Nordmann's Greenshank? - Maharashtra, India, Dec 2021 (2 Viewers)

[sbiswas.geo]

Need confirmation on this bird on video. Apparently a solitary bird spotted.

Greenshank for ID

 

[Butty]

Crikey, yes, that is strikingly stocky, short- (and yellow-)legged, thick-billed and willet-like. Can't see much option other than Nordmann's greenshank.

 

[Brian J Small]

An amazing record. Are there any other details you can add to the sighting, please?

Brian

 

[Grahame Walbridge]

Need confirmation on this bird on video. Apparently a solitary bird spotted.

Greenshank for ID

Akshi Beach, nr. Alibag in Maharashtra on 21 Dc 2020 are details in the comments below Brian. Absolutely no doubt about the ID Sandeep.

It is not listed by Praveen so, would I be correct in assuming it's a potential 1st?

Grahame

 

[Brian J Small]

Thanks Grahame. I saw those but wondered if there was any idea as to why it took so long for the video to be uploaded, etc.

Brian

 

[Butty]

potential 1st?

Listed as 'India and Bangladesh' in Grimbo et al. field guide.

 

[Grahame Walbridge]

Listed as 'India and Bangladesh' in Grimbo et al. field guide.

Praveen et al (2016) lists it in Appendix 1 under species which require corroboration and, AFAIK, there have none more recent checking updates see- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305307630_A_checklist_of_the_birds_of_India

Grahame

 

[sbiswas.geo]

Akshi Beach, nr. Alibag in Maharashtra on 21 Dc 2020 are details in the comments below Brian. Absolutely no doubt about the ID Sandeep.

It is not listed by Praveen so, would I be correct in assuming it's a potential 1st?

Grahame

Yes, Grahame. First for India. Previous records exist for Bangladesh.

 

[Hemanya Radadia]

Akshi Beach, nr. Alibag in Maharashtra on 21 Dc 2020 are details in the comments below Brian. Absolutely no doubt about the ID Sandeep.

It is not listed by Praveen so, would I be correct in assuming it's a potential 1st?

Grahame

Praveen et al (2016) lists it in Appendix 1 under species which require corroboration and, AFAIK, there have none more recent checking updates see- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305307630_A_checklist_of_the_birds_of_India

Grahame

Kasambe, R., & Kasambe, V., 2022. Addition of Nordmann’s Greenshank Tringa guttifer to the Indian avifauna. Indian BIRDS.

 

[andyb39]

There have been another two this month, sighted at Lothian, Sundarbans, West Bengal. @sbiswas.geo Do you have a definite date for this sighting?

 

[PYRTLE]

It's within the report at the bottom of post #9.

 

[sbiswas.geo]

There have been another two this month, sighted at Lothian, Sundarbans, West Bengal. @sbiswas.geo Do you have a definite date for this sighting?

December 21, 2020 at Akshi Beach, Alibag, Maharashtra. A lone bird spotted. (I wrote 2021 in post heading but later came to know that the sighting is a year old).
February 11, 2022 at Lothian Island, Sundarbans, West Bengal. Three juvenile birds spotted.

 

[sbiswas.geo]

Just spoke to Milan who saw the birds at Luthian. He said he saw about 5-6 birds. 5 individuals are captured in his photos.