{"id":282140,"date":"2026-05-03T01:52:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=282140"},"modified":"2026-05-03T01:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:22:53","slug":"rare-hornbill-spotted-in-pasighat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/rare-hornbill-spotted-in-pasighat\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare hornbill spotted in Pasighat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Correspondent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PASIGHAT, 2 May:<\/strong> A rare adult oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) was sighted in Forest Colony here in East Siang district on Friday after a long gap, creating enthusiasm among wildlife activists and nature lovers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bird was seen foraging on a tree near the chief conservator of forest office bungalow by Adi Bane Kebang youth wing secretary Biswajit Tayeng.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tayeng said spotting the bird species in their area after a long gap indicates a healthy habitat, as hornbills are important ecological indicators and play a vital role in dispersal of seed and forest regeneration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The presence of the rare species has highlighted the importance of enhancing conservation and eco-development activities such as preservation of wildlife habitat, community awareness, and sustainable practices,&#8221; he said, urging local people to &#8220;refrain from disturbance, hunting, or harmful activities to safeguard the region&#8217;s rich biodiversity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also urged the forest department to survey hornbill populations and take adequate conservation measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Correspondent PASIGHAT, 2 May: A rare adult oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) was sighted in Forest Colony here in East Siang district on Friday after a long gap, creating enthusiasm among wildlife activists and nature lovers. The bird was seen foraging on a tree near the chief conservator of forest office bungalow by Adi Bane [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-282140","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282148,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282140\/revisions\/282148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}