- The white-bellied heron (Ardea insignis) also known as the imperial heron or great white-bellied heron, is a large heron species living in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in northeast India and Bhutan to northern Myanmar. It inhabits undisturbed rivers and wetlands. It has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2007.
- When disturbed, the white-bellied heron calls with a deep croak, “ock ock ock ock urrrrrr.
- Lahm is a tributary of the Lohit River and the river basin harbours 70% of India’s white-bellied herons.”