Sighting of the Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves: Anseriformes: Anatidae) in Shettikeri Tank, Karnataka, India

Authors

  • Darwin Dasan Tamiliniyan Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641108, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7951-4092
  • Santhanakrishnan Babu Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641108, India http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4112-6331
  • Honnavalli Nagaraj Kumara Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641108, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7958-6395

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3855.10.1.11234-11236

Keywords:

Common Shelduck, first record, Karnataka.

Abstract

We recorded the Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna in Shettikeri tank and it turned out to be a first record of the species for the state Karnataka. Further, it appears like a wild vagrant to Karnataka and Southern peninsula.

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26-01-2018

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2018)

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