WHITE BELLIED HERON SPOTTED.

 ■ WHITE BELLIED HERON SPOTTED.

This bird is spotted in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh.

◇ The white-bellied heron is categorised as ‘critically endangered’ in International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red Data Book.

◇ It is listed in Schedule IV in the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

◇ It is one of the rarest birds in the world and is found only in Bhutan, Myanmar and the Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh.

◇ It had also been recorded in the adjacent Kamlang Tiger Reserve in Lohit district in camera trap images.