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Lesser Florican
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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Species
indica
Subspecies
n/a
Distribution
The Lesser Florican is a large bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Sypheotides. It breeds in Pakistan, and is a rare summer visitor in Nepal. Found in dry grassland and crops.
Description

Small, slim, long necked bustard. Male breeding has spatulate tipped head plumes, black head/neck and under- parts and white wing coverts show as patch on closed wing, but have less white on wing than Bengal Florican. Non-breeding male similar to female, but has white wing coverts. Female and immature are sandy or cinnamon buff; separated from female/immature Bengal florican by smaller size and slimmer appearance, heavily marked wing- coverts and rufuos rather than buff background coloration to barred flight feathers.


Conservation status:

Endangered, 2006 IUCN Red list


Image Credit: Nirav Bhatt (internet)