Abstract
The Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalens is a Critically Endangered species in India and Southeast Asia. It was once common in northern India, Nepal and the Brahmaputra Valley of Assam in northeastern India. We sighted a male Bengal Florican at New Elopa locality, ower Dibang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh.
Highlights
The Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis (Gmelin, 1789) is a Critically Endangered species inhabiting the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia (BirdLife International 2012)
Bengal Florican is a habitat specialist and prefers alluvial grasslands dominated by Imperata cylindrica, Saccharum munja and Desmostachya bipinnata
Bengal Florican is a species with a narrow ecological niche, with a very small and rapidly declining population, largely as a result of the widespread loss of its habitat. (BirdLife International 2001; Rahmani 2001)
Summary
The Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis (Gmelin, 1789) is a Critically Endangered species inhabiting the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia (BirdLife International 2012). It is a ground nesting grassland bird (Poudyal et al 2008), which was once common in northern India, Nepal and the Brahmaputra Valley of Assam (Rahmani 2001) in northeastern Bengal Florican is a habitat specialist and prefers alluvial grasslands dominated by Imperata cylindrica, Saccharum munja and Desmostachya bipinnata.
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