{"id":20176,"date":"2026-02-22T10:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T04:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20176"},"modified":"2026-02-22T12:15:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:45:39","slug":"black-necked-crane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/black-necked-crane\/","title":{"rendered":"Black-Necked Crane"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Black-Necked Crane Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black-Necked Crane which is threatened by the loss of habitat and its safeguarding requires urgent, coordinated action.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Black-Necked Crane<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Black-Necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) is classed as a <\/span><b>medium-sized member<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the crane family.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is locally is known as <\/span><b>\u201ccha thung-thung\u201d in Ladakh <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>\u201cthungdung karma\u201d in Arunachal Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Appearance: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a <\/span><b>largely whitish-grey body<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> contrasted by a jet-black head and upper neck, splashes of red around the eye, and long, elegant legs built for wading through alpine bogs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High altitude marshes and lakes of <\/span><b>Tibetan Plateau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tibet, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Gansu), <\/span><b>Sichuan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (China), and <\/span><b>eastern Ladakh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (India).<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A small wintering population is also found in <\/span><b>Sangti and Zimithang valleys<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>Arunachal Pradesh in India.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These are <\/span><b>carnivores and herbivores.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They feed on the tubers of sedges, plant roots, earthworms, insects and other invertebrates, frogs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Breeding:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The cranes <\/span><b>breed at elevations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between <\/span><b>2,600 and 4,900 metres,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> choosing gently sloping wetlands where they build simple nests of grasses and sedges.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Threats:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Habitat loss is severe, driven by expanding human settlements, encroaching agriculture and unregulated construction.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Conservation Status of Black-Necked Crane<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>IUCN: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Near Threatened<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>CITES: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appendices I<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Schedule I<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also protected under the <\/span><b>Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Wild Animals.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/black-necked-crane-sentinel-of-the-high-cold-desert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DTE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black-Necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) is a medium-sized crane of the Tibetan Plateau and Ladakh, known for its black neck, red eye patch, and alpine marsh habitat. 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