{"id":230920,"date":"2023-03-14T20:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=230920"},"modified":"2023-03-14T20:06:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:36:00","slug":"246-vultures-spotted-in-first-ever-synchronized-survey-in-tamil-nadu-kerala-and-karnataka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/246-vultures-spotted-in-first-ever-synchronized-survey-in-tamil-nadu-kerala-and-karnataka\/","title":{"rendered":"246 vultures spotted in first-ever synchronized survey in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c246 vultures spotted in first-ever synchronized survey in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published i<\/span><b>n The Hindu on 14th March 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kerala Forest and Wildlife department along with its counterparts in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka has conducted the first ever synchronized vulture survey in select regions of the Western Ghats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Where was the first ever synchronized Vulture Survey carried out?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The survey was carried out in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) and the adjoining landscape\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">consisting of the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve(STR) in Tamil Nadu, the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) in Kerala, the Bandipur Tiger Reserve(BTR) and the Nagerhole Tiger Reserve (NTR) in Karnataka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What was the method adopted to count the vultures in the survey?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on inputs from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Vulture Specialist Group, the <\/span><b>Vantage Point Count Method <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was chosen as the survey methodology given the terrain\u2019s hilly and undulating nature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this method, the survey area was divided into hundred grids and one vantage point (a hilltop or the centre of an open plain that would provide a clear view) from each grid was selected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ease of accessibility was also considered as a criterion for the vantage point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What are the key findings of the survey?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As many as 246 vultures were spotted in the first\u00ad-ever synchronized survey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The survey found vultures namely: White\u00adrumped vultures , Long Billed vultures, Red Headed vultures, Egyptian vultures, Himalayan Griffon and Cinereous vultures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Vultures in India:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/vultures-in-india\/\"><b>Click Here to read<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201c246 vultures spotted in first-ever synchronized survey in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka\u201d published in The Hindu on 14th March 2023 What is the News? The Kerala Forest and Wildlife department along with its counterparts in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka has conducted the first ever synchronized vulture&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/246-vultures-spotted-in-first-ever-synchronized-survey-in-tamil-nadu-kerala-and-karnataka\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">246 vultures spotted in first-ever synchronized survey in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka<\/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":[1566,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-230920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230920","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=230920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}