First record of Greater Scaup Aythya marila in Farakka IBA near West Bengal & Jharkhand border, India
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https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9748.17.11.28004-28006Keywords:
Avifaunal diversity, important bird and biodiversity area, migratory bird, rare bird, wetland birdAbstract
The Greater Scaup Aythya marila is a mid-sized diving duck and a rare migratory visitor to India. The present study reports the record of Greater Scaup, in Farakka IBA (Important Bird Area and Biodiversity Area) near West Bengal and Jharkhand state border of India on 01 December 2024. The bird was sighted during a part of the avifaunal survey. It was the first time that Greater Scaup was sighted in Farakka IBA. Though there are few records of Greater Scaup in West Bengal in the past, there is no known published literature about the presence of Greater Scaup in West Bengal. The authors recorded a total of nine bird species in the study area. Some of them were Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula, Common Pochard Aythya ferina, Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus, Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus, and Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus.
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