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Bengal florican

Houbaropsis bengalensis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

CRCritically Endangeredbirds

The bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) is a species in the family Otididae, order Otidiformes. Recorded adults weigh 1.48 kg to 2.03 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically Endangered.

Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis)
Photo: Richard Lydekker · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the bengal florican

Weight
1.48 kg – 2.03 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
30 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
1.7src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bengal florican live?

Not recorded

What is the bengal florican?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis), also called the 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.

From the Wikipedia article “Bengal florican” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bengal_florican&oldid=1380565718), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the bengal florican endangered?

The bengal florican is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

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How is the bengal florican classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderOtidiformes
  5. familyOtididae
  6. genusHoubaropsis
  7. SpeciesHoubaropsis bengalensis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Synonyms Eupodotis bengalensis, Eupodotis bengalensis bengalensis, Houbaropsis bengalensis, Otis bengalensis, Otis bengalensis

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • Bengal bustardEnglish
  • sisó de BengalaCatalan
  • drop bengálskýCzech
  • Stor FlorikanDanish
  • BarttrappeGerman
  • bengalia otidoEsperanto
  • Sisón bengalíSpanish
  • bengali trappEstonian
  • bengalintrappiFinnish
  • Outarde du BengaleFrench
  • crnoglava dropljaCroatian
  • bengáli florikánHungarian
  • Florican del BengalaItalian
  • ベンガルショウノガンJapanese
  • barzdotasis einisLithuanian
  • BaardtrapDutch
  • bengaltrappeNorwegian
  • hubarka bengalskaPolish
  • sisão-bengalêsPortuguese
  • abetarda-de-bengalaPortuguese
  • sisão-bengalensePortuguese
  • Бенгальский флориканRussian
  • drop bielokrídlySlovak
  • Bengalska florikan dropljaSerbian
  • bengalflorikanSwedish
  • Bengal FlorikanıTurkish
  • флорікан бенгальськийUkrainian
  • 南亚鸨Chinese
  • 孟加拉鴇Chinese

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Relatives of the bengal florican

Other species in the same family Otididae.

CompareBengal florican vs Little bustardBengal florican vs Great bustardBengal florican vs African houbaraBengal florican vs Great Indian bustard

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bengal florican?

An adult bengal florican weighs 1.48 kg – 2.03 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the bengal florican endangered?

The bengal florican is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the bengal florican?

The bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) belongs to the family Otididae in the order Otidiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bengal-florican

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{bengal_florican_2026,
  title = {Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bengal-florican},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}