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Although stable hydrogen ( δ2 H) and carbon ( δ13 C) isotopic compositions of bird feathers have been increasingly used to understand the migration of birds through assignment of individuals to established isoscapes, far less is known about the structure of feather isoscapes based on stable sulphur isotope ( δ34 S) assays. While  δ2 H isoscapes have been used to investigate the migratory origins of the Globe Skimmer ( Pantala flavescens ) dragonfly in India, no isotope studies have been applied to avian migration patterns in that region. Here, based on museum collections, we report the feather  δ34 S values of 13 avian species that included marine birds with expected  34 S enriched feathers, resident birds throughout India and a single migratory species, Bar-headed Goose ( Anser indicus ). Feathers from the marine birds were the most enriched (20.6 ± 1.2 ‰,  n  = 10; range = 4.4 ‰) in  34 S but terrestrial resident species also showed unexpectedly high  δ34 S values (11.7 ± 4.8 ‰,  n  = 74; range = 19.9 ‰) throughout most of India but the Himalayan region and Gangetic plain typically showed  δ34 S values less than 6.4 ‰. Our results show the utility of feather  δ34 S studies to decipher avian and other animal migration between these two regions.

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Stable sulphur isotope ( δ                  34 S) ratios in bird feathers from India indicate strong segregation between the Himalaya and Gangetic plain, and the rest of India