{"id":360169,"date":"2026-04-06T18:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=360169"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:30:49","slug":"bengal-florican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bengal-florican\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengal Florican"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>: Bengal florican populations are declining as grasslands vanish due to land conversion, agriculture expansion, burning, and habitat fragmentation pressures.<\/p>\n<h2>About Bengal Florican<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_360173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360173\" style=\"width: 451px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-360173\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-DTE.jpg?resize=451%2C326&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bengal Florican\" width=\"451\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-DTE.jpg?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-DTE.jpg?resize=1024%2C741&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-DTE.jpg?resize=768%2C556&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-DTE.jpg?w=1216&amp;ssl=1 1216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-360173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; DTE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>medium-sized bustard species<\/strong> found in grasslands, and it is a <strong>grassland indicator species.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Different names:<\/strong> It is called <strong>ulu-mo\u2019ra in Assamese<\/strong> and <strong>daotriling in Bodo,<\/strong> and it is also known as the \u201c<strong>dancer of the grasslands.<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat<\/strong>: It lives in seasonally inundated alluvial <strong>grasslands of the Gangetic-Brahmaputra plains dominated by grasses.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Distribution<\/strong>: It is found in <strong>Uttar Pradesh <\/strong>(Dudhwa National Park), Assam (Manas, Kaziranga, Orang, and Dibru-Saikhowa National Parks), and <strong>Arunachal Pradesh,<\/strong> as well as in the <strong>terai of Nepal and in Bangladesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Characteristics<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Appearance<\/strong>: The <strong>male<\/strong> shows <strong>black plumage, crest, elongated<\/strong> display feathers, and <strong>white wing patches<\/strong> visible in flight.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Behaviour<\/strong>: It performs vertical leaps, wing movements, and <strong>vocalisations in group displays called \u201clekking.<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sexual traits:<\/strong> It shows <strong>reverse sexual dimorphism<\/strong> and <strong>colour dichromatism.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Diet<\/strong>: It is <strong>omnivorous<\/strong> and eats insects, fruits, seeds, flowers, and small reptiles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threats<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Habitat loss<\/strong> occurs due to land conversion, agriculture expansion, burning, overgrazing, encroachment, river changes, fragmentation, invasive species, and fire mismanagement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation Status<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN: Critically Endangered<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Schedule I of <\/strong>the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appendix I <\/strong>of CMS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Bengal florican populations are declining as grasslands vanish due to land conversion, agriculture expansion, burning, and habitat fragmentation pressures. About Bengal Florican It is a medium-sized bustard species found in grasslands, and it is a grassland indicator species. Different names: It is called ulu-mo\u2019ra in Assamese and daotriling in Bodo, and it is also&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bengal-florican\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bengal Florican<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11834],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-360169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}