List of 7 Critically Endangered Species of Birds in India:
1. Great Indian Bustard
The great Indian bustard is a large ground bird with a height of about one metre. It is unmistakable with its black cap contrasting with the pale head and neck. The body is brownish with a black patch spotted in white. The male is deep sandy buff coloured and during the breeding season has a black breast band. The crown of the head is black and crested and is puffed up by displaying males. In the female which is smaller than the male, the head and neck are not pure white and the breast band is either rudimentary, broken or absent.
Scientific
Name : Ardeotis nigriceps
Class : Aves
2. Red Head Vulture
The red-headed vulture, also known as the Asian king vulture, Indian black vulture or Pondicherry vulture, is an Old World vulture mainly found in the Indian subcontinent, with small disjunct populations in some parts of Southeast Asia.
Scientific
Name : Sarcogyps calvus
Mass : 3.5-6.3
Wingspan : 2-2.6 m
Length : 76-86 cm
3. Forest Owlet
The forest owlet is an endangered owl that is endemic to the forests of central India. The species belongs to the typical owls family, Strigidae. First described in 1873, it was not seen after 1884 and considered extinct until it was rediscovered 113 years later in 1997 by Pamela Rasmussen.
Scientific
Name : Athene blewitti
Family : Strigidae
4. Bengal Florican
The Bengal florican, also called Bengal bustard, is a bustard species native to the Indian subcontinent, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List because fewer than 1,000 individuals were estimated to be alive as of 2017. It is the only member of the genus Houbaropsis.
Scientific
Name : Houbaropsis bengalensis
Phylum : Chordata
5. White Bellied Heron
The white-bellied heron, also known as the imperial heron or great white-bellied heron, is a species of large heron known from the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in India and Bhutan to northeastern Bangladesh and Burma. It is mostly solitary and occurs in undisturbed riverside or wetland habitats.
Scientific
Name : Ardea insignis
Rank : Species
6. Himalayan Quail
The Himalayan quail or mountain quail, is a medium-sized quail belonging to the pheasant family. It was last reported in 1876 and is feared extinct. This species was known from only 2 locations in the western Himalayas in Uttarakhand, north-west India.
Scientific
Name : Ophrysia superciliosa
Phylum : Chordata
7. Siberian Crane
The Siberian crane, also known as the Siberian white crane or the snow crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.
Scientific
Name : Grus leucogeranus
Class : Aves
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