Lesser Florican
Sypheotides indicus(Miller, JF, 1782)
English (US) Lesser Florican
The Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indicus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Otididae (Bustards) in the order Otidiformes.
Range: locally in grassland of Indian subcontinent; now very local and rareRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sypheotides indicus
- Family
- Otididae (Bustards)
- Order
- Otidiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Lesser Florican
- Described by
- (Miller, JF, 1782)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Otis indica
- Described by
- (Miller, JF, 1782)
- Type locality
- India.
- Original description
- Icones Animalium: Various subjects of natural history, wherein are delineated birds, animals and many curious plants, with the parts of fructification of each plant, all of which are drawn and coloured from nature pt6 pl.33
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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