Overview

Threatened Birds of Maharashtra is the third in the 'Threatened Birds' series published by the BNHS and OUP. This book brings information about the globally threatened bird species that are presently reported from Maharashtra state. The book will help to assess the present status and distribution of the threatened bird species found in Maharashtra, and the recommendations for each species show the way ahead.

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Author:   Asad R. Rahmani ,  Raju Kasambe ,  Sujit Narwade ,  Pramod Patil
Publisher:   OUP India
Imprint:   OUP India
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.378kg
ISBN:  

9780199451333

ISBN 10:   0199451338
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   December 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CRITICALLY ENDANGERED; White-backed or White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis; Long-billed Vulture or Indian Vulture Gyps indicus; Red-headed or King Vulture Sarcogyps calvus; Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps; Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti; Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius; Jerdon's Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus; Pink-headed Duck Rhodonessa caryophyllace; Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus; ENDANGERED; Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius; Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus; Lesser Florican Sypheotides indicus; Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda; VULNERABLE; Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris; Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus; Pallas's Fish-eagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus; Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila hastate; Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga; Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliacal; Sarus Crane Grus antigone; Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola; Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis; Nilgiri Wood-pigeon Columba elphinstonii; Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea; Bristled Grassbird Chaetornis striata; Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus; White-browed Bushchat Saxicola macrorhynchus; Green Munia Amandava formosa; NEAR THREATENED; Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca; Falcated Duck Anas falcate; Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor; Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala; Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus; Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus; Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis; Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster; Laggar Falcon Falco jugger; Grey-headed Fish-eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus; Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus; Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus; Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa; Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata; River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelli; River Tern Sterna aurantia; European Roller Coracias garrulous; Great Pied Hornbill Buceros bicornis; Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus; Tytler's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus tytleri; Index

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Asad R. Rahmani is the Director of the Bombay Natural History Society since 1997. He joined BNHS in 1980 and worked as Principal Scientist in various projects. In 1991, he joined the Department of Wildlife Science, Aligarh Muslim University, where he worked for six years. In 1997, he rejoined BNHS as Director. He has written more than 150 peer-reviewed research papers in national and international journals, 12 books, and numerous popular articles and book reviews. His principal research interest has been conservation of Indian bustards, storks and cranes, and many other threatened species, as well as grassland habitats. He is the Executive Editor of Journal of the BNHS, and Editor of Hornbill, Buceros, and Mistnet. He has been a Ph.D. guide to 10 students, and Principal Investigator of many prestigious projects of the BNHS, including the Important Bird Areas (IBA) Programme of BirdLife International, RSPB, and BNHS. Raju Kasambe was awarded a doctorate for his thesis 'Ecology and breeding behaviour of Indian Grey Hornbills'. He has more than 100 publications on birds and butterflies to his credit. He has co-authored Important Bird Areas in Maharashtra: Priority Sites for Conservation and authored Maharashtratil Phulapakhare (Butterflies of Maharashtra). After working as a Medical Representative for 18 years, he joined BNHS in 2010 as Project Manager of the IBA Programme. He is the Assistant Editor of the quarterly newsletter Mistnet published by IBCN-BNHS. Sujit Narwade is working as a Project Scientist at BNHS. After completing M.Sc. in 2003, he joined Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Centre on avian ecology at BNHS in 2004. He is pursuing his Ph.D. degree on 'Birds of Deccan plateau of Maharashtra with special reference to conservation of Great Indian Bustard', under the supervision of Dr Asad R. Rahmani. At present he is coordinating various research projects including 'Avifaunal study of proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport, Navi Mumbai' and 'Impact of wind mills on birds and bats in India'. He recently completed a project on Great Indian Bustard at Chandrapur area and also submitted a Wildlife Conservation and Monitoring Plan for the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Solapur, Maharashtra. He was the main contributor to four technical bulletins, six research notes, six research papers, and eight reports. Pramod Patil, a postgraduate medical doctor, is also an amateur birdwatcher. He got involved in conservation after sighting the Critically Endangered Great Indian Bustard at Nannaj. Subsequently, he developed an interest in wildlife conservation, and became associated with the IBCN-BNHS. He is keen on the socio-economic aspects of grasslands, dry-land farming, and associated wildlife conservation problems in India. He is currently working in BNHS on advocacy as a tool in Great Indian Bustard conservation. Noor I. Khan has been working as Scientific Associate Officer at BNHS since 2006 for the Important Bird Areas (IBA) and Indian Bird Conservation Network (IBCN) Programmes in India. He has collected and collated valuable data for several books such as Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in India: Priority Sites for Conservation; Ducks, Geese and Swans of India; Potential and Existing Ramsar sites in India; and Threatened Birds of India: Their Conservation Requirements. He did GIS-based species and habitat mapping for threatened birds. He has also worked on several projects, including 'Surveillance of Avian Diseases' and 'Monitoring for Avian Influenza in Wintering Birds of India'. He has contributed several scientific articles related to the conservation of globally threatened species, and international collaborations for biodiversity conservation.

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