NEWS

Longest migration route of lesser florican from Rajasthan tracked. The latest instance of migration detection is that of a male lesser florican covering a distance of 1,000 km from its breeding ground was recorded.

ABOUT LESSER FLORICAN

• Taxonomically classified as Sypheotides indicus
• Small and slender bird species
• Belonging to the bustard group
• Smallest in bustard family.
• It is endemic to the Indian Subcontinent
• Found in tall grasslands
• Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has launched a recovery programme. Endangered bird
• Oin Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat
• During the monsoon season in some regions, it breeds and later disappears with its chicks to unknown places.
• Listed as “critically endangered” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species
• Population has been identified as “decreasing”.