Bengal florican | |
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A male Bengal florican | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Otidiformes |
Family: | Otididae |
Genus: | Houbaropsis Sharpe, 1893 |
Species: | H. bengalensis
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Binomial name | |
Houbaropsis bengalensis (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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Synonyms | |
Eupodotis bengalensis (Gmelin, 1789) |
The Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis), also called the Bengal bustard, is a bustard species native to the Indian subcontinent, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List because fewer than 1,000 individuals were estimated to be alive as of 2017.[1] It is the only member of the genus Houbaropsis.