Mysterious Characters Recorded in Black headed Ibis Threskiornis Melanocephalus During Breeding Season

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by  Rajesh C Senma

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3. MYSTERIOUS CHARACTERS RECORDED IN BLACK-HEADED IBIS
THRESKIORNIS MELANOCEPHALUS DURING BREEDING SEASON
Rajesh C. Senma1-2 & ChiragA. Acharya13
'DepartmentofZoology,M.N. College,Visnagar384315,NorthGujarat,India.
2Email: [email protected];[email protected]
’Email: [email protected]
OnMay 23, 2008, whileonavisittoabreedingsiteof
Black-headed Ibis at Paldi village, situated 8 km north of
Visnagar, Gujarat, India, weobserved threepairsofthe Bird
busy selecting their nesting site. On approaching closer, we
observed red coloration on the bare hind neck of one bird
(Fig. 1). Similarcoloration was recorded on May 29, 2008,
in abird in a flock of44 birds at a breeding site at Ralisana
village. On June 14, 2008, we observed two birds with red
loresandscatteredred spotsonthethroat,besidesaredhind
neck and mantle, building their nest at Civil Hospital,
Visnagar. Fig. 1: Black-headed Ibiswith mysteriouscharacters
Duringthebreedingseason, weobserved93 pairs, out
of which 17 birds with a red hind neck and mantle, and is welldescribed inliterature (Grimmettetal. 1998; Gadhvi
3 birds with red lores and scattered red spots on the throat 2001;Ali 2002; Kumaretal. 2005) and there is no mention
were recorded. The breeding plumage ofBlack-headed Ibis ofanyredcolorationonbodypartsduringthebreedingseason.
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