Conservation of Birds

                                                                  

           

         ENDANGERED BIRDS

List of critically endangered species of birds in India

Some species of birds seen in India have been tagged critically endangered by the International Union for Conversation of Nature .

1.Great Indian Bustard

         

The Great Indian Bustard is a most endangered species of bird found only in India and adjoining region. Bustard is one of the largest flying species of bird with weight up to 15 kg and about 1 m tall from the ground. The largest land bird habitat in the scrub, tall grass, semi-arid grasslands and semi desert regions of Rajasthan. Due to heavily hunting and habitat loss, the bird is disappearing from the many regions of India. It’s state bird of Rajasthan. There is a wildlife sanctuary called Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary at Solapur, Maharashtra.

2.Red Headed Vulture

                                

The Red-headed Vulture is also known as Indian Black Vulture or King Vulture is one of the species of Old World vultures found in the Indian Subcontinent. Due to the use of Diclofenac in veterinary medicine population of this species declined drastically in recent years. Indian Vulture,Slender-billed Vulture and White rum ped Vulture are the few more species of vultures found in India and falls in the category of critically endangered species of birds.

3. Forest Owlet

                

Forest Owlet is the highly endangered species of the typical owls family and endemic to forests of central India. Small Forest Owlet was considered extinct but later rediscovered and small number population make this species critically endangered in India. Mel ghat Tiger Reserve, Ta loda Forest Range and forest area of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are best place to found this small jungle owl. Forest Owlet is the state bird of Maharashtra.

4. Spoon Billed Sandpiper

 

                               

 

Spoon Billed Sandpiper is the world’s most threatened bird species and fall in the category of critically endangered in India too. Extremely small population, habitat loss and loss of breeding grounds takes spoon-billed sandpiper chicks on the verge of extinction. Main grounds in India are Sundervan delta and neighbouring countries.

5. Jerdon’s Courser                                

                                    

The nocturnal bird,Jerdon’s Courser is most threatened and enigmatic birds of India, Specially endemic to southern Andhra Pradesh. Jerdon’s Courser is listed as critically endangered bird.  It was about to be declared as extinct but again appeared but remains critically endangered due to habitat loss. This bird usually found in Goda veri river valley,Sri Lanka malles hwara Sanctuary and in the Eastern Ghats forest range.

6. Bengal Florican

                                   

The Bengal Florican is the rare species of bustard family and native to Indian Subcontinent only. Bengal Florican is one of the most threatened species and almost extinct at other place of world, less than 1,000 only young Bengal Flori cans are disturbed in the Indian Subcontinent. It’s the world’s rarest bustard but Poaching and land conversion for agriculture took its habitat and tagged it as endangered species.

7. White Bellied Heron

The Great White-bellied Heron also known as Imperial Heron is a large heron found in the foothills of Great Himalaya to the eastern Himalayas ranges. The tall dark and grey heron is large species with longest neck and no black stripes on the neck. Disappearance of wetlands,poaching and and habitat destruction are the major concern for heron.

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