Species profile
Bengal Florican
Houbaropsis bengalensis
Quick answer
Breeding regions are OR. Breeding subregions are s Nepal, ne India and s Vietnam.
- Scientific name
- Houbaropsis bengalensis
- Family
- Otididae
- Order
- Otidiformes
- Genus
- Houbaropsis
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered
Recording Bengal Florican in your journal
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Related species in Otididae
- African Houbara (Chlamydotis undulata)
- Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs)
- Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis)
- Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster)
- Blue Bustard (Eupodotis caerulescens)
- Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana)
- Chlamydotis mesetaria (Chlamydotis mesetaria)
- Chlamydotis pliodeserti (Chlamydotis pliodeserti)