COIMBATORE, APRIL 03, 2018
12:42 IST
This is the first recorded
sighting in Tamil Nadu
The members of Environment
Conservation Group, a Coimbatore-based NGO, sighted a rare bird species at
Achankulam near Sulur on Monday.
According to R. Mohammed Saleem,
head of the NGO, the team sighted a bird that looked similar to Blue-tailed
bee-eater. But it had a prominent blue-cheek and the blue tail of the
Blue-tailed bee-eater was missing. They later identified it as blue-cheeked
bee-eater (Merops persicus). The bird
was rarely sighted in South India and theirs was the first recorded sighting in
the State, he said.
Normally, bee-eaters are found in
semi-desert, steppe, dunes, saline pans, thorn woodland and sandy slopes with
small gulleys, ravines, quarries, pits and embankments.
The bird breeds mainly in deserts
near bodies of water fringed with reeds and tamarisks. During the non-breeding
season it inhabits a wide variety of greener habitats including savannah, broad
river valleys, woods, lake shores, swamps, ponds, and dams. It has a life span
of 6.2 years.
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