Open Access<b>Sighting of the Common Shelduck <I>Tadorna tadorna</I> (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves: Anseriformes: Anatidae) in Shettikeri Tank, Karnataka, India</b>
Author(s) -
Darwin Dasan Tamiliniyan,
Santhanakrishnan Babu,
Honnavalli N. Kumara
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of threatened taxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0974-7907
pISSN - 0974-7893
DOI - 10.11609/jott.3855.10.1.11234-11236
Subject(s) - anatidae , anseriformes , geography , peninsula , biology , ecology , archaeology
We recorded the Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna in Shettikeri tank and it turned out to be a first record of the species for the state Karnataka. Further, it appears like a wild vagrant to Karnataka and Southern peninsula.