Bugun liocichla

IUCN Status

Critically Endangered (CR)

Population

50-249

Length

22 cm

Range

Only in western Arunachal Pradesh, in an area of 44 sq km

Habitat Type

Dense scrub, bamboo, understorey along disturbed forests around 2,000 m elevation

Threats

Logging, roads, development projects

Did You Know

Discovered only in 2006

IUCN Status

Critically Endangered (CR)

Population

50-249

Length

22 cm

Range

Only in western Arunachal Pradesh, in an area of 44 sq km

Habitat Type

Dense scrub, bamboo, understorey along disturbed forests around 2,000 m elevation

Threats

Logging, roads, development projects

Did You Know

Discovered only in 2006

Through videos, stories, infographics and more, here's a deep dive into the world and life of the Bugun liocichla.

Deep Dive

Photos, stories, videos and everything you want to know

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Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary: Where Rare Species Thrive
Photo Story
Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary: Where Rare Species Thrive
Tarun Menon
Dhritiman Mukherjee
Shaped by military history and scientific discovery, this sanctuary in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh is one of most the biodiverse places on Earth
By
Tarun Menon
Dhritiman Mukherjee
Photo Story
Bugun Liocichla: A Quest to See this Rare Gem of the Northeast
Travel
Bugun Liocichla: A Quest to See this Rare Gem of the Northeast
Vinita Agarwal
The first new bird species to be discovered in India after independence is found only in a tiny, protected area of Arunachal Pradesh
By
Vinita Agarwal
Travel
Bugun Liocichla: Discovery, Geographical Range, Habitat
Infographic
Bugun Liocichla: Discovery, Geographical Range, Habitat
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about this highly endemic, critically endangered bird
By
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
Infographic
Bugun and a Forest of Hope
Video
Bugun and a Forest of Hope
Shaleena Phinya
Sumit Sisodiya
In the dense forests of western Arunachal Pradesh, lives a rare, critically endangered bird that brought a community and its forests together. Meet the Bugun liocichla and the people that help secure its home
By
Shaleena Phinya
Sumit Sisodiya
Video
Bringing a Forest Back from the Brink
Book
Bringing a Forest Back from the Brink
Nandini Velho
Anjora Noronha
Researcher-illustrator duo Nandini Velho and Anjora Noronha explore how community attitudes towards logging have changed in Arunachal Pradesh's Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, thanks to nature-based tourism
By
Nandini Velho
Anjora Noronha
Book
How the Bugun Liocichla is Keeping an Indigenous Culture in the Northeast Alive
Conservation
How the Bugun Liocichla is Keeping an Indigenous Culture in the Northeast Alive
Nandini Velho
Tales of culture and conservation, from the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh
By
Nandini Velho
Conservation