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Globally threatened Bustard to be surveyed [1]

Concern over decline of Rajasthan's State bird population

The critically-endangered grassland species, the Great Indian Bustard, will be counted in the desert terrain of Rajasthan in the second week of February. Rajasthan, specially its desert region, accounts for maximum population of the bird which is globally threatened and listed in the Red Book of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Publication Date: 
31/01/2012
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Jaisalmer (D) [3], Barmer (D) [4], Bustard [5], Grasslands [6], Birds [7], WWF [8], Jodhpur (D) [9], Bikaner (D) [10], Karnataka [11], Andhra Pradesh [12], Maharashtra [13], Gujarat [14], Desert NP [15], Wildlife [16], Rajasthan [17]
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