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The Hanuman plover has been reinstated as a species in its own right, after spending almost a century classed as a subspecies.

  With regard to this particular bird, we considered it as a sub-entity of the Kentish Plover. It is a widespread species in the Northern Hemisphere and is found in countries such as England, Southern Russia, Kazakhstan and Western China. In winter they fly to tropical countries and go back to countries of origin when the season ends They live and breed on the ground and feed on small insects. Although people don’t catch them and eat, they have a threat from stray dogs in the area. They lay around 2-3 eggs and therefore have to guard their eggs until a chick comes out. Thereafter they stay...

Colombo (News 1st); Researchers at the University of Colombo discovered a new species of bird. The discovery was made by Dr. Sampath Seneviratne from the Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences at the University of Colombo, Professor Yang Liu from China, and under-graduate research student Jude Janitha Niroshan. Dr. Sampath Seneviratne said the new bird (Shore Bird), was located from the shoreline of Sri Lanka close to Mannar, Jaffna, and Hambantota District wetlands as well as the Chain of Islands from Mannar to Koneswaram, India. He said the wetlands are critically important for mig...