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Original Account Threatened Birds of Asia: The BirdLife International Red Data Book Editors N. J. COLLAR (Editor-in-chief), A. V. ANDREEV, S. CHAN, M. J. CROSBY, S. SUBRAMANYA and J. A. TOBIAS Maps by RUDYANTO and M. J. CROSBY Principal compilers and data contributors ■ BANGLADESH P. Thompson ■ BHUTAN R. Pradhan; C. Inskipp, T. Inskipp ■ CAMBODIA Sun Hean; C. M. Poole ■ CHINA ■ MAINLAND CHINA Zheng Guangmei; Ding Changqing, Gao Wei, Gao Yuren, Li Fulai, Liu Naifa, Ma Zhijun, the late Tan Yaokuang, Wang Qishan, Xu Weishu, Yang Lan, Yu Zhiwei, Zhang Zhengwang. ■ HONG KONG Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (BirdLife Affiliate); H. F. Cheung; F. N. Y. Lock, C. K. W. Ma, Y. T. Yu. ■ TAIWAN Wild Bird Federation of Taiwan (BirdLife Partner); L. Liu Severinghaus; Chang Chin-lung, Chiang Ming-liang, Fang Woei-horng, Ho Yi-hsian, Hwang Kwang-yin, Lin Wei-yuan, Lin Wen-horn, Lo Hung-ren, Sha Chian-chung, Yau Cheng-teh. ■ INDIA Bombay Natural History Society (BirdLife Partner Designate) and Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History; L. Vijayan and V. S. Vijayan; S. Balachandran, R. Bhargava, P. C. Bhattacharjee, S. Bhupathy, A. Chaudhury, P. Gole, S. A. Hussain, R. Kaul, U. Lachungpa, R. Naroji, S. Pandey, A. Pittie, V. Prakash, A. Rahmani, P. Saikia, R. Sankaran, P. Singh, R. Sugathan, Zafar-ul Islam ■ INDONESIA BirdLife International Indonesia Country Programme; Ria Saryanthi; D. Agista, S. van Balen, Y. Cahyadin, R. F. A. Grimmett, F. R. Lambert, M. Poulsen, Rudyanto, I. Setiawan, C. Trainor ■ JAPAN Wild Bird Society of Japan (BirdLife Partner); Y. Fujimaki; Y. Kanai, H. Morioka, K. Ono, H. Uchida, M. Ueta, N. Yanagisawa ■ KOREA ■ NORTH KOREA Pak U-il; Chong Jong-ryol, Rim Chu- yon. ■ SOUTH KOREA Lee Woo-shin; Han Sang-hoon, Kim Jin-han, Lee Ki-sup, Park Jin- young ■ LAOS K. Khounboline; W. J. Duckworth ■ MALAYSIA Malaysian Nature Society (BirdLife Partner); K. Kumar; G. Noramly, M. J. Kohler ■ MONGOLIA D. Batdelger; A. Bräunlich, N. Tseveenmyadag ■ MYANMAR Khin Ma Ma Thwin ■ NEPAL Bird Conservation Nepal (BirdLife Affiliate); H. S. Baral; C. Inskipp, T. P. Inskipp ■ PAKISTAN Ornithological Society of Pakistan (BirdLife Affiliate) ■ PHILIPPINES Haribon Foundation for Conservation of Natural Resources (BirdLife Partner); N. A. D. Mallari, B. R. Tabaranza, Jr. ■ RUSSIA Russian Bird Conservation Union (BirdLife Partner Designate); A. V. Andreev; A. G. Degtyarev, V. G. Degtyarev, V. A. Dugintsov, N. N. Gerasimov, Yu. N. Gerasimov, N. I. Germogenov, O. A. Goroshko, A. V. Kondrat’ev, Yu. V. Labutin, N. M. Litvinenko, Yu. N. Nazarov, V. A. Nechaev, V. I. Perfil’ev, R. V. Ryabtsev, Yu. V. Shibaev, S. G. Surmach, E. E. Tkachenko, O. P. Val’chuk, B. A. Voronov. ■ SINGAPORE The Nature Society (Singapore) (BirdLife Partner); Lim Kim Seng ■ SRI LANKA Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka (BirdLife Affiliate); S. Kotagama; S. Aryaprema, S. Corea, J. P. G. Jones, U. Fernando, R. Perera, M. Siriwardhane, K. Weerakoon ■ THAILAND Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BirdLife Partner); U. Treesucon; R. Jugmongkol, V. Kongthong, P. Poonswad, P. D. Round, S. Supparatvikorn ■ VIETNAM BirdLife International Vietnam Country Programme; Nguyen Cu; J. C. Eames, A. W. Tordoff, Le Trong Trai, Nguyen Duc Tu. With contributions from: S. H. M. Butchart, D. S. Butler (maps), P. Davidson, J. C. Lowen, G. C. L. Dutson, N. B. Peet, T. Vetta (maps), J. M. Villasper (maps), M. G. Wilson Recommended citation BirdLife International (2001) Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International. © 2001 BirdLife International Wellbrook Court, Girton Road, Cambridge, CB3 0NA, United Kingdom Tel: +44 1223 277318 Fax: +44 1223 277200 Email: [email protected] Internet: www.birdlife.net BirdLife International is a UK-registered charity All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher. ISBN 0 946888 42 6 (Part A) ISBN 0 946888 43 4 (Part B) ISBN 0 946888 44 2 (Set) British Library-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library First published 2001 by BirdLife International Designed and produced by the NatureBureau, 36 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 5SJ, United Kingdom Available from the Natural History Book Service Ltd, 2–3 Wills Road, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5XN, UK. Tel: +44 1803 865913 Fax: +44 1803 865280 Email [email protected] Internet: www.nhbs.com/services/birdlife.html The presentation of material in this book and the geographical designations employed do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of BirdLife International concerning the legal status of any country, territory or area, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. WHITE-BELLIED SHORTWING Brachypteryx major Critical — Endangered — Vulnerable B1+2a,b,c,d,e This species has a small, severely fragmented, declining range owing to destruction and fragmentation of its evergreen and semi-evergreen forest habitat. It therefore qualifies as Vulnerable. DISTRIBUTION The White-bellied Shortwing (see Remarks 1) is endemic to the southern portion of the Western Ghats, India, inhabiting the Nilgiri hills, Brahmagiri hills, Coonoor and other ranges (Davison 1883, Baker 1922–1930). The nominate race major occurs in southern Karnataka (Baba Budan, Brahmagiris) and the Nilgiri hills, while the subspecies albiventris is found in western Tamil Nadu and southern Kerala from the Palni to the Ashambu hills (Ali and Ripley 1968–1998). Records are as follows: ■ INDIA ■ Karnataka Kemmanugundi, Bababudan hills (Bababudangki), 1,350 m, January 1940 (specimens in AMNH, BMNH, BNHS; Ali and Whistler 1942–1943); Brahmagiris, Coorg district, April 1881 (two specimens in BMNH), February 1883 (specimen in AMNH), April 1896 (male in MCML); ■ Kerala Thirunelli, Wynaad, 900–1,200 m, “uncommon”, 1973–1997 (Zacharias and Gaston 1999), and here or elsewhere in Wynaad district, 1985–1988 (Zacharias and Gaston 1993); Nelliampathy hills, 700–1,200 m, “rare”, 1973–1997 (Gaston and Zacharias 1996, Zacharias and Gaston 1999); Eravikulam National Park (Rajamalai National Park), two males, December 1994 or January 1995 (Gee 1995), 1995 (A. Robertson in litt. 1997), one, January 1998 (H. Hendriks in litt. 1999); Munnar, 900–2,000 m, January 1933 (two specimens in BMNH, BNHS; Ali and Whistler 1937, Whistler 1936, Primrose 1938), “uncommon”, 1973–1997 (Gaston and Zacharias 1996, Zacharias and Gaston 1999; also B. F. King verbally 1998), and at Munnar Trau, undated (Primrose 1938); Devikulam, May 1897 (two specimens in BMNH, TM; Ali and Whistler 1935–1937); Thattakkad Bird Sanctuary, 1995–1996 (R. Sugathan per L. Vijayan in litt. 1998); Cardamom hills, undated (A. Robertson in litt. 1997); Periyar Sanctuary (Tiger Reserve), at Thekkady, 1979–1981 (Vijayan 1984), undated (Robertson and Jackson 1992), “rare” in “Periyar East”, 1973–1997 (Zacharias and Gaston 1999); Kolattupuzha (Kolathupuzha or Coolathoorpulay patnas), 1,150–1,200 m, April 1877 and April 1880 (two specimens in BMNH; Ali and Whistler 1935–1937); Chemunji hills (Chemmungi hills), one, March 1903 (specimen in TM; Ali and Whistler 1935–1937), although confirmation of this record is desirable; Mynall, 1,200 m, April 1879 (specimen in BMNH; Ali and Whistler 1935–1937); Chimpani hills, “dividing Travancore from Tinnevally”, December 1886 and January 1887 (four specimens in TM; Davison 1888); Pooyankutti or Puyankutty (untraced), 1998 (Aziz et al. 1999); ■ Tamil Nadu Naduvattam (Neddivittum), March 1881 (two specimens in BMNH), 1891 (specimen in BMNH), 1986 (Harrap 1986b), 2–3 males, January 1994, and three at the same site, January–February 1995, one, January 1996, two December 1997 (Holt 1995, P. Holt in litt. 1999); Longwood shola, Kotagiri, March 1979 (female in BNHS), 1995 (A. Robertson in litt. 1997); Udagamandalam (=Ootacamund, Ooty), from January 1881 (specimen in BMNH) down to the present day on the Avalanche road, including January 1995 (Holt 1995), December 1997 (H. Hendriks in litt. 1999), and at nearby Cairnhill Reserve Forest, 1984 (Robson 1984), with five there, February 1988 (P. Hines in litt. 1999); Coonoor, March–April 1869 (three 2019 Threatened birds of Asia specimens in BMNH, MCZ), February 1882 (male in BMNH), pre-1886 (specimen in BMNH), 1891 (specimen in ZMB); Avalanche, February 1943 (specimen in BNHS), March 1947 (specimen in BMNH) and Mullikorai, near Avalanche, one male, November–December 1994 (Gee 1995), up to three males, January–February 1995 (Holt 1995); upper Bhavani, recorded very rarely in the shola forests in 1994–1997 (Vijayan et al. 1999); Anaimalai hills, October 1884 (male in MCML); Kukkal (Kukal), Palni hills, one male, June 1982 (BNHS ringing data); Palni hills, undated (Blanford 1867b), and in this range at Kodaikanal, 2,150 m, May or June 1877 (Fairbank 1877), around 1885 (two specimens in BMNH, Terry 1887), three in June 1877 and one in June 1883 (four specimens in BMNH), May 1955 (male in BNHS), common above 1,500 m, 1982–1993 (S. Balachandran in litt. 1997, Balachandran 1999), and at Pillar Rocks (Pillar Rocks grove), Kodaikanal, 2,150 m, May 1877 (specimen in BMNH; Fairbank 1877), also Poomparai (Poombarai), near Kodaikanal, Palni hills, 15 ringed in May and three in June 1982 (BNHS ringing data), c.1995 (A. Robertson in litt. 1997) and Moir Point, Palni hills, April 1956 (female
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