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- Title
A HITHERTO UNRECORDED SIGHTING OF THE COMMON POCHARD AYTHYA FERINA (LINNAEUS, 1758) (AVES: ANSERIFORMES: ANATIDAE) IN VEDANTHANGAL BIRD SANCTUARY, TAMIL NADU, INDIA.
- Authors
Jayakumar, Samidurai; Muralidharan, Subramanian; Babu, Santhanakrishnan
- Abstract
The article reports on the first occurrence of common pochard Aythya ferina at the Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu, India on January 10, 2009. It states that the global population of common pochard ranges from 22,00,000-25,000,000. It notes that common pochard prefers open water area and reservoirs with submerged vegetation, and suggests further monitoring and surveillance in and around the sanctuary during winter to determine whether its occurrence was accidental or is regular.
- Subjects
TAMIL Nadu (India); COMMON pochard; DUCK populations; AYTHYA; ANATIDAE; VEDANTHANGAL Bird Sanctuary (India)
- Publication
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2014, Vol 6, Issue 11, p6485
- ISSN
0974-7893
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11609/JoTT.o3662.6485-7