Abstract
The Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps, a threatened and endemic species of the Indian subcontinent, is declining in its natural habitats. The Great Indian Bustard is a bird of open land and was observed using the grasslands habitat (73%), followed by areas covered with Prosopis (11%). In the grasslands, the communities dominated with Cymbopogon martinii were utilized the highest, while those dominated by Aristida adenemsoidis were least utilized. As Cymbopogon martinii is non-palatable, we infer that it does not attract livestock and herdsmen resulting in minimum movement and trampling that favors the Great Indian Bustard.
Highlights
The Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps, a threatened and endemic species of the Indian subcontinent, is declining in its natural habitats
The Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps is an endemic species of the Indian subcontinent (Ali & Ripley 1998; Rahmani 2006) and recently upgraded as Critically Endangered (BirdLife International 2011)
Study area The habitat preference of Great Indian Bustard (GIB) was studied in the Naliya grassland located in the southwestern taluka of Abdasa in Kachchh District (Fig. 1)
Summary
The Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps, a threatened and endemic species of the Indian subcontinent, is declining in its natural habitats. Study area The habitat preference of GIB was studied in the Naliya grassland located in the southwestern taluka of Abdasa in Kachchh District (Fig. 1). A total of nine different habitat categories were identified as: (i) grassland, (ii) open scrubland, (iii) agriculture land, (iv) prosopis, (v) open land, (vi) water body, (vii) rocky, (viii) mudflat, and (ix) salt affected and sandy areas.
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