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Ibisbill
News: Recent studies have shown that shifting climate patterns in the Indian Himalayas might have an impact on ground-nesting species like the ibisbill.
A bird from the Ibidorhynchidae family is the ibisbill. In this family, just one species exists.
It is a captivating and unusual wader found in India’s foothills in the Himalayas.
Bidorhyncha struthersii is its scientific name.
They are widespread throughout the Himalayas and Central Asia.
They can be found in Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, China, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
It resides close to rivers at high heights.
They migrate up an incline, breeding in the higher altitudes of the highlands and wintering at lower altitudes.
It is a medium-sized wader that is between 270 and 320 grammes in weight and 38 to 42 cm long.
It features a black face, a grey body, a white belly with a black stripe on its chest, and a long, downward curved, sharply pointed pink bill.
This species is monomorphic because the sexes are alike.
They can swim well.
IUCN’s conservation ranking is Least Concern.
