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ENDANGERED ANIMALS
IN INDIA
BY
DIVISION OF EDUCATION SERVICES
(VISITOR SERVICES)
NMNH (MoEF), NEW DELHI
ENDANGERED ANIMALS
IN INDIA
• Critically Endangered species in India According to the Red Data Book of
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), there are 47 critically endangered species in India (As of 5 September 2011 (2011-0905)
• The Red list of 2012 is out on 18 february 2012 at Rio +20 Earth Summit.
Red List has listed 132 species of plants and animals as Critically
Endangered from India.
Indian Bustard- Ardeotis nigriceps
(Vigors)Great
• The Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) or
Indian Bustard is a bustard found in India and the adjoining regions of Pakistan. A large bird with a horizontal body and long bare legs giving it an ostrich like appearance, this bird is among the heaviest of the flying birds. The deep buff coloured wings with black sides, a conspicuous black crested crown, an outstretched neck which is whitish in colour and the white underparts are the distinguishing featutes of this bird. Once common on the dry plains of the
Indian subcontinent, today very few birds survive and the species is on the brink of extinction, being critically endangered by hunting and loss of its habitat, this consists of large expanses of dry grassland and scrub. They are confined mostly to the arid regions of Rajasthan, Gujarat and the
Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.
Jerdon;s Courser ( Cursorious bitorquatus
( Blyth)
• Jerdon's Courser is one of the rarest birds of the world. It is listed as Critically Endangered by IUCN. Because it known only from one single site and the habitat in which it lives is also shrinking and degrading.
•
• It is a nocturnal bird endemic to India. The bird was discovered by the surgeon-naturalist Thomas C. Jerdon in
1848 but not seen again until its rediscovery in 1986 by
Bombay Natural History Society from Godavary river valley in Andhra Pradesh. This courser is a restricted-range endemic found locally
IN INDIA
BY
DIVISION OF EDUCATION SERVICES
(VISITOR SERVICES)
NMNH (MoEF), NEW DELHI
ENDANGERED ANIMALS
IN INDIA
• Critically Endangered species in India According to the Red Data Book of
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), there are 47 critically endangered species in India (As of 5 September 2011 (2011-0905)
• The Red list of 2012 is out on 18 february 2012 at Rio +20 Earth Summit.
Red List has listed 132 species of plants and animals as Critically
Endangered from India.
Indian Bustard- Ardeotis nigriceps
(Vigors)Great
• The Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) or
Indian Bustard is a bustard found in India and the adjoining regions of Pakistan. A large bird with a horizontal body and long bare legs giving it an ostrich like appearance, this bird is among the heaviest of the flying birds. The deep buff coloured wings with black sides, a conspicuous black crested crown, an outstretched neck which is whitish in colour and the white underparts are the distinguishing featutes of this bird. Once common on the dry plains of the
Indian subcontinent, today very few birds survive and the species is on the brink of extinction, being critically endangered by hunting and loss of its habitat, this consists of large expanses of dry grassland and scrub. They are confined mostly to the arid regions of Rajasthan, Gujarat and the
Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.
Jerdon;s Courser ( Cursorious bitorquatus
( Blyth)
• Jerdon's Courser is one of the rarest birds of the world. It is listed as Critically Endangered by IUCN. Because it known only from one single site and the habitat in which it lives is also shrinking and degrading.
•
• It is a nocturnal bird endemic to India. The bird was discovered by the surgeon-naturalist Thomas C. Jerdon in
1848 but not seen again until its rediscovery in 1986 by
Bombay Natural History Society from Godavary river valley in Andhra Pradesh. This courser is a restricted-range endemic found locally