{"id":3602,"date":"2023-01-30T01:47:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T20:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=3602"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:24:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T07:54:32","slug":"black-necked-stork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/black-necked-stork\/","title":{"rendered":"Black-necked Stork"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Black-necked Stork Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khijadia Bird Sanctuary in Jamnagar district has emerged as an important breeding site for the Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Black-necked Stork<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a tall long-necked <\/span><b>wading bird in the stork family.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Appearance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Adult black-necked storks have heavy bills and a dramatic combination of white and iridescent black plumage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The male and female birds look alike but the female is distinguished by its yellow eye.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is distributed in the <\/span><b>Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They inhabit <\/span><b>wetlands, such as floodplains of rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with large shallow swamps and pools, and deeper permanent bodies of water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Features of Black-necked Stork<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>generally solitary and non-migratory<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can also be highly territorial, particularly when water levels fall and food becomes scarce.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><b>generalist carnivore with<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a varied diet. It feeds on fish, frogs, water birds, snakes, aquatic insects, crustaceans and mollusks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Threats:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Habitat destruction, the draining of shallow wetlands, disturbance at nests, overfishing, pollution, collision with electricity wires, and hunting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation Status<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>IUCN status:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cNear Threatened\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wildlife-protection-act\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972<\/a>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Schedule II<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/khijadiya-bird-sanctuary-emerges-as-key-black-necked-stork-breeding-site-in-gujarat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black-necked Stork  is a tall long-necked wading bird in the stork family. 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