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Open-or-shut row

Confusion over move to close down Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary

An unusual contest: Great Indian Bustards vs great Indian green energy quest

Rajasthan's state bird, the great Indian bustard, might lose its last natural habitat to wind and solar power plants 

One of the first Great Indian Bustard chicks of this year’s breeding season spotted

The chick has been spotted in the Desert National Park in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district, the last major stronghold of the imperiled bird

Downsizing bird habitat

Great Indian bustard in pics: Mighty, but critically endangered

Losing habitat, vulnerable to predators and power lines, there are fewer than 150 individuals of the state bird of Rajasthan left

Supreme Court seeks update on power cables at Great Indian Bustard’s habitat

Electrocution from overhead high-tension wires contributed to the birds’ falling population

Another endangered Great Indian Bustard dies due to electrocution

This is the fifth GIB to have died due to collision with power lines in the last one year

Two female Great Indian Bustards satellite-tagged in Rajasthan

Scientists hope to get critical information on the birds through the satellite tags

Only one male Great Indian Bustard left in Gujarat: experts

Most males in the area have fallen prey to power lines built by Suzlon and GETCO

Arab hunting

There are 150 Bustards in the Desert National Park, claims report

Wildlife Institute of India pegged the species' total population for the whole country at 150 during 2018

State animals and birds: Do they make a difference to conservation?

As the Indus Dolphin is declared Punjab’s State Aquatic Animal, Down To Earth pops the question to conservationists

Endgame for bustards

Great Indian Bustard has been pushed to extinction in its biggest sanctuary; breeding stops

Déjà vu in Sambhar: Over 49 crows die in 3 days, samples sent to Bhopal

Over 18,000 birds had died of avian botulism in 2019 in and around Sambhar lake

While Pakistan angers Arabs for its bustard