Lesser florican

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/lesser-florican

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Sypheotides indicus
2. What is the habitat?Tall, dense grasslands of the Indian Subcontinent, with seasonal shifts in distribution
3. What does the Lesser Florican look like?It is a tiny bustard with black and white feathers when it breeds, and it has long head plumes that stand out against the grasslands.
4. Why does the Lesser Florican jump so high?The male jumps during the monsoon to show off and attract a mate, and to prove it is strong and healthy.

Genus: A biological classification rank above species and below family, grouping closely related species.
Indicator Species: A species whose presence, absence, or abundance reflects the condition of an ecosystem, signaling environmental health or degradation.
Sexual Selection: A mode of natural selection in which members of one biological sex choose mates of the other sex to mate with, and this choice influences the evolution of the chosen sex.
Extirpation: The extinction of a species from a particular geographic area, but not from the planet as a whole.