{"id":36567,"date":"2018-11-05T16:32:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T11:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=36567"},"modified":"2018-11-09T10:19:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T04:49:17","slug":"greater-flamingoes-visit-hope-island-after-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/greater-flamingoes-visit-hope-island-after-25-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater flamingoes visit Hope Island after 25 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/andhra-pradesh\/greater-flamingoes-visit-hope-island-after-25-years\/article25420379.ece\"><strong>Greater flamingoes visit Hope Island after 25 years<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Recently a flock of five greater flamingoes were spotted on the Coast of Hope Island in East Godavari River Estuarine Eco (EGREE) System after a long gap of 25 years.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Important Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>Last occurrence:<\/strong> These were last seen in a group about two and a half decades ago, while a lone flamingo was recorded in the 2016 Asian Water Bird Census in East Godavari district.<\/li>\n<li><strong>About Greater Flamingoes:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The Greater Flamingo birds are the most widely found species among the Flamingo.<\/li>\n<li>These are long-legged and long-necked birds which are the filter feeders and get their characteristic pink colour from their diet of brine shrimps and algae available in the coastal wetlands.<\/li>\n<li>flamingoes are the indicators of healthy coastal environment,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat: <\/strong>The species inhabits shallow eutrophic water bodies such as saline lagoons, saltpans and large saline or alkaline lakes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Breeding site: <\/strong>The species nests in large dense colonies on mudflats or islands of large water bodies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threats: <\/strong>The species suffers from low reproductive success if exposed to disturbance at breeding colonies (e.g. from tourists, low-flying aircraft) or if water-levels surrounding nest-sites lower resulting in increased access to predation from ground predators such as foxes and feral dogs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IUCN Status: <\/strong>Least Concern (LC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong>About Hope Island: <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Hope Island is a small tadpole shaped Island situated off the coast of Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, in Bay of Bengal.<\/li>\n<li>It is formed from the sediment outflow carried by the waters of the <strong>Koringa River<\/strong>, a distributary of the Godavari.<\/li>\n<li>It acts as<strong> natural barrier<\/strong> for storm surges and possible tsunami events and provides tranquility to the ships anchored in Kakinada Bay which makes Kakinada Port one of the<strong> safest natural ports <\/strong>in the Eastern Coast of India.<\/li>\n<li>The sandy beaches of Hope island, along with the adjacent Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary are a nesting ground of the Vulnerable <strong>Olive Ridley turtle.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greater flamingoes visit Hope Island after 25 years News: Recently a flock of five greater flamingoes were spotted on the Coast of Hope Island in East Godavari River Estuarine Eco (EGREE) System after a long gap of 25 years. 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