Newly identified shorebird species takes name from Lord Hanuman
The new species is named Hanuman plover named after the Hindu mythical ape god Hanuman revered in the Sanskrit epic Ramayana
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Newly identified shorebird subspecies takes its name from Hanuman, a mythical Hindu ape god
The ancient Sanskrit epic Ramayana has it that Hanuman was a mighty ape god who marshaled an army to build a bridge linking northern Sri Lanka’s Mannar region with South India’s Rameswaram. Several hundred years later, a small bird species new to science is named as the Hanuman plover, as it lives and was found in […]
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'Hanuman Plover' - New bird species discovered in Sri Lanka
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...
Source: newsfirst.lk