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Great Indian Bustard in Gujarat

April 1 , 2026 12 hrs 0 min 54 0

A Great Indian Bustard (GIB) chick was born in Gujarat after a decade under a “jumpstart” conservation approach.
The Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
It is the first inter-state conservation effort where a fertile egg was transported from Rajasthan to Gujarat in a portable incubator over a 770 km journey.
The egg was placed in the nest of a female GIB, which successfully incubated and hatched the chick in its natural habitat in Kutch.
The initiative is part of Project GIB, coordinated by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Wildlife Institute of India.