This book is the fourth in the series of statewise volumes on threatened birds of India. Information has been updated according to the latest IUCN 2013 Red List for Birds, incorporating the changes in threat status recommended by BirdLife International, UK. The book describes the threatened and near threatened avian species of the state of Uttar Pradesh, with notes on their distribution, ecology, historical records and current distribution.
This book is the fourth in the series of statewise volumes on threatened birds of India. Information has been updated according to the latest IUCN 2013 Red List for Birds, incorporating the changes in threat status recommended by BirdLife International, UK. The book describes the threatened and near threatened avian species of the state of Uttar Pradesh, with notes on their distribution, ecology, historical records and current distribution.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Asad R. Rahmani is the Director of the Bombay Natural History Society since 1997. He joined BNHS in 1980 and worked as Principal Scientist in various projects. In 1991, he joined the Department of Wildlife Science, Aligarh Muslim University, where he worked for six years. In 1997, he rejoined BNHS as Director. He has written more than 150 peer-reviewed research papers in national and international journals, eight books and numerous popular articles and book reviews. Sanjay Kumar is a serving bureaucrat, nature and wildlife photographer presently working as District Magistrate, Moradabad. Neeraj Srivastav is working with the state transport department in Uttar PradesPresently, and is associated with state unit of Indian Bird Conservation Network as Honorary State Coordinator, also with Asian Waterfowl Census in the same capacity. Rajat Bhargava is an Ornithologist, employed with the Bombay Natural history Society and currently working on the birds of Soheldev and Sohagi Barwa Wildlife Sanctuaries in Uttar Pradesh. Noor I. Khan has been working as Scientific Associate Officer at BNHS since 2006 for the Important Bird Areas (IBA) and Indian Bird Conservation Network (IBCN) Programmes in India
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Preface Messages Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Updates in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Birds Extinct birds of Uttar Pradesh Threatened birds likely to be found in Uttar Pradesh Trade of wild birds CRITICALLY ENDANGERED White-backed Vulture Long-billed Vulture Slender-billed Vulture Red-headed Vulture Bengal Florican ENDANGERED Baer's Pochard Egyptian Vulture Lesser Florican Black-bellied Tern VULNERABLE Swamp Francolin Marbled Teal Sarus Crane Pallas's Fish-eagle Greater Spotted Eagle Indian Spotted Eagle Lesser Adjutant Indian Skimmer Great Slaty Woodpecker Bristled Grassbird White-throated Bushchat Yellow Weaver Threatened Birds of Maharashtra ENDANGERED NEAR THREATENED Falcated Duck Ferruginous Duck Lesser Flamingo Painted Stork Black-necked Stork Black-headed Ibis Spot-billed Pelican Oriental Darter Laggar Falcon Lesser Fish-eagle Grey-headed Fish-eagle Cinereous Vulture Pallid Harrier Eurasian Curlew River Tern, River Lapwing European Roller Great Pied Hornbill Rufous-rumped Grassbird REFERENCES Index
