dark grey in colour except for the white belly part. It has a long neck.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat: <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is one of the rarest birds in the world. At present, it is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">found only in Bhutan, Myanmar and the Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, India<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>But the bird has also recorded in the Kamlang Tiger Reserve in Lohit district in Arunachal Pradesh through camera trap images.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation Status:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN Status: <\/strong>Critically Endangered<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indian Wildlife Protection Act,1972: <\/strong>Schedule IV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threats:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Loss and degradation of lowland forests and wetlands through direct exploitation and disturbance by humans<\/li>\n<li>Natural forest fires have destroyed nests of Heron<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/guwahati\/arunachal-pradesh-rare-white-bellied-heron-spotted-in-anjaw-district\/articleshow\/82352890.cms\"><strong>TOI<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? The white-bellied heron was spotted at Walong in the Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh. This is the first time the white-bellied heron was sighted at a height of 1,200 meters above sea level in India. About White-Bellied Heron: Source: eBird The White-bellied Heron is a rare and elusive bird. It is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/white-bellied-heron-spotted-in-arunachal-pradesh\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;White-Bellied Heron&#8221; spotted in Arunachal Pradesh<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8043,1566,4182,9],"tags":[1316],"class_list":["post-105175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs-cat","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-env_2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}