{"id":28302,"date":"2025-10-27T03:39:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T22:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28302"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:15:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:45:15","slug":"siberian-demoiselle-crane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/siberian-demoiselle-crane\/","title":{"rendered":"Siberian Demoiselle crane"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Siberian Demoiselle crane:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>smallest of crane species <\/strong>which is both solitary and social in behavior.<\/li>\n<li>This bird is symbolically significant in the culture of India, where it is known <strong>as Koonj or Kurjaa.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>These cranes are <strong>migratory birds,<\/strong> travelling long distances from their breeding to their wintering grounds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat: <\/strong>Itinhabits fields, <strong>deserts, steppes, and plains<\/strong> with water in general vicinity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution:<\/strong> They are found in <strong>central Eurosiberia,<\/strong> ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and Northeast China.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Breeding range:<\/strong> They breed in <strong>Central Eurasia, from the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-black-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Black Sea<\/strong><\/a> to North East China and Mongolia. It winters in the Indian <strong>subcontinent and sub-Saharan Africa.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>While Demoiselle cranes typically travel <strong>through Himalayan valleys<\/strong> and enter India via Nepal, Sukpak took a different route, flying through Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan before entering India through Jaisalmer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation efforts in India: Khichan<\/strong> is a key stop for migratory birds in Rajasthan also it has become <strong>India&#8217;s first reserve dedicated to this species.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation status<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN: <\/strong>Least Concern<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threats:<\/strong> They are threatened by drainage of wetlands and habitat loss, illegal pet trade and suffer hunting pressure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is the role of the International Union for Conservation of Nature?<\/h3>\n<p>Its primary role involves assessing the conservation status of species, providing data and analysis on the state of biodiversity worldwide, and offering guidance and frameworks for conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/siberia-to-rajasthan-crane-sets-a-flight-record-3676-km\/articleshow\/115712079.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Siberia to Rajasthan, crane sets a flight record &#8211; 3,676 km<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Siberian Demoiselle crane is the smallest of crane species which is both solitary and social in behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28302","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\/28302","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=28302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}