{"id":126170,"date":"2021-08-14T18:34:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T13:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=126170"},"modified":"2021-08-14T18:34:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T13:04:41","slug":"arunachals-hornbill-is-inspiring-from-forest-guards-to-tribes-people-protect-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/arunachals-hornbill-is-inspiring-from-forest-guards-to-tribes-people-protect-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Arunachal\u2019s hornbill is inspiring \u2014 from forest guards to tribes, people protect nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/arunachals-hornbill-is-inspiring-from-forest-guards-to-tribes-people-protect-nature\/articleshow\/85310380.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>TOI<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><b>About Great Hornbill:<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126191\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Great_hornbill_Photograph_by_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Great_hornbill_Photograph_by_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Great_hornbill_Photograph_by_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>The great hornbill (<\/b><b><i>Buceros bicornis<\/i><\/b><b>) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is also known as the concave-casqued hornbill, great Indian hornbill or great pied hornbill.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>It is<\/b> <b>one of the larger members<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the hornbill family. It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>The most prominent feature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Great Hornbill is the bright yellow and black casque (hard structure on the head of some birds) on top of its massive bill.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Festival<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/20th-edition-of-hornbill-festival-begins-in-nagaland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hornbill Festival<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> celebrated in <\/span><b>Nagaland<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is named after the bird \u2013 Hornbill, which is the most revered and admired bird for the Nagas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Cultural Symbol:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are the cultural symbols of some ethnic communities in the northeast, specifically the<\/span><b> Nyishi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Arunachal Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>State Bird<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Great Hornbill <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the state bird of Arunachal Pradesh and Kerala.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>IUCN Status:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Vulnerable<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Indian Wildlife Protection Act,1972<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Schedule I<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5><b>About Pakke Tiger Reserve<\/b><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pakke-tiger-reserveptr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click Here to Read about Pakke Tiger Reserve<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5><b>About <\/b><b>Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary:<\/b><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Eaglenest or Eagle&#8217;s Nest Wildlife Sanctuary <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a protected area of India in the Himalayan foothills of West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>It conjoins <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sessa Orchid Sanctuary to the northeast and Pakhui Tiger Reserve across the Kameng river to the east. It is also a part of the Kameng Elephant Reserve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>The sanctuary derives<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> its name from the Red Eagle Division of the Indian army which was posted in the area in the 1950s.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>The sanctuary is notable <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as a prime birding site due to the extraordinary variety, numbers and accessibility of species.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Eaglenest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the site where Bugun liocichla (a passerine bird species) was first discovered in 1995 and again observed and described in 2006.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: TOI About Great Hornbill: The great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) is also known as the concave-casqued hornbill, great Indian hornbill or great pied hornbill. It is one of the larger members of the hornbill family. It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The most prominent feature of the Great Hornbill is the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/arunachals-hornbill-is-inspiring-from-forest-guards-to-tribes-people-protect-nature\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Arunachal\u2019s hornbill is inspiring \u2014 from forest guards to tribes, people protect nature<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126170","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\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}