With respect to the Great Adjutant Stork, consider the following statements:

Assam and Bihar are the only known breeding ground for it.

It is listed as critically endangered in the IUCN Red List and listed in schedule IV of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Question

The greater adjutant is a member of the stork family, Once found across South and Southeast Asia, the Greater Adjutant is one of the most threatened stork species in the world.
There are only three known breeding grounds – one in Cambodia and two in India (Assam and Bihar).
The widespread destruction and degradation of the wetlands that this scavenger bird needs to forage (i.e. search for food) and the loss of its nesting trees, led to a decline.
They are listed as endangered in the IUCN Red List and listed in schedule IV of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

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Neither 1 nor 2

The greater adjutant is a member of the stork family, Once found across South and Southeast Asia, the Greater Adjutant is one of the most threatened stork species in the world.
There are only three known breeding grounds – one in Cambodia and two in India (Assam and Bihar).
The widespread destruction and degradation of the wetlands that this scavenger bird needs to forage (i.e. search for food) and the loss of its nesting trees, led to a decline.
They are listed as endangered in the IUCN Red List and listed in schedule IV of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

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