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India: the West Cumulative Bird List Column A: Number of tours (out of 4) on which this species was recorded Column B: Total number of days that the species was recorded in 2018 Column C: maximum daily count for that particular species in 2018 Column D: H = Heard only; (H) = heard more often than it was seen Codes against the bird names indicate globally threatened species as defined by BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-Rom Cambridge, U.K. BirdLife International as follows: CR = Critically Endangered; EN = Endangered; VU = Vulnerable; NT = Near-threatened. A B C 4 Little Grebe 7 20 Tachybaptus ruficollis 4 Great Crested Grebe 2 20 Podiceps cristatus 4 Black-necked Grebe 1 20 Podiceps nigricollis 4 Great White Pelican 6 370 Pelecanus onocrotalus 4 Dalmatian Pelican 6 135 Pelecanus crispus 4 Pelican sp. 2 10 Pelecanus sp. 4 Little Cormorant 10 80 Phalacrocorax niger 4 Indian Shag 5 50 Phalacrocorax fuscicollis 4 Great Cormorant 4 10 Phalacrocorax carbo 4 Oriental Darter 4 12 Anhinga melanogaster 4 Little Egret 10 45 Egretta garzetta 4 Western Reef-heron 7 95 Egretta gularis 4 Great Egret 9 110 Egretta alba 4 Intermediate Egret 4 3 Egretta intermedia 4 Grey Heron 9 35 Ardea cinerea 4 Purple Heron 6 3 Ardea purpurea 4 Eastern Cattle Egret 13 265 Bubulcus coromandus 4 Indian Pond-heron 12 25 Ardeola grayii 2 Striated Heron 2 2 Butorides striata 1 Yellow Bittern 2 1 Ixobrychus sinensis 3 Black-crowned Night-heron 2 2 Nycticorax nycticorax 4 Painted Stork 10 200 Mycteria leucocephala 4 Asian Openbill 3 8 Anastomus oscitans 2 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 4 Woolly-necked Stork 3 4 Ciconia episcopus 2 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 4 Black-necked Stork 2 3 Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus 4 Glossy Ibis 6 3 Plegadis falcinellus 4 Black-headed Ibis 9 100 Threskiornis melanocephalus ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 India West Cumulative Bird List… 2 4 Indian Black Ibis (End) 11 20 Pseudibis papillosa 4 Eurasian Spoonbill 7 35 Platalea leucorodia 4 Greater Flamingo 7 1550 Phoenicopterus roseus 4 Lesser Flamingo 4 900 Phoeniconaias minor 2 Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica 2 Bar-headed Goose 2 3 Anser indicus 4 Greylag Goose 4 75 Anser anser 1 Common Shelduck 2 3 Tadorna tadorna 4 Ruddy Shelduck 2 13 Tadorna ferruginea 4 Comb Duck 3 80 Sarkidiornis melanotos 4 Cotton Teal 1 28 Nettapus coromandelianus 4 Gadwall 6 125 Anas strepera 4 Eurasian Wigeon 5 35 Anas penelope 3 Mallard 2 5 Anas platyrhynchos 4 Indian Spot-billed Duck 6 150 Anas poecilorhyncha 4 Northern Shoveler 6 600 Anas clypeata 4 Northern Pintail 5 10 Anas acuta 4 Garganey 2 10 Anas querquedula 4 Common Teal 7 70 Anas crecca 4 Common Pochard 4 60 Aythya ferina 3 Ferruginous Duck 2 4 Aythya nyroca 3 Tufted Duck 1 25 Aythya fuligula 4 Oriental Honey-buzzard 5 1 Pernis ptilorhynchus 4 Black-winged Kite 10 34 Elanus caeruleus 4 Black Kite 5 400 Milvus migrans 4 