Bengal florican
Bengal bustard
houbaropsis bengalensis latin

The reserve is also home to the rare Bengal florican.

One can also spot rare species like the Bengal florican.

It is considered to be an ideal habitat for the Bengal Florican.

It was said to be good for eating but considered inferior to the meat of the Bengal Florican.

Manas have the largest population of endangered Bengal Florican.

It is one of the very few places in India, where the Bengal florican is sighted.

Orang National Park is an important habitat of the Bengal florican.

The endangered Bengal Florican is also found there.

Bardia also has more than 250 species of birds, including the endangered Bengal florican and sarus crane.

The government of Cambodia has taken a significant step towards protecting important habitat for the Bengal Florican.

Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis)

It's a wonderfully serene spot and most travellers who visit are bird-watchers in search of rare species such as the Bengal florican and sarus crane.

Current checklists include 407 bird species, among them the Bengal florican, white-rumped vulture, peafowl, and bar-headed geese, which are symbolic of the park.

Eupodotis bengalensis (Bengal Florican)

Game birds include the Swamp Francolin, Bengal Florican, and Pale-capped Pigeon.

Examples of birds are the endangered Bengal Florican, the Sarus Crane, and the Black Stork.

Animals found here include the one-horned rhinoceros, elephant, tiger, leopard and hog deer, while the main bird species include the Bengal florican and herons.

The only similar species is the Bengal Florican (Houbarobsis bengalensis) which is larger and lacks the white throat, collar and elongated plumes.

The genus Sypheotides earlier included what is now Houbaropsis bengalensis (or Bengal Florican), the two species being small and showing reverse sexual size dimorphism.

Restricted to tiny fragments of grassland scattered across South and Southeast Asia, the Bengal Florican is the world's rarest bustard.

The park has a rich bird life, with over 350 species, including the Swamp Francolin, Great Slaty Woodpecker and Bengal Florican.

The only bird even remotely similar to adult males of the Bengal Florican are their counterpart from the Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indica).

His two signed works, one of a rare Siberian Crane and the other of a Bengal Florican are in the Indian Museum, Kolkata.

Survey of White-winged Wood Duck and Bengal Florican, Guwahati: Rhino Foundation (1996)

BirdLife International (BLI) (2009): Bengal Florican Species Factsheet.

The Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis), also called Bengal Bustard, is a very rare bustard species from the Indian Subcontinent, with a smaller separate population in Southeast Asia.

Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis)

The reserve supports the largest population of Bengal florican Houbaropsis bengalensis (E) and swamp deer Cervus duvauceli (E).

The Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis), also called Bengal Bustard, is a very rare bustard species from the Indian Subcontinent, with a smaller separate population in Southeast Asia.