Journal of Threatened Taxa (Nov 2012)

Sighting record of Bengal Florican <i>Houbaropsis bengalensis</i> (Gmelin, 1789) (Aves: Gruiformes: Otididae) in Lower Dibang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh, India

  • A. Sinha,
  • J. Hoque,
  • T. Pradhan,
  • M.K. Bakshi,
  • J. Pulu,
  • A.K. Singh,
  • M.F. Ahmed

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2831.3375-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 14
pp. 3375 – 3376

Abstract

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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.