First record of Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata (Aves: Passeriformes: Muscicapidae) from Osmanabad District and range extension to southeastern Maharashtra, India

Authors

  • Sanjay Thakur Biome Conservation Foundation, 18- Silver Moon, S.No: - 1/2A/2, Bavdhan (Kh), Pune, Maharashtra 411021, India
  • Rajiv Pandit Jividha.A-20, Vijayashree towers, Near Global Hospital, Dattawadi, Pune, Maharashtra 411030, India
  • Anil Mahabal Scientist (Retd), Zoological Survey of India, WRC, Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra 411044, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o4265.7042-3

Keywords:

Variable Wheatear, Oenanthe picata, Osmanabad, Tuljapur.

Abstract

The paper describes sighting of Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata, near Tuljapur. This is a first record from Osmanabad District and constitutes a range extension to southeastern India.

 

References

Ali, S. & S. D. Ripley (1983).Compact Edition of Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan. Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, Bombay, 737pp.

Ebird (2015) Variable Wheatear In: Ebird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ Downloaded on15 February 2015.

Jathar, G. (2014). Birds of Darewadi Learning Center and Watershed. Buceros 19(2): 11–15.

Kasambe, R. & J. Wadatkar (2007). Birds of Pohara-Malkhed Reserve Forest, Amravati, Maharashtra - an updated annotated checklist. Zoos’ Print Journal 22(7): 2768–2770; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.ZPJ.1464a.2768-70

Kurhade, S.M. (1991). Birds of Ahmednagar. Pavo 29(1&2): 15–21.

Kurhade, S.M. (1996). Avifauna of Ahmednagar City, Maharashtra, India. Pavo 34(1&2): 53–59.

Mahabal, A. (1989). Avifauna of Sholapur District (Maharashtra) - a semi-arid biotope. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 85(4): 589–607.

MigrantWatch (2015). Variable Wheatear In: Migrantwatch http://www.migrantwatch.in/ Downloaded on 15 February 2015.

Narwade, S. & M.M. Fartade (2011). Birds of Osmanabad District of Maharashtra, India. Journal of Threathened Taxa 3(2): 1567–1576; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2462.1567-76

Prasad, A. (2003). Annotated checklist of Birds of Western Maharashtra. Buceros 8(2&3): 1–174.

Rasmussen, P.C. & J.C. Anderton (2012). Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide. Vols. 1 & 2. Second Edition. National Museum of Natural History - Smithsonian Institution, Michigan State University and Lynx Edicions, Washington, D.C., Michigan and Barcelona, 378pp & 684pp.

Downloads

Published

26-03-2015

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2015)

Section

Notes

License

Authors own the copyright to the articles published in JoTT.  This is indicated explicitly in each publication. The authors grant permission to the publisher Wildlife Information Liaison Development (WILD) Society to publish the article in the Journal of Threatened Taxa. The authors recognize WILD as the original publisher, and to sell hard copies of the Journal and article to any buyer. JoTT is registered under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY), which allows authors to retain copyright ownership.  Under this license the authors allow anyone to download, cite, use the data, modify, reprint, copy and distribute provided the authors and source of publication are credited through appropriate citations (e.g., Son et al. (2016). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the southeastern Truong Son Mountains, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(7): 8953–8969. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2785.8.7.8953-8969). Users of the data do not require specific permission from the authors or the publisher.