{"id":15044,"date":"2026-01-21T11:29:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15044"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:04:49","slug":"indian-skim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indian-skim\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Skimmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Indian Skimmer Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has launched a new conservation project under the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) at Dehradun to protect Indian Skimmer in the Ganga Basin.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Indian Skimmer<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the three species that belong to the <\/span><b>skimmer genus Rynchops <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the family Laridae.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It gets its name from the way it feeds, <\/span><b>flying low over the water surface<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and \u2018skimming\u2019for fish.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It occurs primarily on <\/span><b>larger, sandy, lowland rivers, around lak<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">es and adjacent marshes, and, in the non-breeding season, in estuaries and coasts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>D<\/strong><b>istribution: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>native to South Asia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and mainly found in <\/span><b>India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with some populations extending to Nepal and Myanmar.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India, one of the key areas for spotting <\/span><b>Indian Skimmers is the Chambal River.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation status: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IUCN: Endangered.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Threats:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Loss of river habitats, unplanned water release from dams, sand mining, threats from predators.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Indian Skimmer<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a striking appearance. Its <\/span><b>upper body is black,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while its underbelly is white.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most eye-catching <\/span><b>feature is its beak<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is orange with a lower mandible that is much longer than the upper one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This special beak helps the <\/span><b>bird skim across the surface<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the water to catch small fish and aquatic creatures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bird\u2019s wings are long and angular, designed for fast, precise flight.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/bnhs-and-nmcg-launch-project-to-protect-indian-skimmer-in-the-ganga-basin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Skimmer is one of the three species that belong to the skimmer genus Rynchops in the family Laridae. 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