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Rapid Survey of Indian Sarus Crane ( Grus Antigone ) in Uttar Pradesh
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Khan, Rashid Ahmed |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | The Crane Family, Gruidae, comprises 15 apecies of large, graceful birds distributed across five continents. There are four recognized subspecies of Sarus Cranes, Indian (G. a. antigone), eastern (G. a. sharpie), Australian (G a. gillae) and extinct Philippine Sarus (G a. aluzonica; Blanford, 1896, Schodde et al., 1988, Meine & Archibald, 1996). Unfortunately, cranes are threatened worldwide due to habitat loss, excessive harvest and disturbance (Meine & Archibald, 1996) making Gruidae one of the most threatened groups of birds in the world. Within crane family, 10 species are considered to be globally threatened (Hilton-Taylor & Mittermeier 2000). |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/110/01/0071-0081.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
