White-winged wood duck ( " Cairina scutulata " ), an endangered species of forest duck, and the sarus crane ( " Grus antigone " ) are native to the Shweli river.
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In 1976, it was suggested that the brolga, sarus crane ( " Grus antigone " ) and white-naped crane ( " Grus vipio " ) formed a natural group on the basis of similarities in their calls.
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The 44 threatened and declining bird species of the grasslands include the Bengal florican ( " Houbaropsis bengalensis " ), lesser florican ( " Sypheotides indica " ), sarus crane ( " Grus antigone " ) and rufous-rumped grassbird ( " Graminicola bengalensis " ).
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Much of the wildlife that once inhabited these plains has disappeared, including a large number of fish in the river systems, birds such as vultures, the Oriental darter ( " Anhinga melanogaster " ), white-eyed river martin ( " Pseudochelidon sirintarae " ), the sarus crane ( " Grus antigone " ) and animals such as tigers, Asian elephants, Javan rhinoceroses, and the much-hunted Schomburgk's deer.
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