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Title : Wintering records, ecology and behaviour of kashmir flycatcher Ficedula surbrubra (Hartert and Steinbacher)
Author : Zarri, Ashfaq Ahmed;Rahmani, Asad R.
Source : Journal of Bombay Natural History Society. 101. (2). 2004. P.261-268.
Subject : Birds. Wintering records. Ecology. Kashmir flycatcher. Ficedula subrubra. Nilgiris. Behaviour.
Abstract : The Kashmir flycatcher (Ficedula subrubra) is vulnerable and is a red data book species from the Indian subcontinent. It has been recorded sparingly in Nepal
Bhutan and Pakistan. While its wintering is confirmed in Sri Lanka, there have been very few records of its wintering in India and its status and distribution within Indian limits is not exactly known. Of the total 28 site records of this species from
Indian limits,only two published records go to prove its wintering in peninsular India. The rest are passage records from across India during migration.We conducted this study during March 2001 and october 2001 to April 2002, in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil
nadu. A total of 16 birds (9 males and 7 females) were recorded from 9 different sites above 2000 m elevation. The Kashmir flycatcher holds a winter territory and preferes wattle (Acacia spp.) openings with good grass cover. It avoids forests with high
tree density and canopy cover. Behaviour and ecological aspects are discussed, based on our observations on eight birds, during the two wintering seasons. Habitat degradations and disturbance appear to be serious threat to the long term survival of this
bird. There is an urgent need to carry out status surveys in the wintering and breeding areas and also to study its ecology and biology to aid conservation and management

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Title	:	Wintering records, ecology and behaviour of kashmir flycatcher Ficedula surbrubra (Hartert and Steinbacher)
Author	:	Zarri, Ashfaq Ahmed;Rahmani, Asad R.
Source	:	Journal of Bombay Natural History Society. 101. (2). 2004. P.261-268.
Subject	:	Birds. Wintering records. Ecology. Kashmir flycatcher. Ficedula subrubra. Nilgiris. Behaviour.
Abstract	:	The Kashmir flycatcher (Ficedula subrubra) is vulnerable and is a red data book species from the Indian subcontinent. It has been recorded sparingly in Nepal Bhutan and Pakistan. While its wintering is confirmed in Sri Lanka, there have been very few records of its wintering in India and its status and distribution within Indian limits is not exactly known. Of the total 28 site records of this species from Indian limits,only two published records go to prove its wintering in peninsular India. The rest are passage records from across India during migration.We conducted this study during March 2001 and october 2001 to April 2002, in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil nadu. A total of 16 birds (9 males and 7 females) were recorded from 9 different sites above 2000 m elevation. The Kashmir flycatcher holds a winter territory and preferes wattle (Acacia spp.) openings with good grass cover. It avoids forests with high tree density and canopy cover. Behaviour and ecological aspects are discussed, based on our observations on eight birds, during the two wintering seasons. Habitat degradations and disturbance appear to be serious threat to the long term survival of this bird. There is an urgent need to carry out status surveys in the wintering and breeding areas and also to study its ecology and biology to aid conservation and management