The sighting of Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata (Linnaeus) (Aves: Anseriformes: Anatidae) after a gap of 112 years in Assam, India

Authors

  • Bipul Das Aaranyak, 50, Samanwoy Path, Survey, P.O. Beltola, Guwahati, Assam 781028, India
  • Anukul Nath Aaranyak, 50, Samanwoy Path, Survey, P.O. Beltola, Guwahati, Assam 781028, India
  • Koutuk Talukdar Aaranyak, 50, Samanwoy Path, Survey, P.O. Beltola, Guwahati, Assam 781028, India
  • Dipankar Lahkar Aaranyak, 50, Samanwoy Path, Survey, P.O. Beltola, Guwahati, Assam 781028, India
  • Gautam Swargiary Manas Chowki Ecotourism Society, Uttarkuchi, Subankhata, Baksa, Assam 781375, India
  • Binay K. Boro Manas Chowki Ecotourism Society, Uttarkuchi, Subankhata, Baksa, Assam 781375, India
  • Satan Ramchiary Manas Chowki Ecotourism Society, Uttarkuchi, Subankhata, Baksa, Assam 781375, India
  • Bibhuti P. Lahkar Aaranyak, 50, Samanwoy Path, Survey, P.O. Beltola, Guwahati, Assam 781028, India
  • Sonali Ghosh Deputy Director, Manas Tiger Reserve, Barpeta Road, Assam 781315, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o4044.7011-6

Keywords:

Assam, Manas Tiger Reserve, Mandarin Duck, Subankhata.

Abstract

A female Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata was sighted in Saatvoini Beel on February 10, 2014. The female of this species was characterized by grey head, with a white ring around the eye which continued as a streak behind it. In India Mandarin Duck is vagrant and there were very few reported records from India. In 1902, Baker reported six individuals Mandarin Duck on the Subansiri River, Assam. The present sighting of this species from Baksa district is the first reliable record of this species in Assam after a gap of 112 years. 


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26-08-2015

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Vol. 7 No. 10 (2015)

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