About lesser florican<\/h5>\n\n![\"lesser](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sypheotides_indicus_xlarge.jpg?resize=199%2C300&ssl=1\")
The lesser florican<\/b> (<\/span>Sypheotides indicus<\/span><\/i>), also known as the likh or <\/span>kharmore<\/span><\/i> is the smallest in the bustard family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nConservation status:<\/strong><\/p>\nIUCN Status<\/b>: Endangered<\/span><\/p>\nWildlife Protection Act,1972:<\/b> Schedule I<\/span><\/p>\nCITES: <\/b>Appendix II<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nHabitat: <\/b>The bird is endemic to the Indian Subcontinent, where it is found in tall grasslands.<\/p>\n
In India, the bird is observed in <\/span>Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and some other regions during the monsoon season when it breeds and later disappears with its chicks to unknown places.<\/span><\/p>\nCharacteristics<\/strong>: The male has a contrasting black and white breeding plumage and distinctive elongated head feathers that extend behind the neck.<\/p>\nThe only similar species is the Bengal florican (Houbarobsis bengalensis) which is larger and lacks the white throat, collar and elongated plumes.<\/p>\n
Threats: <\/b>The bird <\/span>is threatened both by hunting and habitat degradation.<\/span><\/p>\nFurther, the species is highly endangered and has been officially hunted to extinction in some parts of its range, such as Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What is the news? A recent study has for the first time tracked the longest in-country migration route of lesser Floricans from Rajasthan to Maharashtra\u2019s Ahmednagar district. About lesser florican The lesser florican (Sypheotides indicus), also known as the likh or kharmore is the smallest in the bustard family.\u00a0 Conservation status: IUCN Status: Endangered Wildlife… Continue reading Lesser Florican<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-169950","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Conservation status:<\/strong><\/p>\n IUCN Status<\/b>: Endangered<\/span><\/p>\n Wildlife Protection Act,1972:<\/b> Schedule I<\/span><\/p>\n CITES: <\/b>Appendix II<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Habitat: <\/b>The bird is endemic to the Indian Subcontinent, where it is found in tall grasslands.<\/p>\n In India, the bird is observed in <\/span>Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and some other regions during the monsoon season when it breeds and later disappears with its chicks to unknown places.<\/span><\/p>\n Characteristics<\/strong>: The male has a contrasting black and white breeding plumage and distinctive elongated head feathers that extend behind the neck.<\/p>\n The only similar species is the Bengal florican (Houbarobsis bengalensis) which is larger and lacks the white throat, collar and elongated plumes.<\/p>\n Threats: <\/b>The bird <\/span>is threatened both by hunting and habitat degradation.<\/span><\/p>\n Further, the species is highly endangered and has been officially hunted to extinction in some parts of its range, such as Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the news? A recent study has for the first time tracked the longest in-country migration route of lesser Floricans from Rajasthan to Maharashtra\u2019s Ahmednagar district. About lesser florican The lesser florican (Sypheotides indicus), also known as the likh or kharmore is the smallest in the bustard family.\u00a0 Conservation status: IUCN Status: Endangered Wildlife… Continue reading Lesser Florican<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-169950","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The lesser florican<\/b> (<\/span>Sypheotides indicus<\/span><\/i>), also known as the likh or <\/span>kharmore<\/span><\/i> is the smallest in the bustard family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n