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 CR    Bengal Florican* Id (Atlas):
    Houbaropsis bengalensis

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Eupodotis bengalensis [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Family
Otididae (Bustards)

Size
66 - 68.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Lowland dry, or seasonally inundated, natural and semi-natural grasslands, often interspersed with scattered scrub or patchy open forest.

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh (E), Cambodia (B), India (B), Nepal (B) (NB), Vietnam (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 250 - 999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status CR
Extensive loss and modification of grasslands through drainage, conversion to agriculture and plantations, overgrazing, inappropriate cutting, burning and ploughing regimes, heavy flooding, invasion of alien species, scrub expansion, dam construction and inappropriate and illegal development, hunting are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Croaks and strange, deep humming during display. Sometimes shrill metallic 'chik-chik-chik' when disturbed.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) [XC156994]
     by Frank Lambert from Prolay, Kouk Thlok Kraom, Cambodia (flight call)

 
Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) [XC156993]
     by id from Prolay, Kouk Thlok Kraom, Cambodia (flight call)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged with Eupodotis, but differs notably from all other bustards except Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indicus) in showing reversed sexual size dimorphism.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • bengalensis (Gmelin, 1789)   -  Patchily along border of southern Nepal with India, and into lowland north-eastern India.
  • blandini Delacour, 1928   -  Southern Cambodia and southern Vietnam (apparently non-breeding only; breeding grounds unknown).


Similar Species
Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indicus) which is smaller and longer-necked. Male has spatulate-tipped head plumes, white collar across upper mantle and white wing-coverts. Female has more prominent pale wing-coverts.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) - 10 files


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