JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH Journal homepage: www.jakraya.com/journal/jwr STUDY REPORT First Sighting of Grey Headed Lapwing Vanellus Cinereus (Blyth, 1842) from Shahid Chandra Shekhar Azad Bird Sanctuary, Unnao Uttar Pradesh, India Sonika Kushwaha and Akhilesh Kumar Indian Biodiversity Conservation Society, Khailar, B.H.E.L-Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Abstract Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary, renamed in 2015 as Shahid Chandra *Corresponding Author: Shekhar Azad Bird Sanctuary, is located in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, th Sonika Kushwaha India. On 9 January 2018, while birding in the Bird Sanctuary, four Grey Headed Lapwings were observed. There are only a few records of Grey Email:
[email protected] headed lapwings from Uttar Pradesh. The previous studies done in the Shahid Chandra Shekhar Azad Bird Sanctuary reported only the Red- Received: 09/03/2018 wattled and Yellow-wattled lapwings. Therefore the reporting of Grey- Accepted: 22/03/2018 headed Lapwing is a new addition to the bird list of the sanctuary. Keywords: Grey-headed Lapwing, Sighting report, Bird Sanctuary. Grey Headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus is a made using Bushnell Falcon 10x50 mm Binocular. The member of the family Charadriiformes and order photographs were taken by 7 D Canon DSLR Camera. Charadriiformes. Although IUCN has categorized it as The weather was foggy with low visibility and the Least Concern, Grey Headed Lapwing is uncommon temperature was recorded 6°C. The head and upper and rare winter visitor in peninsular India (Kumar et neck were grey; light brown above and white below. al ., 2003). The population trend is decreasing. It occurs Tail was white with a black terminal band.