Sentence examples for indian bustard from inspiring English sources

Many croplands that once produced sorghum and millet seeds, on which the great Indian bustard thrived, have become fields of sugarcane and cotton or grape orchards.

Great Indian bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps), large bird of the bustard family (Otididae), one of the heaviest flying birds in the world.

These activities, combined with the species's low fecundity and the pressure of natural predators, have left the great Indian bustard in a precarious position.

In 2012 the Indian government launched Project Bustard, a national conservation program to protect the great Indian bustard, along with the Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis), the lesser florican (Sypheotides indicus), and their habitats from further declines.

The largest concentration of great Indian bustards, perhaps 175 birds, occurs in the state of Rajasthan.

Great Indian bustards are omnivores that feed opportunistically (that is, they feed on any palatable food in their immediate surroundings).

Few discernible patterns of migration have been observed among great Indian bustards outside of the breeding season.

Great Indian bustards are tall birds with long legs and a long neck; the tallest individuals may stand up to 1.2 metres (4 feet) high.

Adult great Indian bustards have few natural enemies, but they display considerable agitation around certain predatory birds, such as eagles and Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus).

In 1994 great Indian bustards were listed as an endangered species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.

Although some of the reproductive behaviours of great Indian bustards are known, the finer details of nesting and mating, as well as migratory activities related to nesting and mating, are thought to vary greatly among populations and individuals.