Once found in states like Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Haryana, the Great Indian bustard is now limited only to Rajasthan. Currently, there are two sets of population found in Jaisalmer district of the ...

Rajasthan, a state often associated with its vast deserts and royal heritage, harbors a surprisingly diverse and unique ...

Compare that to today’s heaviest flying bird — the great bustard — which weighs just around 35 pounds. Despite their differences, these two behemoths rely on the same principles of flight.

The Great Indian Bustard is a large bird with a horizontal body and long bare legs giving it an ostrich like appearance. It is among the heaviest of the flying birds. The Kutch Bustard sanctuary ...

The endangered Great Indian Bustard is one of the world’s largest flying birds whose numbers now hover at just around 150 in the wild. It typically lays just one egg a year.

BBC Wiltshire's Breakfast Show presenter Ben Prater is pulling a giant inflatable Great Bustard bird around the county for Children in Need. He and a team of helpers are aiming to cover 50 miles ...

Of particular importance was the announcement of the National Great Indian Bustard (GIB ... population resurrection and conservation of this bird, which is found only in India but is on the ...

To support the bird’s survival and strengthen its population ... In 2023, Hassan Akbari, an official with the DOE, said that the great bustard is the second critically endangered species after ...

Additionally, India has tagged 12 near-extinct Great Indian Bustard birds for the first time to study their reproductive behaviours. Project Dolphin was launched on 15 August 2020, with Rs 4.8 ...