The Great Indian Bustard, Red-Headed Vulture, Forest Owlet, and Spoon-Billed Sandpiper are highly endangered bird species found in India. The Great Indian Bustard is the largest flying bird in India, but hunting and habitat loss have caused populations to decline severely. Red-Headed Vultures nearly went extinct due to a veterinary drug, while Forest Owlets were thought extinct but have been rediscovered in small numbers in central Indian forests. The Spoon-Billed Sandpiper has an extremely small global population and faces threats of habitat loss and declining breeding grounds.

1. ENDANGERED
BIRDS IN INDIA

2. Great Indian Bustard:
The Great Indian Bustard is a most endangered species of bird found only in
India and adjoining region. Bustard is one of the largest flying species of bird with
weight up to 15 kg and about 1 m tall from the ground. The largest land bird
habitat in the scrub, tall grass,semi-arid grasslands and semi desert
regions of Rajasthan. Due to heavily hunting and habitat loss, the bird is
disappearing from the many regions of India, Its state bird of Rajasthan. There is a
wildlife sanctuary called Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary at Solapur, Maharashtra.

3. Red Headed Vulture:
The Red-headed Vulture is also known as Indian Black Vulture or King
Vulture is one of the species of Old World vultures found in the Indian
Subcontinent. Due to the Diclofenac in veterinary medicine population of this
species become extremely less in recent years. Indian Vulture,Slender-billed
Vulture and White rumped Vulture are the few more species of vultures found in
India and falls in the category of critically endangered species of birds.

4. Forest Owlet:
Forest Owlet is the highly endangered species of the typical owls family and
endemic to forests of central India. Small Forest Owlet was considered extinct but
later rediscovered and small number population make this species critically
endangered in India. Melghat Tiger Reserve,Taloda Forest Range and forest area
of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are best place to located these small jungle
owl. Forest Owlet is the state bird of Maharashtra now.

5. Spoon Billed Sandpiper:
Spoon Billed Sandpiper is the world’s most threatened bird species and fall
in the category of critically endangered in India too. Extremely small
population,habitat loss and loss of breeding grounds takes spoon-billed sandpiper
chicks on the verge of extinction. Main wintering grounds in India are delta of
Sundervan and neighbouring countries.