Why in news?
- Fifteen Indian bird species are part of a list of avians which are evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered.
- The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Yale University has come out with a study of 100 Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species worldwide.
- birds that are under threat due to the destruction of their habitat of grasslands and scrub forests.
- Bustards
- Bengal Florican
- Occurs in Terai, Arunachal, Bangladesh, cambodia, vietnam
- Lesser Florican
- aka likh or kharmore
- best known for the leaping breeding displays made by the males during the Monsoon season
- smaller than bengal florican
- Great Indian Bustard
- Found in India and Pakistan
- These birds are often found associated in the same habitat as blackbuck.
- Today the bustard is restricted to isolated pockets in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan (shared with Pakistan)
- When the "national bird" of India was under consideration, the great Indian bustard was a proposed candidate (strongly supported by the Indian ornithologist Salim Ali), but dropped in favour of the Indian peafowl with at least one reason being the potential for being misspelt. :P
- Jerdon's Courser and Sociable Lapwing
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- Birds greatly depend on the existence of their wetland habitat.
- Spoon-billed Sandpiper
- Siberian Crane
- White-bellied Heron
- Habitat of deciduous forests in central India
- Forest Owlet’s
Problems
- These species were threatened by human factors such as uncontrolled urbanisation, unsustainable industrialisation and rampant use of chemicals in agriculture
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