eK Rjvf„wgGZ wePiYKvix Ardeidae ˆMvGòi KGqK cÉRvwZi
cvwL, hvG`i `xNÆ cv, Mjv I gv^v mi‚ I jÁ¼v ‰es ˆVuvU ˆPvLv| ‰G`i cvjK
mvaviYZ mv`v| ‰K mgGq cÉvGPÅi ivRKxq ˆcvkvGK ‰es gwnjvG`i UzwcGZ ‰i
cvjK eÅen…Z nGZv| mviv c†w^exGZ ‰G`i cÉRvwZ msLÅv 8, Z¯ÃGaÅ evsjvG`Gk
iGqGQ 5 cÉRvwZ|
|
|
eo mv`veK |
Kvbv ev Kvwb eK |
weUvbÆ
(Bittern),
AvBwem (Ibis),
ˆKv`vwj eK (Spoonbill),
Õ¡KÆ (Stork)
BZÅvw` cvwLI ‰B `jfzî×| me BGMÉU (Egret), meyR eK (Green Heron),
ˆnib (Heron)
I IqvK (Night
Heron) meB ‘ˆnib‘ bvGgB cwiwPZ| ‰G`i cvwbGZ ˆnuGU-Pjv cvwLI
ejv nq| ‰iv Di‚ chƯ¦ cvwbGZ WzweGq nuvGU, AvKvi 45 ˆmwg (Pond Heron)
ˆ^GK 150 ˆmwg (Goliath
Heron)| cvàwj b™² ev cvjKnxb, wjµ¦c`x bq, ZGe cv ˆek jÁ¼v|
ˆVuvU jÁ¼v I AvMv ˆPvLv| Mjv AÕ¼vfvweK jÁ¼v ‰es ˆ`LGZ BsGiwR S
AÞGii gGZv, wekÉvGgi mgq Mjv cÉmvwiZ Avi Iovi mgq àwUGq hvq, KgÆiZ AeÕ©vq
Mjv Lvov ev Avav-àUvGbv ^vGK| cyœQ mvaviYZ LvGUv, ZvGZ 12wU cyœQcvjK
^vGK| `xNÆ I cÉkÕ¦ cvLbvq 10wU cÉv^wgK cvjK| ˆniGbi gv^v, Mjv I eyGK
cÉvqk myZvi gGZv mi‚ I my±`i iwOb cÉRbb-cvjK ˆ`Lv hvq| ˆnibiv cvwbi
KvQvKvwQ ^vGK, ‰KGò MvGQ eGm ivZ KvUvq I ˆmB MvGQB evmv evbvq| ‰G`i
emvi I evmv evbvGbvi RvqMvGK mvimkvjv (Heronry) eGj| KLbI KLbI ‰iv
cvbGKŒwo I AbÅvbÅ Ciconiiformes, ˆKv`vwj eK I AvBweGmi mGã
mnveÕ©vb KGi| ˆnib gvsmvkx, cÉavbZ gvQ I eÅvO Lvq| mvaviYZ ‰iv cvwbGZ
A^ev cvwbGZ fvmgvb ev cvwb ˆ^GK DuPvGbv ˆKvb eÕ§i Dci Vvq eGm ^vGK ‰es
mvgGb w`Gq wkKvi hvIqvi mgq nVvr wkKviGK ˆVuvU w`Gq aGi ˆdGj| ˆMv-eK
gvGV Piv Mevw` c÷i wcQb wcQb NyGi ˆeovq ‰es ‰G`i Zvov-LvIqv KxUcZã,
eÅvO I ˆQvU ˆQvU mixm†c wkKvi KGi|
evsjvG`Gki
mvaviY eKG`i gGaÅ AvGQ Kvbv ev Kvwb eK (Pond Heron ev Paddy Heron,
Ardeola grayii); ˆMv-eK
(Cattle
Egret, Bubulcus ibis); ˆQvU mv`veK (Little Egret, Egretta garzetta);
gvSvwi
mv`veK
(Medium Egret, Mesophyox intermedia); eo
ev RvZzqv eK (Large
Egret, Casmerodius albus); aƒmi eK (Grey Heron, Ardea
cinerea); ˆeàwb eK (Purple Heron, Ardea purpurea); e†nr
ev gnvKvq eK (Giant
ev
Goliath Heron, Ardea goliath); IqvK ev wbwkeK (Black-crowned
Night Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax); evNveK (Tiger Bittern,
Gorsachius melanolpus)| wbwkeK ev evNveK Qvov AbÅ me eKB w`evPi ‰es
‰ `ywU cÉRvwZ wbkvPi ev ˆMvaƒwjPi| evsjvG`Gk meÆò I mnR `†Ó¡ nGjv KvwbeK,
ˆQvU mv`v eK I ˆMv-eK| [Avjx
ˆiRv Lvb]