'Black-eared' Kite 1 5 Milvus [migrans] lineatus 4 Brahminy Kite 3 2 Haliastur indus 4 Egyptian Vulture 2 8 Neophron percnopterus 2 White-rumped Vulture (CR) Gyps bengalensis 2 Indian Vulture (CR)(End) Gyps indicus 1 Himalayan Vulture 1 1 Gyps himalayensis 1 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus 1 Vulture sp Gyps sp 1 Red-headed Vulture 1 1 Sarcogyps calvus 1 Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus 4 Short-toed Eagle 6 6 Circaetus gallicus 4 Crested Serpent-eagle 2 1 Spilornis cheela 4 Western Marsh Harrier 9 10 Circus aeruginosus 4 Pallid Harrier 9 10 Circus macrourus 4 Montagu's Harrier 5 6 Circus pygargus 3 Pallid or Montagu's Harrier 9 40 Circus macrourus or C. pygargus 4 Shikra 11 5 Accipiter badius 3 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter nisus 4 White-eyed Buzzard 3 5 Butastur teesa ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 India West Cumulative Bird List… 3 4 'Steppe' Buzzard 1 2 Buteo buteo vulpinus 4 Long-legged Buzzard 6 40 Buteo rufinus 1 Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis 3 Indian Spotted Eagle (Nr End) 1 2 Aquila hastata 4 Greater Spotted Eagle (VU) 6 8 Aquila clanga 3 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax 4 Steppe Eagle 5 394 Aquila nipalensis 3 Eastern Imperial Eagle (VU) 4 2 Aquila heliaca 2 Bonelli's Eagle 1 1 Hieraaetus fasciatus 4 Booted Eagle 4 3 Hieraaetus pennatus 4 Crested Hawk-eagle 2 2 Spizaetus cirrhatus 3 Western Osprey 3 2 Pandion haliaetus 4 Common Kestrel 9 4 Falco tinnunculus 3 Red-headed Falcon 1 2 Falco chicquera 1 Merlin 1 1 Falco columbarius 2 Laggar Falcon 1 2 Falco jugger 3 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 Falco peregrinus 2 Barbary Falcon Falco peregrinus babylonicus 2 Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus 2 Painted Francolin (End) Francolinus pictus 4 Grey Francolin (Nr End) 12 20 (H) Francolinus pondicerianus 1 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 1 Quail sp. 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Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 India West Cumulative Bird List… 4 4 Greater Sand Plover 2 50 Charadrius leschenaultii 4 Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Sub.-End) 3 23 Vanellus malabaricus 4 Red-wattled Lapwing 13 100 Vanellus indicus 2 Sociable Plover (CR) Vanellus gregarius 4 White-tailed Lapwing 1 1 Vanellus leucurus 1 Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura 4 Common Snipe 5 4 Gallinago gallinago 4 'Western' Black-tailed Godwit 6 65 Limosa limosa 4 Bar-tailed Godwit 1 14 Limosa lapponica 4 Whimbrel 1 27 Numenius phaeopus 4 Eurasian Curlew 4 45 Numenius arquata 3 Spotted Redshank 5 30 Tringa erythropus 4 Common Redshank 7 90 Tringa totanus 4 Common Greenshank 8 40 Tringa nebularia 4 Marsh Sandpiper 8 60 Tringa stagnatilis 4 Green Sandpiper 9 8 Tringa ochropus 4 Wood Sandpiper 5 18 Tringa glareola 4 Terek Sandpiper 1 35 Xenus cinereus 4 Common Sandpiper 9 4 Actitis hypoleucos 4 Ruddy Turnstone 1 5 Arenaria interpres 3 Great Knot 1 1 Calidris