First record of Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris (Scopoli, 1769) (Aves: Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) from Tamil Nadu, India

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9381.16.12.26325-26327

Keywords:

aerial insectivorous bird, crag, habitations, webs of feathers

Abstract

Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris is a small-sized aerial insectivorous bird from the family Hirundinidae , commonly grouped under swallows and martins. Here I present the first photographic proof of Eurasian Crag Martin at Tamil Nadu of India.

Author Biography

S. Naveen Kumar, #439, 6th Street, KK Pudur, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641038, India.

.

References

BirdLife International (2024). Ptyonoprogne rupestris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024: e.T22712216A264590667. Accessed on 18 December 2024.

Grimmett , R., C. Inskipp & T. Inskipp (2011). Helm Field Guides Birds of the Indian Subcontinent. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 528 pp.

Maitreyi, H. (2024). State of India’s Birds Report — a brief review. Zoo’s Print 39(1): 119–124.

Shendokar, S. & R. Kukade (2016). Sighting record of Sand Martin Riparia riparia, Eurasian Crag Martin Hirundo rupestris and Northern House Martin Delichon urbica from Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. Ela Journal of Forestry and Wildlife 5(3): 239–241.

SoIB 2023. State of India’s Birds factsheet: Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris (India) https://stateofindiasbirds.in/species/eurcrm1/. (Accessed on 23rd August 2024).

Turner, A. (2020). Eurasian Crag-Martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris), version 1.0. In: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D.A. Christie & E. de Juana (eds.) Birds of the World. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.eurcrm1.01

Downloads

Published

26-12-2024

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 12 (2024)

Section

Notes

License

Copyright (c) 2024 S. Naveen Kumar

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Authors own the copyright to the articles published in JoTT.  This is indicated explicitly in each publication. The authors grant permission to the publisher Wildlife Information Liaison Development (WILD) Society to publish the article in the Journal of Threatened Taxa. The authors recognize WILD as the original publisher, and to sell hard copies of the Journal and article to any buyer. JoTT is registered under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY), which allows authors to retain copyright ownership.  Under this license the authors allow anyone to download, cite, use the data, modify, reprint, copy and distribute provided the authors and source of publication are credited through appropriate citations (e.g., Son et al. (2016). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the southeastern Truong Son Mountains, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(7): 8953–8969. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2785.8.7.8953-8969). Users of the data do not require specific permission from the authors or the publisher.