Lathams Snipe – Migratory Bird

Lathams Snipe shorebird flies continuously from Japan to Australia twice in a year. The bird takes 5 days to cover the distance of thousands of kilometres of ocean for their survival.

About Lathams snipe:

Lathams Snipe is a long-billed, medium-sized, migratory snipe .

The bird is recognized as a Gallinago snipe by using its cryptically-patterned black, brown, buff and white plumage.

The bird usually breeds in Hokkaido in northern Japan and in small Percentage in Honshu (eastern Russian mainland).

Breeding habitat of the bird in Asia consist of alpine moorland, tough pasture, younger tree plantations, grasslands and cultivated areas.

Meeting of BIMSTEC

The eighth meeting of BIMSTEC national agricultural experts was held.

Highlights:

India virtually hosted the eighth Meeting of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Experts of the BIMSTEC nations.

The Secretary, Dept. of Agricultural Research & Education and the Director General, ICAR led the meeting.

The meeting urged that by encouraging the exchange of knowledge, germplasm, students and experts, the participation and cooperation of BIMSTEC member countries in agriculture and related sectors should be strengthened.