Greater Adjutant stork (Leptoptilos dubius) – Diligent IAS

Greater Adjutant stork   Recently, a pair of greater adjutant storks — a species facing extinction — was artificially bred in Assam State Zoo and Botanical Garden. This is probably the first instance in the world where artificial breeding of greater adjutant stork — called hargila in Assam — was successfully done inside a zoo. The greater adjutant stork, one of the 20 stork species in the world, is on the brink of extinction due…

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