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For organization like " hargila army", this rare bird has got its safe home in Assam. A group of Women, lead by Purnima Devi Barman ,in Assam known as...
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For organization like " hargila army", this rare bird has got its safe home in Assam. A group of Women, lead by Purnima Devi Barman ,in Assam known as the ‘hargila’ army , sing hymns and weave cloth with motifs of the bird to create awareness about the need to protect the species. . The number of greater adjutant storks is only 1,200 - 1,800 at present, of which, 80 per cent are found in Assam.

In the 19th century, they were especially common in the city of Calcutta, where they were referred to as the "Calcutta adjutant". Known locally as hargila (derived from the Bengali words for "bone-swallower")

At present they have only two small breeding populations; one in India with the largest colony in Assam and the other in Cambodia.

GREATER ADJUTANT STORK
Guwahati, Assam, India
February 2018
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