Study of Different Breeding Site Activities of Openbill Stork, Anastomus Oscitans ,in Palghar, Maharashtra

Authors

  • Anuja A. Desale  Department of Zoology, S.D.S.M. College, Palghar, Maharashtra, India
  • R. B. Singh  Department of Zoology, S.D.S.M. College, Palghar, Maharashtra, India

Keywords:

Openbill stork, breeding, Palghar.

Abstract

Different breeding site activities like preening, neck movement, flapping, fighting, movement, yawning, regurgitation and feeding of Asian openbill stork, Anastomus oscitans were studied in Palghar during three breeding seasons from 2015 to 2017.Palghar is the newly carved Adivashi district of Maharashtra which is nearly 90 km away from Mumbai on the western railway. It was found that preening and neck movement were exceptionally high which in turn were helpful in social grooming and prevention from predator. In this paper authors have attempted to enumerate the different breeding site activities of Openbill stork.

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2018-03-10

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Anuja A. Desale, R. B. Singh, " Study of Different Breeding Site Activities of Openbill Stork, Anastomus Oscitans ,in Palghar, Maharashtra, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 4, Issue 4, pp.08-12, March-April-2018.