tenuirostris 3 Sanderling 1 2 Calidris alba 4 Little Stint 6 1300 Calidris minuta 4 Temminck's Stint 7 20 Calidris temminckii 4 Dunlin 2 160 Calidris alpina 4 Curlew Sandpiper 2 60 Calidris ferruginea 2 Broad-billed Sandpiper 1 140 Limicola falcinellus 4 Ruff 5 1600 Philomachus pugnax 4 Black-winged Stilt 11 140 Himantopus himantopus 4 Pied Avocet 7 330 Recurvirostra avosetta 2 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 4 Crab-Plover 1 325 Dromas ardeola 4 Indian Stone-curlew 5 6 Burhinus indicus 4 Great Thick-knee 1 4 Esacus recurvirostris 2 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor 4 Indian Courser (End) 1 2 Cursorius coromandelicus 3 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 1 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum 3 Small Pratincole Glareola lactea 4 Steppe Gull 2 1 Larus cachinnans barabensis 4 Heuglin's Gull 1 3 Larus heuglini 4 Great Black-headed Gull 2 3 Larus ichthyaetus 4 Brown-headed Gull 6 350 Larus brunnicephalus 4 Common Black-headed Gull 1 4 Larus ridibundus ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 India West Cumulative Bird List… 5 4 Slender-billed Gull 3 470 Larus genei 4 Gull-billed Tern 6 270 Gelochelidon nilotica 4 Caspian Tern 2 9 Hydroprogne caspia 4 Lesser Crested Tern 1 7 Thalasseus bengalensis 1 Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 4 River Tern 5 14 Sterna aurantia 3 Little Tern or Saunders's Tern 1 11 Sterna albifrons or S. saundersi 4 Whiskered Tern 5 14 Chlidonias hybrida 4 White-winged Tern 1 1 Chlidonias leucopterus 3 Indian Skimmer (VU) 1 170 Rynchops albicollis 4 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 8 40 Pterocles exustus 2 Spotted Sandgrouse 1 265 Pterocles senegallus 3 Painted Sandgrouse (End) 3 15 Pterocles indicus 4 Rock Pigeon 12 600 Columba livia 1 Oriental Turtle-dove Streptopelia orientalis 4 Laughing Dove 13 102 Streptopelia senegalensis 2 Spotted Dove 3 1 Streptopelia chinensis 4 Red Collared-dove 1 4 Streptopelia tranquebarica 4 Eurasian Collared-dove 12 486 Streptopelia decaocto 4 Yellow-footed Green-pigeon 3 20 Treron phoenicopterus 4 Rose-ringed Parakeet 12 150 Psittacula krameri 4 Plum-headed Parakeet (End) 2 12 (H) Psittacula cyanocephala 1 Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis 4 'Southern' Coucal [End?] 9 6 Centropus [sinensis] parroti 2 Sirkeer Malkoha (End) Taccocua leschenaultii 1 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus 1 Common Hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx varius 4 Asian Koel 11 5 Eudynamys scolopaceus 1 Western Barn Owl 1 1 Tyto alba 2 Pallid Scops-owl Otus brucei 3 Indian Collared Scops-owl 1 2 Otus bakkamoena 4 Indian Eagle-owl (End) 1 1 Bubo bengalensis 1 Brown Fish Owl 1 1 Ketupa zeylonensis 2 Mottled Wood-owl (IN-End) Strix ocellata 4 Spotted Owlet 4 3 Athene brama 4 Short-eared Owl 1 1 Asio flammeus 4 Sykes's Nightjar (Nr End) 1 2 Caprimulgus mahrattensis 1 Indian Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus 3 Indian Little Nightjar 1 3 Caprimulgus asiaticus 2 Nightjar sp.
