Great Indian Bustard

   The great Indian bustard (Choriotis nigriceps) is a heavy ground bird found locally throughout India as far south of Mysore, but not in Bengal and Assam; inhabiting open, semi-desert plains and broken grassland with scattered bushes. It can run very swiftly, and although it takes off from the ground rather heavily, it can also fly very well, for long distances, when once it takes off. It feeds mainly on locusts, grasshoppers and beetles, but it also eats grain and tender shoots of various crops and sometimes also lizards and small snakes. It utters a short, barking sound when alarmed. This species is now nearly extinct and is rigidly protected by law. A single egg is laid in a shallow depression of the ground,without any nest.

Kora or Water cock

    The kora or water cock (Gallicrex cinerea cinerea) is a rather long-legged and long-toed bird. It is readily distinguished by the presence of a large, fleshy, horn-like appendage on the top of its head. It feeds on rice, grain shoots of aquatic plants, seeds, freshwater molluscs and insects.