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Snapshot sightings

Orange-breasted Green Pigeon from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Nelson George & Able Lawrence A pair of Orange-breasted Green Pigeons Treron bicinctus was seen and photographed on 25 and 27 September 2015 at the same 135 spot inside the campus of History Society (CNHS) at a location (9.97°N, 76.19°E), c. 10 Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate km west of Kochi, in the Arabian Sea. There are less than ten Institute of Medical Sciences confirmed records of this from , and only two prior (SGPGIMS) (26.75°N, confirmed records off the coast of Kerala—from the coasts of 80.93°E), Lucknow, Uttar 133 Alappuzha and off-shore waters of Kannur. (Praveen et al. 2013). Pradesh. Though the species is found in the Himalayan Terai, central- and eastern- India till Premchand Reghuvaran, Niradeepam, Ample Nallukettu villa, Elookara ferry Junction, West Bengal, Odisha, and Jharkhand (Grimmett et al. 2011; Muppathadam P.O., Aluva 683110, Kerala, India. Email: [email protected] Rasmussen & Anderton 2012), this is the first photographic Dhanesh Ayyappan, Amritagiri, NKRRA-18, NSS Karayogam Road, Poonithura PO, Kochi, Kerala, record from the Gangetic plains. India. Email: [email protected]

Nelson George, Senior Research Fellow, Dept of Endocrine Surgery, SGPGIMS, Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India. E-mail: [email protected] Indian Blue Robin from Amaravati, Maharashtra Able Lawrence MD, DM, Additional Professor, Clinical Immunology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India. E-mail: [email protected] Prajakta Hushangabadkar

Crested Goshawk from Nigadi, Maharashtra Satish Ranadive

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On 03 October 2010, a male Indian Blue Robin Luscinia brunnea was photographed gleaning in a backyard garden on the outskirts of Amravati city (20.95°N, 77.75°E). It was also observed the 134 next day. This is probably the first photograph from the Vidarbha A solitary sub-adult Crested Goshawk trivirgatus was region though it is believed to be a passage migrant across most photographed twice, possibly the same , at Nigadi (19.75°N, of central India (Rasmussen & Anderton 2012), and three sight 75.70°E), Pune, Maharashtra on 17 and 27 August 2015. records exist from Nagpur in www.ebird.org. Subsequently, another adult bird was photographed in the same location on 07 October 2015. It is a rare resident in the Western Junior Research Fellow, Pench Tiger Project, Zero Mile, Civil Lines, Nagpur 440001, Ghats of Maharashtra with about five confirmed records (Prasad Maharashtra, India. E-mail: [email protected] 2006; Naoroji 2007); this is perhaps the first photograph of the species from the state. References Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., & Inskipp, T., 2011. of the Indian Subcontinent. 2nd ed. Flat no. 3, Neha Apartment, Plot no. 243, Yamunanagar, Nigdi, Pune 411044, Maharashtra, India. Email: [email protected] London: Oxford University Press & Christopher Helm. Pp. 1–528. Naoroji, R., 2007. Birds of prey of the Indian Subcontinent. 1st ed. New Delhi: Om Books International. Pp. 1–692. Jouanin’s Petrel off Kochi, Kerala Prasad, A., 2006. Birds of western Maharashtra. A reference guide. 1st ed. Mapusa, Goa: Other India Press. Pp. 1–315. Premchand Reghuvaran & Dhanesh Ayyappan Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2013. Notes on Indian rarities—1: Seabirds. Indian BIRDS 8 (5): 113–125. On 20 September 2015, a single Jouanin’s Petrel Bulweria fallax Rasmussen, P. C., & Anderton, J. C., 2012. Birds of South : the Ripley guide. 2nd ed. was photographed on a pelagic trip conducted by Cochin Natural Washington, D.C. and Barcelona: Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions. 2 vols. Pp. 1–378; 1–683.