Taking serious note of the alarming extinction of two Indian birds, Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican, the Supreme Court has constituted a high powered committee to urgently frame and implement an emergency response plan for the protection of these species.<br />''<br />''The court also sought responses from the Centre and state governments, where these two species of birds are prominently found, on a plea of wildlife activists.<br />''<br />''The plea has contended that over the last 50 years the population of the Great Indian Bustard has recorded a decline of over 82 per cent. It said the population of the Lesser Florican has seen a sharp decline of 80 per cent over the past few decades.<br />''<br />''The plea blamed various reasons for the threats faced by the two endangered birds including mortality by collision with infrastructure, particularly powerlines and wind turbines, depletion of grasslands and hunting.<br />''<br />''<br />