DISTRIBUTION, DEMOGRAPHY AND CONSERVATION STATUS OFSARUS CRANE (Grus antigone antigone) IN CHITTAURGARH DISTRICT, RAJASTHAN, INDIA

摘要

Sarus crane {Grus antigone antigone) has been listed as a Vulnerable species by IUCN (2010) with criteria A2cde+3cde+4cde. The criteria reflects the threat to the species through various means like decline in habitat quality, exploitation, pollution, competitors and parasites. Sarus crane (Grus antigone antigone), the world's tallest flying bird (Archibald et al, 2003), is the only resident breeding crane in India and southeast Asia and has suffered a rapid population decline within a few decades (Choudhary et al., 1999).