Bihar has decided to tag the greater adjutant storks domestically recognised as Garuda with GPS trackers to screen their motion as part of efforts to conserve them.
Key Points:
Scientific Name: Leptoptilos dubius
The increased adjutant belongs to member of the stork family, Ciconiidae. There are nearly 20 species in the family.
They are long-necked massive birds.
Habitat: Once located across South and Southeast Asia, the Greater Adjutant is one of the most threatened stork species in the world. There are only three regarded breeding grounds one in Cambodia and two in India (Assam and Bihar).
Threat: The huge destruction and degradation of the wetlands that this scavenger bird desires to forage (i.e. search for food) & the loss of its nesting trees, led to a decline.
Red List: Endangered