Nepal is losing the status of migratory birds’ paradise. How can you prevent this?
english.onlinekhabar.com · Wed Dec 07 03:05:00 GMT 2022
Nepal, despite being a small country, has a wide range of flora and fauna due to suitable climate and temperature. Reportedly, 886 species of birds are found in Nepal and most of them are winter visitors ( migratory birds ), which means they stay in Nepal for a certain season only.
Among the overall migratory species, around 150 winter migrants spend the winter in Nepal, primarily in wetlands throughout the Terai, since the majority of them are wetland-reliant. They are mostly waterfowl, but eagles, storks, and cranes fly down from Mongolia and Siberia as well. The majority of winter migratory birds arrive in Nepal from the north, whereas the majority of summer migratory birds arrive from the south.
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