Question

The installation of the Pokhran model, firefly bird diverters, is related to the protection of _______.
1. Forest owlet
2. Siberian crane
3. Great Indian bustard
4. Spoon-billed sandpiper

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Great Indian bustard

The correct answer is Great Indian bustard

• For the protection of critically endangered Great Indian bustard, the Wildlife Conservation Society- India (WCSI)
  • ​It installed 1,848 bird diverters on high-tension wires along a 6.5km stretch in Pokhran, Rajasthan.

• IUCN:
  • Established in 1964.
  • The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species.
  • It has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi and plant species.

Forest Owlet	Endangered
Siberian Crane	Critically Endangered
Spoon-billed sandpiper	Critically Endangered