According to a recent report, Jerdon’s Courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus), a critically endangered bird species, has not been visually spotted in over a decade.
It is a nocturnal and extremely rare. Jerdon’s Courser is a nocturnal bird known only from Eastern Ghats. It inhabits open patches within scrub-forest.
The call is a short series of two-noted whistles “tuick-tuoo.”
It is found only Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India. It is found only in Sri Lankamaleswara Wildlife Sanctuary.
It was considered to be extinct from the beginning of the 20th century until its redisc
