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Back after 40 years: a rare sighting of Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves: Passeriformes: Fringillidae) in Himachal Pradesh, India

Authors

  • Paul Pop Zoology Department, Government College Bilaspur, Kosrian Sector, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh 174001, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0679-7789
  • Kuldeep Singh Barwal Government College Ghumarwin, Shimla-Kangra Road, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh 174021, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4249-4243
  • Puneet Pandey Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife (CGRB), Research Institute for Veterinary Science and College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5891-3927
  • Harminder Pal Singh Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Sector 14, Chandigarh, Punjab 160014, India. image/svg+xml https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5358-0227
  • Randeep Singh Amity Institute of Forestry and Wildlife (AIFW), Amity University, Sector 125, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201313, India. image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7779.14.4.20935-20938

Keywords:

Finch, Great Himalayan National Park, Gushaini, rarity, resighting, vagrant, western Himalaya

Abstract

We report a rare sighting of Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Himachal Pradesh, a re-sighting after 40 years, and only the second record for the state. In November 2021, a male S. spinus was briefly seen in Gushaini, in the ecozone of the Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area, Kullu district. The two low elevation records from 2021 strongly contrast previous records from India. This paper expands upon the sparse information available on the migration of this species within India.

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26-04-2022

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