Great Indian Bustard

The Great Indian Bustard is now confined to only eight pockets in 6 Indian states — Rajastha Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
Largest population in Rajasthan and is state animal of Rajasthan
IUCN Critically Endangered , Schedule I of WPA
It is one of the heaviest flying birds
Project Godawan: RJ state project
Great Indian Bustard Protection Zone - Karnataka [NOT Rajasthan]

Amur falcons

They are the longest travelling raptors in the world. They weigh just 150 grams.
Males are mostly grey in colour and the females have dark-streaked cream or orange underparts.
The species flies non-stop from Mongolia to northeast India/Myanmar . After a month or so, they reach central and western India en route to South Africa.
They stay every year at Doyang lake (Nagaland) during their flight from Mongolia to South Africa
Pangti village in Nagaland is considered as the world’s Amur Falcon capit l
Also spotted in Kerala (Malampuzha reservoir) , Umred-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary (Nagpur), Daroji WLS, Karnataka
Name Amur because they breed over Amur river which divides Russia Far East and China
IUCN Least concern

Indigenous raptor species with white and grey plumage, which can hunt and fly at speeds of up to 180 kmph.
Distribution: From Himalayan Foot Hills to Northern TN, Northern Kerala

Indiscriminate sand quarrying on the Vaigai riverbed, and granite quarrying in many parts of Madurai, have spelt disaster for many raptor species and,
Today, only two Laggar Falcons survive on the rock clifs of Arittapatti near Melur in the district (TN)
IUCN Near Threatened