{"id":552,"date":"2023-06-13T11:45:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T06:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=552"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:10:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:40:40","slug":"q-in-which-of-the-following-regions-of-india-are-you-most-likely-to-come-across-the-great-indian-hornbill-in-its-natural-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-in-which-of-the-following-regions-of-india-are-you-most-likely-to-come-across-the-great-indian-hornbill-in-its-natural-habitat","title":{"rendered":"Q. In which of the following regions of India are you most likely to come across the \u2018Great Indian Hornbill\u2019 in its natural habitat?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sand deserts of northwest India<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Higher Himalayas of Jammu and Kashmir<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Salt marshes of western Gujarat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Western Ghats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (d) Western Ghats<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Great Indian hornbills<\/strong>&nbsp;are found in the&nbsp;<strong>forests of Nepal, India, Mainland Southeast Asia, and Sumatra.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Great Indian&nbsp;hornbill<\/strong>&nbsp;is listed as&nbsp;<strong>Vulnerable&nbsp;on the IUCN Red List&nbsp;<\/strong>of Threatened Species.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They are listed under&nbsp;<strong>Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act of India.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great Hornbills are found in three separate areas in South Asia;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>Western Ghats<\/strong>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Himalayan foothills in&nbsp;<strong>Uttaranchal&nbsp;<\/strong>to south Nepal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bhutan<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>northeast India<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They are also found in Myanmar, islands in the Mergui archipelago, southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, peninsular Malaysia, and in Sumatra, Indonesia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They are also found in&nbsp;primary evergreen and moist deciduous forests, mainly in lowland forests, but they can be found up to 2,000 meters in some areas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Great Hornbill is the&nbsp;<strong>state<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>bird<\/strong>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<strong>Kerala<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Arunachal<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Pradesh<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hornbill Festival<\/strong>&nbsp;is also celebrated between the 1st to 10th December every year in Nagaland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In&nbsp;<strong>Nagaland Hornbill<\/strong>&nbsp;is a respected bird that finds mention in the&nbsp;<strong>tribe\u2019s folklore<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Great_hornbill_Photograph_by_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg\" alt=\"Great Indian hornbills\" class=\"wp-image-39813\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_25177f-c5 .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_25177f-c5 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