{"id":32,"date":"2023-10-09T05:27:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T23:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/uncategorized\/great-indian-bustard-gib\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T06:39:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T01:09:18","slug":"great-indian-bustard-gib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/upsc\/great-indian-bustard-gib\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Indian Bustard (GIB)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Great Indian bustard or Indian bustard is a bustard <strong>found on the Indian subcontinent.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bustards are large terrestrial birds found in <strong>dry grasslands and steppe regions. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A<strong> large bird with a horizontal body and long bare legs, giving it an ostrich-like appearance,<\/strong> <strong>this bird is among the heaviest of the flying birds.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is the State bird of Rajasthan and is considered&nbsp;<strong>India\u2019s most critically endangered bird.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is considered the&nbsp;<strong>flagship grassland species,<\/strong>&nbsp;representing the health of the grassland ecology.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Its population is confined<strong>&nbsp;mostly to Rajasthan and Gujarat<\/strong>. Small populations occur in Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Great-Indian-Bustard-GIB.webp\" alt=\"Great Indian Bustard (GIB)\" class=\"wp-image-21598\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Threats:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The bird is under constant threat<strong>&nbsp;due to collision\/electrocution with power transmission lines,<\/strong>&nbsp;hunting (still prevalent in Pakistan), habitat loss and alteration as a result of widespread agricultural expansion, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Protection Status:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-palette-1-color\">Critically Endangered<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES):<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-6-color\">Appendix I<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)<\/strong>: <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-6-color\">Appendix I<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wildlife-protection-act-1972-upsc\/\">Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972<\/a><\/strong>: <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-kb-palette-6-color\">Schedule 1<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Great Indian Bustard - On The Brink\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ggS2V2JkgEo?start=3&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characteristics of the Great Indian Bustard<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Weighing about 15 kgs<\/strong>, the great Indian bustard is easily recognisable by its <strong>black cap over a pale head and neck. <\/strong>The <strong>male deep sandy buff coloured and its breast band turns black during the mating season. The female is smaller than the male.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Although the Kori bustard (<em>Ardeotis<\/em>&nbsp;<em>kori)<\/em>&nbsp;and the great bustard (<em>Otis tarda<\/em>) are bigger than it, the Great Indian Bustard is the largest flying bird in its native region, standing at about 3.3 ft tall.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>Great Indian Bustard was spread throughout India and Pakistan but now is only found in a few pockets in both the countries.<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earlier present in 11 states of India,<strong> they are now restricted to the following 6 states today<\/strong>.\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Andhra Pradesh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gujarat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karnataka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maharashtra<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Madhya Pradesh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rajasthan<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Behaviour and Habitat of the Great Indian Bustard<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>male Indian Bustard is usually solitary but forms small flocks during the winter<\/strong>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Great Indian Bustard is found in <strong>semi-arid and arid grasslands, with tall grass in the open<\/strong>. They are <strong>also found near farmlands<\/strong> as well.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These birds are often found associated in the <strong>same habitat as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blackbuck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blackbuck<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The bird is <strong>omnivorous preying on insects, rodents, and reptiles mostly while also consuming grass seed berries.<\/strong> Near farmlands, they also feed on groundnut, millets, and legumes pods.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When threatened the females are known to carry their young under the wing when fleeing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Measures are taken to protect Great Indian Bustard:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Species Recovery Programme:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is kept under the species recovery programme under the<strong>&nbsp;Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats<\/strong>&nbsp;of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>National Bustard Recovery Plans:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is currently being implemented by conservation agencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conservation Breeding Facility:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MoEF&amp;CC, Rajasthan government and Wildlife Institute of India (WII) have also established a conservation breeding facility in Desert National Park at Jaisalmer in June 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The objective of the programme is to build up a captive population of Great Indian Bustards and to release the chicks in the wild for increasing the population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Project Great Indian Bustard:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It has been launched by the Rajasthan government with an aim of constructing breeding enclosures for the species and developing infrastructure to reduce human pressure on its habitats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eco-Friendly Measures:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Task Force for suggesting eco-friendly measures to mitigate impacts of power transmission lines and other power transmission infrastructures on wildlife including the Great Indian Bustard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Characteristics of the Great Indian Bustard Behaviour and Habitat of the Great Indian Bustard Measures are taken to protect Great Indian Bustard:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/author\/lotusarise469gmail-com\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":37,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":37,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}