Rare flock of snail storks appeared in Hieu Giang commune

Over the past few days, thousands of snail storks (also known as swallow storks) have returned to Hieu Giang commune (Quang Tri) to find food and shelter. This is an animal species listed in the Vietnam Red Book.

On July 15, the leader of Hieu Giang Commune People's Committee confirmed that a flock of thousands of storks had flown to the fields in Phu Ngan and An Binh villages, Hieu Giang Commune, Quang Tri Province to find food and shelter in recent days. Photo: Quang Tri Online.

During the day, large flocks of storks fly to rice fields and swamps to hunt. In the evening, they return to sleep in the nearby cajuput forest. Photo: People's Representative.

Faced with the appearance of the rare flock of snail storks, local authorities quickly implemented protection measures, including propaganda, mobilization and reminding people not to hunt, trap or chase away the flock of storks, in order to create a safe environment for this animal to live and develop. Photo: Health & Life.

The swallow stork is also known as the snail stork ( scientific name: Anastomus oscitans), belonging to the crane family. This is a rare animal listed in the Vietnam Red Book. Photo: Tien Phong.

In the world , snail storks are mainly distributed in South Asia and Southeast Asia. In Vietnam, snail storks often appear in the Southwest. Photo: Tien Phong.

The natural habitat of the snail stork is mangrove forests with sedentary living characteristics. Photo: Tien Phong.

Snail storks often forage in rice fields and swamps, with their main food being snails, especially golden apple snails, grasshoppers, worms, crickets, crabs, frogs, toads... Photo: mathew thekkethala.

When fully grown, each individual snail stork has a wingspan of about 0.6 - 1 m and weighs 1 - 1.5 kg. Swallows live in flocks. Photo: commons.wikimedia.org.

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