After 84 years, rare migratory duck sighted in Kashmir’s Wullar Lake

Category : Endangered Species | Location : National  | Posted on 2023-01-25 01:02:04


After 84 years, rare migratory duck sighted in Kashmir’s Wullar Lake

After 84 years, a rare species of migratory duck was sighted at Wullar, Asia’s largest freshwater lake, in the Kashmir valley. Wildlife officials monitoring migratory birds in the waterbodies of Jammu and Kashmir say the Long-tailed duck (clangula hyemalis), a rare duck species found in European and American continents, is highly vulnerable and on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List.,


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