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Lakescape - 369
aloktewari

Lakescape - 369 (Mareca falcata)

Pilibhit Tiger Reserve

This image is now
a valuable part of
my collection ...
... more as a birder
than a photographer ...
It shows a

FALCATED DUCK ( foreground )
( Anas falcata )

IUCN Status : Near-threatened

This is described as
an erratic, occasional
or scarce winter
visitor ... to North India

( Birds of Indian Sub-continent
Grimmett, Inskipp & Inskipp )

9th overall in the
BF-Gallery ... first since
March-2013 ... and
First here from India ...

Others giving him
company in this image
are :
Ferruginous Duck
&
Gadwall (F)

... this may be the only image in
International database showing
these three species together
in the wild ...

Northern Uttar Pradesh
India
28.01.2015
Habitat
Mixed Wetland and Forest
Location
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve ; Uttar Pradesh ; India
Date taken
28.01.2015
Scientific name
Mareca falcata
Nice job all round. Firstly at spotting this rare duck, secondly at getting it with two other species of duck. Great work!
 
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Opus Editor
Supporter
Congrats on your lifer and a fine record shot it is Alok.
 
Supporter
Whoo hoo! :D Thanks for sharing! A duck I'm unlikely otherwise to see. I had to look up what "falcated" means. It means curved like a sickle, so I guess that refers to the reddish-brown sickle-shaped stripe on its neck.
 
Excellent!!! Something to be very proud of A&R :t: :t: :t: Thank you.
 

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