The Chinese Pond Heron, a bird usually found in the northeastern states, Rajasthan and Bhutan, has been seen for the first time in Uttarakhand, a forest department official said on Sunday.Naveen Chandra Pant, divisional forest officer of Lansdowne area of Pauri district, told PTI that a local amateur photographer, Kiran Bisht, informed him about the presence of the bird.Later, he saw the heron in Kotdwar and captured it on his camera, the officer said.Pant said that according to experts, there was no record of the presence of the Chinese Pond Heron in Uttarakhand.
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