According to assistant conservator of forests, BNP, J S Solanki, lesser floricans have already started arriving in the sanctuary. “They start arriving at the onset of monsoon and start marking their territories in the grasslands,'' Solanki said.
Wildlife lovers say the male can jump over a metre high to impress the female and attract her, sometimes up to 500 times a day. "During breeding season, males also change plumage to dark black and the neck with white elongated belt on the edge of the wings," said wildlife photographer Bhushan Pandya, adding, "Feathers on the back are pinkish black and they have prominent neck, which can be seen easily from a distance.'' Females are bigger in size, but shy. They are attracted by the vertical leaps of the male florins, forest officials said. Read the full report here.
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Source: Vijaysinh Parmar, Times News Networks, Rajkot
