Which among the following is/are residential birds of India?
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Which among the following is/are residential birds of India?
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The correct option is C 1, 2, 3 and 4
The spot-billed duck is a dabbling duck which breeds in tropical and eastern Asia. It has three populations, treated here as subspecies, the Indian, Eastern spot-billed duck and Burmese spot-billed duck. They are least concerned on IUCN list. It is not migratory.
The purple heron is a wide ranging species of wading bird in the heron family. It breeds in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia.
Western Palearctic populations migrate between breeding and wintering habitats whereas the African and tropical-Asian populations are primarily sedentary,
The Sarus crane is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia. Its IUCN status is vulnerable.
The Lesser Whistling duck is largely a resident species distributed widely across lowland wetlands of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. They also occur on islands in the region including the Andamans, Nicobars and Maldives. They are nocturnal feeders and during the day may be found in flocks around lakes and wet paddy fields.
The bar-headed goose is a goose that breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India
1, 2, 3 and 4
The spot-billed duck is a dabbling duck which breeds in tropical and eastern Asia. It has three populations, treated here as subspecies, the Indian, Eastern spot-billed duck and Burmese spot-billed duck. They are least concerned on IUCN list. It is not migratory.
The purple heron is a wide ranging species of wading bird in the heron family. It breeds in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia.
Western Palearctic populations migrate between breeding and wintering habitats whereas the African and tropical-Asian populations are primarily sedentary,
The Sarus crane is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia. Its IUCN status is vulnerable.
The Lesser Whistling duck is largely a resident species distributed widely across lowland wetlands of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. They also occur on islands in the region including the Andamans, Nicobars and Maldives. They are nocturnal feeders and during the day may be found in flocks around lakes and wet paddy fields.
The bar-headed goose is a goose that breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India
