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Some Significant Records of Birds from the Central Indian Highlands of Madhya Pradesh R 98 Indian Birds Vol. 1 No. 5 (September-October 2005) Some significant records of birds from the central Indian highlands of Madhya Pradesh R. Jayapal*1, Qamar Qureshi1, and Ravi Chellam2 1Wildlife Institute of India, PO Box:18, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248001, Uttaranchal. 2UNDP-India, 55 Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110003. *Corresponding author. Email: [email protected] Introduction • Satpura Range (Hoshangabad, Betul, and Painted Spurfowl is found (see below). he central Indian highlands in the state Chhindwara districts): 6-13.v.2004. Painted Spurfowl G. lunulata Found in Tof Madhya Pradesh comprise the • Seoni-Chhindwara Plateau (Chhindwara, similar habitat as Red Spurfowl but mainly Satpura and Vindhya Ranges which are Narsimhapur, and Seoni districts): Most in eastern and central Madhya Pradesh. separated by River Narmada. They are part of the study period. Quite frequent north of Narmada (Sagar- ornithologically little explored, with just a • South Maikal Range (Mandla, Balaghat, Damoh Plateau, Vindhya scarplands around handful of papers published on local and Dindori districts): 10-21.vi.2002. Panna Tiger Reserve, Rewa Plateau, and east avifauna: Moss King (1911) from Damoh and • East Maikal Range (Shahdol, Umaria, and Maikal Range (Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve). Sagar, Whitehead (1911) from Sehore, Katni districts): 18-26.vi.2003. South of Narmada River, found in sympatry D’Abreu (1912) from Balaghat, Osmaston • Kaimur Hills (Jabalpur, Katni, Satna, and with Red Spurfowl in Bori-Pachmarhi Plateau (1922) from Pachmarhi, Briggs (1931) from Rewa districts): 18-26.vi.2003. and Pench Tiger Reserve, often in the same Mhow, Hewetson (1939) from Betul, Newton • Vindhya scarplands (Chhatarpur, Panna, locality. However, its apparent absence from et al. (1986) from Kanha, Tyabji (1994) from and Satna districts): 27-30.vi.2003. Kanha Tiger Reserve (south Maikal Range) Bandhavgarh, Mehta (1998) from Bori and, We took great care in species is intriguing and requires further more recently, Pasha et al. (2004) from Pench. identification, supporting each record with investigation. Hewetson (1956) had Extensive surveys were however carried out meticulous observations on field characters, recorded it from Balaghat district. in western and northern Madhya Pradesh, including vocalizations. All the doubtful Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus Occurs in the mostly north of the Vindhyas (Edwin-Barnes observations were treated as unconfirmed sal Shorea robusta forests of eastern 1886; Ali and Whistler 1939, and 1940). records. This survey is, however, neither Madhya Pradesh from east Maikal through Hewetson’s (1956) comprehensive account exhaustive nor complete, as several localities south Maikal Range south to the teak- of all his bird observations across the region (e.g., Panna Tiger Reserve and Nimar Hills) Tectona grandis dominant Pench Tiger was another major document on central were under sampled due to logistic and time- Reserve in Seoni district. Indian avifauna. The only published constraints. We hope further intensive Grey Junglefowl G. sonneratii Found in scientific collections from the central studies in the field will yield more accurate southern Madhya Pradesh from East Nimar highlands were by D’Abreu (1912, and 1935) information on distribution and status of Hills (Aulia Range, very scarce) through for Nagpur Museum. The other collection, central Indian birds. Betul Hills (Bhainsdehi Range and north by Dr Walter Koelz (1929-1950), currently Several significant records and breeding Betul division, fairly common) up to Satpura housed at University of Michigan Museum range extensions noticed during our Range (Bori Wildlife Sanctuary, very of Zoology, remained largely unknown till surveys are reported below. common). Ali and Whistler (1940) had a Rasmussen and Anderton (2005) Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus In doubtful record of a female, further west catalogued it. Kanha Tiger Reserve a pair was seen near from Manpur, Indore district. Apparently, The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) Kisli on 15.vi.2002 and another pair at River Pench, running north-south, forms a undertook a survey of breeding land birds Salghat on 18.vi.2002. Probably a scarce barrier between G. gallus and G. sonneratii of the central highlands in Madhya Pradesh resident in and around Kanha (south Maikal in central India. But the reported (Dhamge as part of an ongoing project on the Range). D’Abreau (1935) collected one and Banubakode 2000) occurrence of Grey Protected Area network in central India. The specimen (A. t. indicus) from this locality. Junglefowl in Pench Tiger Reserve survey was conducted between February We also have two more disjunct records (Maharashtra) west of River Pench requires and