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Context:  Mangalore University campus supports three IUCN red listed near threatened species of birds and five species which are endemic to the Western Ghats, says study

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• As per IUCN Red List (IUCN 2021), the campus supports, three Near Threatened (NT) species — Ciconia episcopus, Threskiornis melanocephalus, and Brachypodius priocephalus — and the remaining 146 species are under Least Concern (LC).
• The campus also supports five species namely, Brachypodius priocephalus, Rubigula gularis, Argya subrufa, Sturnia blythii, and Dicaeum concolor which are endemic to the Western Ghats.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/mangalore-university-campus-supports-three-iucn-red-listed-near-threatened-species-of-birds-and-five-species-which-are-endemic-to-the-western-ghats-says-study/article66446676.ece