First Sighting of IUCN red listed Three Bird species of Family : Accipitridae at Todgarh Raoli Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India

Authors

  • C. S. Purohit  Botanical Survey of India, Andaman & Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair, India
  • Mohan Singh  Department of Zoology, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
  • Partap Singh  Department of Zoology, Govt. Dungar PG College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
  • Abhinav Bharti  Raoli Range, Todgarh-Raoli wls, Rajasthan Forest Department, Rajasthan, India

DOI:

https://doi.org//10.32628/IJSRST207264

Keywords:

Avifauna Addition, Raptors, Rajasthan Desert, Todgarh-Raoli Wls.

Abstract

This paper deals with addition of three raptor birds species (Family: Accipitridae) from Todgarh-Raoli wildlife sanctuary; in which two species i.e. Crested serpent eagle and Crested Hawk eagle are addition to avian diversity of Rajasthan desert and one bird species (Short toed eagle) is first record from this sanctuary. Taxonomic description, distribution, vernacular name, present status, location map and photographs are provide here for their easy identification and updating of avian diversity of Todgarh-Raoli wildlife sanctuary.

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C. S. Purohit, Mohan Singh, Partap Singh, Abhinav Bharti, " First Sighting of IUCN red listed Three Bird species of Family : Accipitridae at Todgarh Raoli Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 7, Issue 2, pp.366-370, March-April-2020. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST207264