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PARIPEX - INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH Volume-8 | Issue-5 | May-2019 | PRINT ISSN No. 2250 - 1991 was spotted again. As this wetland had vast pasture area it was (8), 370 km East i.e. in Amravati (9) and in Bhigwan Pune i.e. 390 km same type of habitat for Collared Pratincole. Both the Pratincoles South (undocumented). All these are above 100 km radius away were scanning the area and hunting for insects. After one hour from the bird's range of our sighting (Table 1). both Collared Pratincole flew to another side of the lake. Dhule lies in the Khandesh region, which forms the northwest Table 1: Last 10 years spotting status of Collared Pratincole. (9) corner of the Deccan Plateau. The Dhule district is bordered in the Sr.No State Location Occurrence count west by the Gujarat State and in the north by Madhya Pradesh along with Nandurbar district, and in the south and east by Nashik In Maharashtra th district and Jalgaon district respectively. It is situated in a valley of 1 Nandur Madhmeshwar 20 Oct 8 Tapi River along the banks of Panzara River. Bird Sanctuary, Nashik 2017 2 Chhatri Lake, Amravati 1st March 1 The pastures and cattle grazing land were the favorable habitats 2014 for the winter migratory bird never spotted before in this part of Other states Maharashtra. Collared Pratincole appears to be following West (1) 3 Kerala Kolewetland, 9th Feb 2019 52 Asia /East African Flyway . Manakodi, Thrissur 4 Karnataka Hessaraghatta lake, 20th Jan 1 It appears that Collared Pratincole is uncommon winter migratory Bangalore 2019 wader in Dhule district which leaves by January. It may be in 5 Gujarat State Highway 136, 26 Jan 2019 50 passage, migration or having a short stay in the area. As its nearest Kayla, Ahmadabad breeding area in Gujarat during April and Maharashtra is Southwest side of Gujarat it indicates that usually Collared 6 Gujarat State Highway 17, 15 Dec 2018 23 Pratincoles may be regularly migrating in the nearby states. A Vitthalgad, longer stay does support to favorable habitat in the region or Surendranagar nd changing environmental trend affecting its migration. India has 7 Gujarat Nal-Sarovar Bird 2 June 8 developed a national action plan for conservation of Migratory Sanctuary, Ahmadabad 2018 20 (10) th Birds and their habitat . Being located in the core of the Central 30 March Asian Flyway, and several important migration routes the country 2018 covers a large intra-continental territory between the Arctic and 8 Gujarat Little Ran of Kach 31st Jan 2009 24 the Indian Ocean. Collared Pratincole is needs to be tracked and protected due to Convention of migratory bird conservation. th rd Collared Pratincole was not spotted on 4 visits on 3 February Further studies on its season trend in the area need to be taken. 2019 afternoon from 3 pm onward. The absence of Collared th Pratincole was confirmed by the fifth visit on 9 February 2019 in CONCLUSION: morning 8 am to 12 noon. Confirmed presence of the pair of Data reports and sighting reports indicate the scare presence of Collared Pratincole in the Sonwad Dam area in Dhule district was th th Collared Pratincole in India. In Dhule district there was never the for more than 18 days (10 Jan to 27 Jan 2019). Each visit sighting but its presence for long duration indicated its winter presence of more Collared Pratincole was sought around, but migration to this are which needs to be tracked yearly. It adds to none were found. diversity of avifauna found in north Maharashtra region.

DISCUSSION:- REFERENCES: Collared Pratincole species are mostly migratory birds. It breeds in 1. BirdLife International (2010); The flyways concept can help coordinate global Mediterranean region, Middle East, Southwest Asia, Afghanistan, efforts to conserve migratory birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 02/03/2019. southern Europe, Pakistan and northwest India. The breeding 2. Grimmett R, Inskipp c and Inskipp T (2007). Birds of the Indian Subcontinent. 2nd season of these collared Pratincole species is from May to August Edition, Oxford University Press, India. Pp 168. in southern Europe. 3. F a h e e m M a h m o o d S y e d . B i r d s o f I n d i a / B i r d W o r l d . https://indianbirds.thedynamicnature.com/2017/06/collared-pratincole-glareola- pratincola.htmlLast assessed 10 Feb 2018 The breeding season is during May and June in the Middle East. 4. BirdLife International. 2017. Glareola Pratincola. The IUCN Red List of Threatened The laying season is from April to July in Pakistan and northwest Species. M 2017: e.T22694127A120026910. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/ IUCN. India. The collared Pratincoles are highly gregarious and roost in UK. 2017 -3.RLTS.T22694127A120026910.en 5. Avibirds Profile Collared Pratincole., Almere. http://www.avibirds. com/euhtml/ flocks in wintering habitat and return to breeding colonies in late Collared_Pratincole.html Last assessed 15 Feb 2018 February (3). Return movement begins late March or April, with 6. Pope Mike and Stam Zogaris. Biodiversity East, Collared Pratincole. arrivals in European breeding quarters mainly April to mid-May (5). http://www.kuwaitbirds.org/birds/collared-pratincole, Last assessed 12 Feb 2018. 7. Rajeevan, P. C. & Thomas, J., 2013. First record of Collared Pratincole Glareola The northern populations migrate southwards for wintering in pratincola from Kerala. Indian BIRDS 8 (2): 49–50. savannas of Sahel region in central Africa and also eastern Africa 8. https://www.ebird Collared Pratincole/ References/13/Collared Pratincole - and India (6). Some of the populations in central, eastern and eBird.html. Last assessed 22 Feb 2018. 9. Morey KP, Abhang NA, Kadu GS, Wagh GA, Wadatkar JS. First Report of Collared southern Africa are resident or nomadic. Pratincole (Glareola Pratincola) in Amravati district of Vidarbha, Maharashtra. Newsletter for Birdwatchers. 2015; 55. The artificial ecosystems of these Pratincole species include plowed 10. Government Of India. India’s National Action Plan for Conservation of Migratory Birds and their Habitats along Central Asian Flyway (2018-2023). Ministry of fields, harvested agricultural lands, and pastureland. These Environment, Wildlife Division. F. No 4-37/2017 Wl (part-2) Dt-30/08/2018. Pratincole species take most of their insect prey on the wing. But This habit was not seen at all during our observation period. IT was always seen hunting the isnsects on ground while running. They forage over water and also feed on the ground in plowed fields, recently burnt open ground, overgrazed grassland, wastelands, rice-fields, and scrubland (3).

Collared Pratincole is sparse winter migratory bird in India. In India, the breeding populations of the collared Pratincole species occur in the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, and Haryana while winter migration is also noted in some South Indian and Eastern states (7). They winter in sub-Saharan Africa. Its presence was never reported until today in the North Maharashtra region of districts of Dhule, Nandurbar or Jalgaon. Nearest sighting of the bird in Gujarat that is 244 km west has number of sighting records (8). Other than Gujarat sighting in India, in Maharashtra single sighting of Collared Pratincole were noted in 176 km Southwest i.e. in Nashik 26 www.worldwidejournals.com