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    Autumn-Winter Breeding by Cream-Coloured Coursers Cursorius Cursor Is More Common Than Previously Reported

    Autumn-winter breeding by Cream-coloured Coursers Cursorius cursor is more common than previously reported 1 2 3 Mohamed Amezian , Patrick Bergie r & Abdeljebbar Qninb a 1Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, PO Box 2121, Tétouan, Morocco Corresponding author: [email protected] 2Go-South, 4 Avenue Folco de Baroncelli – 13210 Saint Rémy de Provence, France 3Université Mohammed V, Institut Scientifique, Avenue Ibn Battouta, BP 703 – 10090 Agdal, Rabat, Morocco Amezian, M., Bergier, P. & Qninba, A. 2014. Autumn-winter breeding by Cream-coloured Coursers Cursorius cursor is more common than previously reported. Wader Study Group Bull . 121(3): 177 –180. Keywords: arid regions, Cream-coloured Courser, Cursorius cursor , Western Palearctic, unseasonal breeding Until the end of the 20th century there were only limited numbers of autumn-winter breeding records of the Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor . Here, we compile several autumn-winter breeding observations obtained mainly by amateur birders (citizen scientists) and we show that this phenomenon is more common when local conditions (especially rainfall) are favourable. These observations are from several parts of the species’ range, as far apart as Socotra Island (Yemen), Oman, and the Canary Islands (Spain), although the majority are from the region of Oued Ad-Deheb, S Morocco. INTRODUCTION these are the only references in the literature to winter breeding of Cream-coloured Coursers from its entire The breeding range of the Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius breeding range. Moreover, apart from Cape Verde, there is cursor is wide and extends from the Atlantic archipelagos no other mention of winter breeding in the Western of Cape Verde and the Canary Islands to North Africa and Palearctic or in the Arabian Peninsula including Socotra.
  • SHOREBIRDS (Charadriiformes*) CARE MANUAL *Does Not Include Alcidae

    SHOREBIRDS (Charadriiformes*) CARE MANUAL *Does Not Include Alcidae

    SHOREBIRDS (Charadriiformes*) CARE MANUAL *Does not include Alcidae CREATED BY AZA CHARADRIIFORMES TAXON ADVISORY GROUP IN ASSOCIATION WITH AZA ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE Shorebirds (Charadriiformes) Care Manual Shorebirds (Charadriiformes) Care Manual Published by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in association with the AZA Animal Welfare Committee Formal Citation: AZA Charadriiformes Taxon Advisory Group. (2014). Shorebirds (Charadriiformes) Care Manual. Silver Spring, MD: Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Original Completion Date: October 2013 Authors and Significant Contributors: Aimee Greenebaum: AZA Charadriiformes TAG Vice Chair, Monterey Bay Aquarium, USA Alex Waier: Milwaukee County Zoo, USA Carol Hendrickson: Birmingham Zoo, USA Cindy Pinger: AZA Charadriiformes TAG Chair, Birmingham Zoo, USA CJ McCarty: Oregon Coast Aquarium, USA Heidi Cline: Alaska SeaLife Center, USA Jamie Ries: Central Park Zoo, USA Joe Barkowski: Sedgwick County Zoo, USA Kim Wanders: Monterey Bay Aquarium, USA Mary Carlson: Charadriiformes Program Advisor, Seattle Aquarium, USA Sara Perry: Seattle Aquarium, USA Sara Crook-Martin: Buttonwood Park Zoo, USA Shana R. Lavin, Ph.D.,Wildlife Nutrition Fellow University of Florida, Dept. of Animal Sciences , Walt Disney World Animal Programs Dr. Stephanie McCain: AZA Charadriiformes TAG Veterinarian Advisor, DVM, Birmingham Zoo, USA Phil King: Assiniboine Park Zoo, Canada Reviewers: Dr. Mike Murray (Monterey Bay Aquarium, USA) John C. Anderson (Seattle Aquarium volunteer) Kristina Neuman (Point Blue Conservation Science) Sarah Saunders (Conservation Biology Graduate Program,University of Minnesota) AZA Staff Editors: Maya Seaman, MS, Animal Care Manual Editing Consultant Candice Dorsey, PhD, Director of Animal Programs Debborah Luke, PhD, Vice President, Conservation & Science Cover Photo Credits: Jeff Pribble Disclaimer: This manual presents a compilation of knowledge provided by recognized animal experts based on the current science, practice, and technology of animal management.