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Bengal Florican

Houbaropsis bengalensis (Gmelin, JF 1789)

The Bengal florican, also called Bengal bustard, is a bustard species native to the Indian subcontinent, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List because fewer than 1,000 individuals were estimated to be alive as of 2017. It is the only member of the genus Houbaropsis. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Otidiformes
Family:
  Otididae
Genus:
   Houbaropsis
Scientific:
  Houbaropsis bengalensis


Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1789)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 1 pt2 p.724

Protonym:
  Otis bengalensis

Type locality:
  Bengal.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2656517#page/514/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  4E2CA7F73638A3FB

Avibase ID:
  avibase-4E2CA7F7

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/4E2CA7F7


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 707805


CRITICALLY ENDANGERED

Geographic range:

  • Houbaropsis bengalensis bengalensis: Grasslands of e and n India and terai of Nepal
  • Houbaropsis bengalensis blandini: Cambodia to Cochinchina and sw Vietnam
English:
Bengal Florican
Catalan:
Sisó de Bengala
Czech:
drop bengálský
Danish:
Stor Florikan
German:
Barttrappe
Spanish:
Sisón Bengalí
Spanish (Spain):
Sisón Bengalí
Finnish:
bengalintrappi
French:
Outarde du Bengale
Croatian:
crnoglava droplja
Hungarian:
bengáli florikán
Icelandic:
Bengaldoðra
Italian:
Florican del Bengala
Japanese (romaji):
bengarushounogan
Japanese:
ベンガルショウノガン
Lithuanian:
barzdotasis einis
Dutch:
Baardtrap
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Bengaltrappe
Norwegian:
Bengaltrappe
Polish:
hubarka bengalska
Portuguese:
Sisão-bengalês
Portuguese (Portugal):
sisão-bengalense
Russian:
Бенгальский флорикан
Slovak:
drop bielokrídly
Serbian:
Bengalska florikan droplja
Swedish:
bengalflorikan
Ukrainian:
Флорікан бенгальський
Chinese:
南亚鸨
Chinese (Traditional):
孟加拉鴇


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Outarde du Bengale ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Outarde du Bengale ( Eupodotis bengalensis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Bengal Florican ( Eupodotis bengalensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Bengal Florican ( Eupodotis bengalensis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Bengal Florican ( Eupodotis bengalensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Bengal Florican ( Houbaropsis bengalensis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Houbaropsis bengalensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Houbaropsis bengalensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Houbaropsis bengalensis [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Bengal Florican ( Eupodotis bengalensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Bengal Florican ( Eupodotis bengalensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Houbaropsis bengalensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Houbaropsis bengalensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bengali: ফািংরা ডা঴য , বাংলা ডাহর
Bengali (transliteration): bānlā ḍ'̔āhara
Catalan: Sisó de Bengala
Czech: Drop bengálský
Danish: Stor Florikan
German: Barttrappe
English: Bengal Florican
English, HBW: Bengal Florican
English (IOC): Bengal Florican
English (United States): Bengal Florican
Esperanto: Bengala otido
Spanish: Sisón Bengali, Sisón Bengalí, Sisón de Bengala
Spanish (Spain): Sisón Bengalí
Spanish (HBW): Bengal Florican
Estonian: bengali trapp
Finnish: Bengalintrappi
French: Florican du Bengale, Outarde du Bengale
Croatian: crnoglava droplja
Hungarian: bengáli florikán
Icelandic: Bengaldoðra
Italian: Florican del Bengala, Floricano del Bengala
Japanese (romaji): bengaru shō no-gan, bengarushounogan
Japanese: ベンガルショウノガン
Japanese (Kanji): ベンガル小野雁, ベンガル小鴇
Kazakh: Бенгаль флориканы
Kirghiz: Бенгал кара тоодагы
Scientific: Eupodotis bengalensis, Houbaropsis bengalensis, Houbaropsis bengalensis, Houbaropsis bengalensis bengalensis, Otis bengalensis
Lithuanian: barzdotasis einis, Bengalinis florikanas
Maltese: florikan Bengaliż, florikan tal-Bengala
Nepali: खरमुजुर
Dutch: Baardtrap
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bengaltrappe
Norwegian: Bengaltrappe
Polish: hubarka bengalska
Pinyin: měngjiālā bǎo, nán-yà bǎo
Portuguese: Sisão-bengalês
Portuguese (Portugal): sisão-bengalense
Russian: Бенгальский флорикан, Бородатая малая дрофа
Slovak: drop bielokrídly, Drop bradatý
Serbian: Bengalska florikan droplja
Swedish: Bengalflorikan
Thai: นกฟลอรีแคน
Thai (Transliteration): nók floaa-rí-kʰaeen
Turkish: Bengal Florikanı
Ukrainian: Флорікан бенгальський
Vietnamese: Chim ô tác, Chim Ô tác Bănggan, Ô tác, Công đất, Công sấm
Chinese: 南亚鸨, 孟加拉鸨
Chinese (Traditional): 南亞鴇, 孟加拉鴇

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