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Greylag goose may figure in Telangana’s list
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- This is. “The bird was seen in Mahabubnagar and Hyderabad in 2014, then in undivided Andhra Pradesh, and now in Bejjur (which is part of the Kagaznagar Forest Division) which is the third recorded sighting of the large-sized bird in Telangana, which makes it ‘eligible’ to be the latest addition to the State’s exhaustive list of birds.
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- Process of including a new bird species in the list.
(1) As per scientific and accepted norms, a species has to be seen three different times in three different places, or by three independent observers, before it can be accepted as an addition to a State’s list.
- About Greylag Goose:
(1) IUCN Status: Least Concern
(2) Distribution: Its distribution is widespread, with birds from the north of its range in Europe and Asia migrating southwards to spend the winter in warmer places.
(3) Migration: The birds stay together as a family group, migrating southwards in autumn as part of a flock, and separating the following year.
(4) Habitats: During the winter they occupy semi-aquatic habitats, estuaries, marshes and flooded fields, feeding on grass and often consuming agricultural crops.
Sources
The Hindu