Abstract
Melghat Tiger Reserve (21015'-21045'N and 76057'-77030'E) is located in Amravati District of Maharashtra. and covers an area of 1676.93km2. The Tiger Reserve is known to support maximum number of tigers in Maharashtra. A preliminary list of 33 birds was prepared by R.T. Jenkin (DFO, Melghat) in 1925 and was published in Guide to Chikalda (Nelson, 1925). Sawarkar (1987) published a comprehensive checklist of the birds of Melghat which included 252 species of birds. Besides the old records of Fairy Blue-Bird ( Irena puella) and recent records of Great Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis), Stork-billed Kingfisher (Halcyon capensis) and Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata), lately Forest Owlet (Heteroglaux blewitti) has been rediscovered in Melghat Tiger Reserve.
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