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Pallid Harrier in Tirunelveli

December 1 , 2025 15 hrs 0 min 16 0

Researchers at Bengaluru-based ATREE were alerted to data transmitted from a small 9.5 gm transmitter connected to the back of a bird.
The Pallid Harrier, geo-tagged by them, has reached its roosting ground in Tirunelveli, all the way from Kazakhstan.
The Harrier Watch Project, a long-term project has monitored the six harrier species that arrive in India in winter.
It aims to monitoring the raptors and their grassland habitats and assessing the impact of loss of grasslands on the species.
The birds, breeds in Central Asia, come to the Indian sub-continent in winter.
The IUCN has categorised Pallid Harriers as near threatened.