The wetland is home to over 200 species of migratory birds including the endangered greater adjutant, a member of the stork family. Young storks sometimes fall from their nests, particularly during the monsoon season. Guwahati zoo breeds endangered storks. Rapid urbanisation, vanishing greens and water bodies have led to the disappearance of the threatened species, the Greater adjutant stork, which was once found in large numbers in the city. The Greater Adjutant Stork is a member of the stork … Greater adjutant storks once strutted through marshes and nested in villages across much of India and Southeast Asia. Guwahati zoo breeds endangered storks. The greater adjutant stork, now known as the greater adjutant, is among the most striking birds on Earth. Young storks sometimes fall from their nests, particularly during the monsoon season. Now, they’ve disappeared from most of these countries, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) estimates that between 1,200 and 1,800 survive. The Greater Adjutant Stork project is a collaboration between NGO Aaranyak and the Assam State Zoo. The endangered bird attracted photographer Timothy Bouldry to the area. Guwahati has witnessed a rapid growth in the recent years – the city landscape has changed with newer buildings taking up the horizon. A rescued Greater Adjutant Stork rests at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati. For comparison, the heaviest known wild stork was a marabou stork scaling 8.9 kg. A rescued Greater Adjutant Stork rests at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati. The hatching of two baby storks has raised hopes for the future of the threatened species The hatching of two storks on a bamboo platform in a remote Indian zoo has raised hopes that one of the world's most threatened bird species can be saved, experts say. The Greater Adjutant Stork project is a collaboration between NGO Aaranyak and the Assam State Zoo. In a recent survey done in Guwahati by conservation society Early Birds, the endangered Greater Adjutant Stork (or Hargilla) population was pegged at the ‘stable’ figure of 220. This wonderful result has been due to the efforts of a group of people known as ‘Hargila Army’ who have been instrumental in conservation of this endangered species of bird. Guwahati Zoo and wildlife NGO Aaranyak have successfully bred a pair of Greater Adjutant Stork chicks in an artificial platform within the zoo enclosure.
The injured birds are taken to the zoo's rehabilitation center and are eventually released back to the wild. “The fact that we were successful in the zoo shows that captive breeding of these birds is possible, which augurs very well for their population in future,” says Barman. Sonowal asked the DC to use his administrative machinery and the forest department to identify trees with specific numbers in […] One shudders to think of the toxic substances that these scavengers must be ingesting along with their food. GUWAHATI: Rapid urbanisation, vanishing greens and water bodies have led to the disappearance of the threatened species, the Greater adjutant stork, which was once found in large numbers in the city. The species is the world’s most endangered stork. Once found widely across southern Asia, the greater adjutant is now restricted to a much smaller range with only three breeding populations -- two in India, with the largest colony in Assam. There are only 226 of them now, said bird watchers. The High Commission has extended its support in protecting the bird in Assam’s Kamrup (Rural) district. Guwahati: In a unique barter, a group of veterinarians in Guwahati in the north eastern state of Assam offered their services of taking care of the livestock of villagers in return for villagers’ offering protection to the tall trees that are perfect breeding grounds of the greater adjutant stork. Greater Adjutant, Guwahati, Assam.

Guwahati: The greater adjutant stork used to be an object of revulsion in northeast India.It’s not a pretty bird, with its large, dull-orange bill and gray, black and white plumage. GUWAHATI: The Greater Adjutant Stork, locally called ’Hargila’ is one of the world’s most endangered species.Sadly enough, it is fast losing its habitat in Guwahati deemed as its exotic location. The Greater Adjutant Stork project is a collaboration between NGO Aaranyak and the Assam State Zoo.