Written by two eminent ornithologists, the book discusses seven critically endangered, eight endangered, thirty-three vulnerable, and twenty-eight near threatened birds found in Assam.
Written by two eminent ornithologists, the book discusses seven critically endangered, eight endangered, thirty-three vulnerable, and twenty-eight near threatened birds found in Assam.
Asad R. Rahmani is currently Director of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS). He has written more than 100 research papers for national and international journals, five books, and numerous popular articles and book reviews. He is Principal Investigator of many prestigious projects of the BNHS, including the Important Bird Area (IBA) Programme of BirdLife International and BNHS. He is the Executive Editor of the Journal of the BNHS and Editor of Hornbill and Mistnet. Anwaruddin Choudhury is the pioneer of long-term wildlife research in Assam and has three decades of experience in the field. At present, he is the Deputy Commissioner of Lakhimpur district in Assam. He has authored nineteen books and monographs, and has written at least 44 technical reports on wildlife and more than 600 articles and scientific papers.
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* Preface * Message * Foreword * Acknowledgements * Introduction * Critically Endangered Main Species: White-bellied Heron White-backed Vulture Slender-billed Vulture Red-headed or King Vulture Bengal Florican * Marginal Species: Pink-headed Duck Spoon-billed Sandpiper * Endangered Min Species: White-winged Wood Duck Great Adjutant Baer's Pochard * Marginal Species: Green Peafowl Red-breasted Goose Egyptian Vulture Masked Finfoot : Spotted or Nordmann's Greenshank * Vulnerable Main Species: Swamp Francolin Manipur Bush-quail Blyth's Tragopan Lesser Adjutant Pallas's Fish-eagle Greater Spotted Eagle Sarus Crane Pale-capped Pigeon Dark-rmped Swift Rufous-necked Hornbill Jerdon's Babbler Marsh Babbler Black-breasted Parrotbill Yellow Weaver * Vulnerable Marginal Species: Chestnut-breasted Partridge Lesser White-fronted Goose Marbled Duck Dalmatian Pelican Eastern Imperial Eagle Wood Snip Indian Skimmer Great Slaty Woodpecker Grey-crowned Prinia Bristled Grassbird Tawny-breasted Wren-babbler Slender-billed Babbler Beautiful Nuthatch Grey-sided Thrush White-throated or Hodgson's Bushchat * Near Threatened: Japanese Quail White-cheeked Partridge Falcated Duck Ferruginous Duck or White-eyed Pochard Painted Stork Black-headed Ibis or White Ibis Spotted-billed Pelican Oriental Darter or Snakebird Laggar Falcon Lesser Fish-eagle Cinereous Vulture Pallid Harrier Asian Dwoitcher Black-tailed Godwit Eurasian Curlew Blacked-bellied Tern Blyth's Kingfisher Austen's Brown Hornbill Great Pied Hornbill Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Rufous-vented or Swamp Prinia Rufous-rumped Grassbird Long-tailed Wren-babbler Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush Rusted-bellied Shortwing Firethroat * References
