#QuickRevision
▪️It is endemic to Indian Sub-continent, found in central India, western India and eastern Pakistan.
▪️Important Sites for the species are: Desert National Park Sanctuary (Rajasthan), Naliya (Gujarat), Warora (Maharashtra), Bellary (Karnataka), etc
▪️It is also found in Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary in Kurnool district, AP
▪️Rajasthan has the highest population
▪️The habitat where it is most often found is arid and semi-arid grasslands, open country with thorn scrub, tall grass interspersed with cultivation.
▪️It avoids irrigated areas.
▪️Great Indian bustard is placed in Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, the highest degree of legal protection in the country.
▪️IUCN: Critically Endangered
▪️Threats: poaching, collisions with power lines
▪️Great Indian Bustard is Rajasthan's state bird.
▪️The state government has started "Project Godawan" for its conservation at Desert National Park (DNP) in Jaisalmer.
▪️It is considered as the flagship grassland species, representing the health of the grassland ecology.
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