{"id":30809,"date":"2023-08-22T04:48:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T23:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30809"},"modified":"2025-04-16T00:06:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:36:53","slug":"black-eagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/black-eagle\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Eagle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Black Eagle<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It belongs to the <strong>family Accipitridae,<\/strong> and is the only member of the genus Ictinaetus.<\/li>\n<li>These are large and distinctive dark eagle of forested mountains and hills.<\/li>\n<li>The distinguishing feature of the majestic bird is its striking yellow beak, a vibrant contrast to its black feathers.<\/li>\n<li>They soar over forests in <strong>the hilly regions of tropical and subtropical South and Southeast Asia,<\/strong> as well as southeastern China.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution:<\/strong> They are found in the <strong>Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu &amp; Kashmir<\/strong>, forests of the <strong>Eastern and Western Ghats in peninsular India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation status<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN: <\/strong>Least concern<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3>Key features of Chail wildlife sanctuary<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is located in the state of <strong>Himachal Pradesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It comprises part of the catchment area of a <strong>tributary of the Giri River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora:<\/strong> It is densely covered by Oak and Pine, apart from grassland.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna:<\/strong> It includes animal species of wild boar, goral, sambar, spotted deer, Himalayan black bear, common langur, Indian porcupine, flying squirrel, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is a wildlife sanctuary?<\/h3>\n<p>A wildlife sanctuary is a protected area of land that has been designated to provide a safe and secure habitat for wildlife species. The primary purpose of a wildlife sanctuary is to conserve and protect the biodiversity and natural habitats of various plants and animals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\/chandigarh-news\/rare-black-eagle-spotted-for-the-first-time-in-himachal-pradesh-s-chail-sanctuary-leaves-wildlife-enthusiasts-elated-101692729086272.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>A rare black eagle spotted at Chail wildlife sanctuary<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black eagle belongs to the family Accipitridae, and is the only member of the genus Ictinaetus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30809","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\/30809","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=30809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}