Conservationists worried about dwindling number of common cranes

The number of migratory common cranes coming to the country has been decreasing of late due to shrinking paddy fields and wetlands, conservationists say.

Conservationists are worried about the conservation of common cranes, a bird species locally known as karyang kurung, that migrate to Nepal every year in winter. According to the Bird Education Society, an organisation working for bird conservation, the number of common cranes migrating to the country is dwindling in recent years.