{"id":16546,"date":"2023-11-01T10:53:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T05:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16546"},"modified":"2025-04-04T20:10:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:40:46","slug":"black-stork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/black-stork\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stork"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Black Stork<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The black stork (Ciconia nigra ) is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae<\/li>\n<li>Habitat: It breeds in\u00a0swampy coniferous and mixed forests.<\/li>\n<li>It can also be found in\u00a0grasslands, agricultural fields, and on the margins of\u00a0lakes and rivers\u00a0during winter.<\/li>\n<li>It is a\u00a0long-distance migrant, with European populations wintering in tropical Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asian populations in the Indian subcontinent.<\/li>\n<li>Distribution: It is mainly found in Europe, Asia and African countries.<\/li>\n<li>Conservation status\n<ul>\n<li>IUCN:\u00a0Least concern<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key facts about Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is located in the state of\u00a0Uttar Pradesh.<\/li>\n<li>It lies alongside the northern tip of the River Ganga, flowing through the districts of Muzaffarnagar and Bijnor.<\/li>\n<li>Flora: It has a variety of landforms and is a mixture of different habitats such as wetlands, marshes, dry sand beds and gently sloping ravines.<\/li>\n<li>Fauna: Swamp Deer, Leopard, Wild Cats, Wild Otter, Pythons etc.<\/li>\n<li>It is a\u00a0part of the &#8220;Asia Flyway&#8221; project, and many migratory Birds, both local and foreign, flock in numbers near the numerous water bodies present in the region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals?<\/h3>\n<p>It is often referred to as the &#8220;Bonn Convention.&#8221; It is an international treaty aimed at conserving migratory species of wild animals and their habitats. The convention focuses on the conservation of species that migrate across international borders, as these species face unique challenges and require international cooperation for their protection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/meerut\/black-stork-spotted-for-1st-time-in-hastinapur\/articleshow\/104840462.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Black Stork spotted for 1st time in Hastinapur<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stork  is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16546","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}