Abstract
Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus is a nomadic and medium sized waterbird foraging in shallow water habitats and is listed under Near-Threatened category of IUCN. Though it has a widespread distribution within Kerala, little is known about their breeding sites and their ecology. In Kerala, only three nesting sites were reported so far. Present study found an additional nesting site in Mavoor wetland, which is the first record in Kozhikode district and fourth site for Kerala.
Highlights
Founder & Chief Editor Dr Sanjay Molur Wildlife Information Liaison Development (WILD) Society & Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), 12 Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India
Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus is a nomadic and medium-sized wading bird that belongs to the family Threskiornithidae (Hancock et al 2001)
A total of 57 species of waterbirds were documented from Mavoor wetlands (Aarif & Basheer 2012) including resident and migrant species
Summary
Publisher Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society www.wild.zooreach.org. No 12, Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampatti - Kalapatti Road, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India. Founder & Chief Editor Dr Sanjay Molur Wildlife Information Liaison Development (WILD) Society & Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), 12 Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India. FRLHT, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Dr Aparna Watve, Pune, Maharashtra, India Dr Qiang Liu, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Yunnan, China Dr Noor Azhar Mohamed Shazili, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia Dr M.K. Vasudeva Rao, Shiv Ranjani Housing Society, Pune, Maharashtra, India Prof. A.J. Solomon Raju, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India Dr Mandar Datar, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India Dr M.K. Janarthanam, Goa University, Goa, India Dr K. Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA 02138-2020, USA Dr Ritesh Kumar Choudhary, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India Dr Navendu Page, Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
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