July from 2002 to 2004, with its base- from Satpura Plateau: From Bori Wildlife confirmation, as we did not encounter either camp at Pench Tiger Reserve (Madhya Sanctuary, a male at Churna on 9.v.2004 and of the Gallus species during our four visits Pradesh), where we carried out year-round a female (?) near Dhain on 13.v.2004. Also a to the Maharashtra section of Pench Tiger observations. We divided the region into couple of winter records at Pench Tiger Reserve. eleven areas and surveyed them as per the Reserve (a male on 11.i.1997 and a pair on Not seen in western Madhya Pradesh, i.e., following itinerary [Note that the coverage 26.ii.2004). west Nimar Hills and Malwa Plateau, from of districts under each subregion may be Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea Found where there are historical records (Ali and whole or in part]: all along the forested hills from Indore Whistler 1940). We speculate that the current • Malwa Plateau (Jhabua, Dhar, Indore, and district in the west (one record at Simrole, central Indian population might have now Dewas districts): 25-27.v.2004. 24.v.2004) to south Maikal in the east (Kanha become separated from the Western Ghats • Nimar Hills (Barwani, West Nimar, and Tiger Reserve, common) through Nimar Hills population. East Nimar districts): 22-30.v.2004. (Ashapur / Aulia, uncommon), Betul Plateau Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia • Lower Narmada Valley (West Nimar, (Bhainsdehi Range, fairly common and orientalis The peninsular population (S. o. Dewas, Harda, Sehore, and Hoshangabad Rampur, common), Satpura Range (Bori erythrocephala) is found along the hills of districts): 24-26.ii.2002; 22-30.v.2004. Wildlife Sanctuary, common), and Seoni- southern and eastern Madhya Pradesh, • Sagar-Damoh Plateau (Sagar and Damoh Chhindwara Plateau (Pench Tiger Reserve, breeding commonly at c.600m a.s.l., and districts): 14-21.vi.2004. common). Absent north of Narmada, in higher (Betul Plateau, Satpura Range, • Betul Plateau (Betul district): 26.iv-5.v.2004. eastern Madhya Pradesh, where only Mahadeo Hills and south and east Maikal Indian Birds Vol. 1 No. 5 (September-October 2005) 99 Range including Bandhavgarh Tiger March to late May. Surprisingly few south Maikal Range (Kanha Tiger Reserve), Reserve). Not seen west of Betul (e.g. Nimar historical records from central India 3) East Maikal Range (Bandhavgarh Tiger Hills). In winter, it spreads widely over well- (Osmaston 1922 from Pachmarhi,; Hewetson Reserve), and 4) Deogarh hills in Shahdol wooded parts of the entire region, along with 1939 from Betul). district (Kumerhin Reserve). the Himalayan migratory form S. o. meena. Forest Eagle-Owl Bubo nipalensis Rare Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus Both are often seen together in the same resident in Pench Tiger Reserve, Seoni Central and eastern Madhya Pradesh locality. district. Seen one adult roosting on a huge including Satpura Range, Seoni-Chhindwara Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica Occurs Terminalia arjuna tree along the banks of Plateau, and south and east Maikal Range. in moist deciduous forests of central and River Pench in Cheetaghat area on Distribution limits in the region remarkably eastern Madhya Pradesh from Satpura 18.iv.2004. Another bird was photographed identical to that of Emerald Dove (further Range (Bori Wildlife Sanctuary-Pachmarhi) at Raiyagazza (date unknown) (Sen and spatial analyses planned). More frequent in east through Pench and Kanha Tiger Dungriyal 2004). Apparently an addition to sal biome than teak forests. Reserves up to east Maikal Range in the the central Indian avifauna. Small Yellow-naped Woodpecker Picus north-east (e.g. Bandhavgarh Tiger We also suspect seeing one bird near chlorolophus Fairly common in less- Reserve). Absent from Vindhyas (e.g. Churna, Bori Wildlife Sanctuary on 9.v.2004. disturbed forests in Satpura Range (Bori Panna and Sagar-Damoh Plateau). Frequent Interestingly, Mehta (1998) has recorded it Wildlife Sanctuary and Mahadeo Hills), in bamboo forests of the sal biome but less as a rare resident in Bori Wildlife Sanctuary. Seoni Plateau (Pench Tiger Reserve), and so in teak forests. Further field surveys are required to south Maikal Range (Kanha Tiger Reserve Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus and determine its status in central India. east to Amarkantak). Not found north of Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Both Brown Hawk-Owl Ninox scutulata A scarce Narmada. Our observations agree with the cuckoos are commonly heard in summer and resident in central and eastern Madhya range map in Kazmierczak (2000), but not early monsoon throughout well-wooded Pradesh confined to the dense forests of with Grimmett et al. (1998) or Rasmussen and areas of the entire region. C. micropterus Satpura Range, Mahadeo Hills, Seoni Anderton (2005). was, however, not heard or seen west of Plateau, south and east Maikal Ranges,
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