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Bar-headed goose
February 5 , 2023
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- This is the first time since 2010 that a bar-headed goose has been spotted at Pallikaranai, Chennai.
- It is considered one of the world’s highest-flying birds.
- It is native to Central Asia, and known to migrate over the Himalayas to spend the winter in South Asia, from Assam to as far as Tamil Nadu.
- In earlier rare occurrences, a few were spotted at the Andhra Pradesh end of the Pulicat Lake, two in Kancheepuram and five over the Kelambakkam creek in 2018.
- Nearly 193 species of birds have been spotted at the Pallikaranai marshland since 2010.
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