Birds

Barbary falcon (Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides) is a rare winter visitor of Rajasthan recorded from Ranthambhore. (PC- Dr. Dharmendra Khandal)

Barbary falcon

Great Indian bustard, (Ardeotis nigriceps), large bird of the bustard family (Otididae), one of the heaviest flying birds in the world. (PC- Dr. GS Bhardwaj)

Great Indian bustard

The Indian spotted-creeper (Salpornis spilonnota) is a rare species of bird that feeds on insects from the trunk of khejritrees, much like a squirrel in the arid and open forests of Rajasthan. (PC- Dr. Dharmendra Khandal)

Indian Spotted Creeper

The Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is the second-largest migratory eagle species to India. It has undergone extremely rapid population declines within all its range and now it is “Endangered”.(PC: Mr. Surendra Singh Chouhan)

Steppe Eagle