Bengal Florican

The Bengal Florican or Bengal Bustard, Houbaropsis bengalensis, is a very rare bustard species from tropical southern Asia. It is the only member of the genus Houbaropsis. This threatened species is now almost extinct; probably less than 1,000 and perhaps as few as 500 adult birds are still alive.

The Bengal Florican is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Bengal Florican or Bengal Bustard, Houbaropsis bengalensis, is a very rare bustard species from tropical southern Asia. It is the only member of the genus Houbaropsis. This threatened species is now almost extinct; probably less than 1,000 and perhaps as few as 500 adult birds are still alive. Description - Adult male taking flight in Kaziranga National Park, Assam (India) Adult Bengal Floricans range from 66–68 centimetres (26–27 in) in length. More

Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis Species Champion Birdfair Species Guardian Seng Kim Hout For information about BirdLife Species Champions and Species Guardians visit the BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme. More

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Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) = - Synonyms: Eupodotis bengalensis Spanish: Avutarda Bengalí, Sisón Bengali Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Gruiformes Family Otididae Genus Houbaropsis (1) More

Role of community in conservation of Bengal Florican and rearing of a chick, Manas National Park Bibhuti Prasal Lahkar Reports- Manas National Park is one of the key sites for survival of globally threatened and rarest of all the bustard, the Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis). Till last year ornithologists were unaware that there are a sizable number of Bengal florican in Kaklabari Seed Farm the eastern most part of Manas National Park. More

similar, and young Bengal Floricans can be easily mistaken for female Lesser Floricans. The latter have almost white wing coverts however, resembling the males' wing patch. Distribution and ecology It has two disjunct populations, one in the Indian subcontinent, another in South East Asia. The former occurs from Uttar Pradesh (India) through the terai of Nepal to Assam (where it is called ulu mora) and Arunachal Pradesh in India, and historically to Bangladesh. More

The Bengal Florican, Houbaropsis bengalensis, is a bustard, the only member of the genus Houbaropsis. It has two disjunct populations, one in the Indian subcontinent, another in South East Asia. The former occurs from Uttar Pradesh, India, through the terai of Nepal, to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India, and historically to Bangladesh. The South East Asian population occurs in Cambodia and adjacent southern Vietnam. More

Bengal Florican in Cambodia. Zoom In Asian rare bird first to benefit from world’s largest bird conservation programme = 16-08-2007 Bengal Florican, one of the world’s most threatened birds, will be first to benefit from a new conservation approach that aims to save all 189 of the world’s Critically Endangered birds from extinction. More

the endangered Bengal florican, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Bengal florican. © Allan Michaud. The Bengal florican, a type of bustard, is restricted to tiny fragments of grassland scattered across Cambodia, Vietnam, Nepal and India, which are threatened by land conversion for industrial-scale agriculture. The new network of protected areas covers more than 100 square miles near Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake, home to what is thought to be the world’s largest remaining population of floricans. More

Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis bengalensis - Jumping display Bengal Florican Photographer : More

Cambodia announces protection of Bengal Florican habitat = ខែ សីហា 22, 2007 by រមាស The Government of Cambodia has made a significant step towards protecting important habitat for the Bengal Florican Eupodotis bengalensis. In an effort to save this Endangered flagship species from extinction, more than one hundred miles of grassland habitat is to be set aside as Integrated Farming and Biodiversity Areas (IFBAs). More

of the Bengal Florican in Cambodia. Great Indian Bustard sanctuary fights for survival in Maharashtra - Sep 9, 2008 Zee News,Florican (Sypheotides indica), the Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) and species Houbara (Chlamydotis undulata) and are on the brink of decline. More

?A village youth chanced upon two Bengal florican eggs, which he took with him to his farm and placed in a clutch of hen?s eggs,? said Bibhuti Prasad Lahkar, the programme secretary and conservation biologist of Aranayak. ?Though one of them got destroyed, the other hatched on April 30 after a 15-day incubation. The chick, now with her foster-mother, is being fed with grasshoppers. ?The chick helped itself to its first grasshopper yesterday. More

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21, 2007) — The Bengal florican – the rarest of the globe’s 27 bustards - is amongst 189 critically endangered birds being targeted by an initiative to find companies and individuals who will highlight each species’ plight and contribute funds towards helping them. More

Critically Endangered Bengal florican, Eupodotis bengalensis, the world's largest and rarest bustard. The global population of this ground-nesting bird, distinguished by dramatic high jump displays during mating, is estimated at less than 1,300. More than half the world's Bengal floricans live in Cambodia. More