Assambirds

The Critically Endangered and Endangered Birds of Assam At least seventeen rarest birds of Assam are included in the World's Rarest Birds Project. Below you can find a list of those birds. White-Bellied Heron ©Thet Zaw Naing By Mithu Das   November 03, 2011 Erik Hirschfeld is a birder and author, who, in 2010, along with his two friends—Andy Swash and Rob Still—started the World's Rarest Birds Project to contribute to Birdlife International's Preventing Extinctions Programme by raising funds. "The project started with the launch of an exciting photo competition, aimed at providing the images for a new book entitled The World's Rarest Birds," said th

Vulnerable and Near Threatened Birds of Assam Lesser Adjutant Stork. Image ©Fletcher and Baylis By Mithu Das   November 03, 2011 Vulnerable Birds of Assam Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) Lesser Adjutant Stork (Leptoptilos javanicus) Wood Snipe (Gallinago nemoricola) Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) Swamp Francolin (Francolinus gularis) Manipur Bush Quail (Perdicula manipurensis) Chestnut-breasted Partridge (Arborophila mandellii) Blyth's Tragopan (Tragopan blythii) Pale-capped Pigeon (Columba punicea) Dark-ba

Declining Bengal Florican and Its Conservation Human encroachment in the grassland area forced Bengal Floricans to leave their homland. There are only 450-1000 birds survive in the wild. Bengal Florican. Image ©Allan Michaud. By Mithu Das   September 04, 2011 Bengal florican  Houbaropsis bengalensis  is a critically endangered species. There are only 250-1000 birds survive in the wild. Its number dwindling because of us, humans, who are altering their habitat to agricultural lands. Conservationists warned that the species may be extinct within a decade or so if we fai

How Bar-headed Geese Fly Over Himalayas Bar-headed Geese are world's highest altitude migrants. These birds migrate from Russia to China and then fly over Mount Everest to reach their wintering grounds in India. Bar-headed geese. Image ©Adesh Shivkar. By Mithu Das   September 04, 2011 I n July 2007, at least fifty Bar-headed geese were fitted with neck collars by Wildlife Conservation Society in Mongolia. Among these birds, one (No. C6) has been photographed by Adesh Shivkar in Pune, Maharashtra, on January 2008. This bird has travelled a distance of 4780 km and cros