The Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica has been recorded in Banswara, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh, and Udaipur districts of Rajasthan, India (HSS pers. obsv.).
However, its breeding was recorded for the first time in 2007 in a forest nursery located in the middle of Pratapgarh (24.00ºN, 74.78ºE), southern Rajasthan. Its nest was discovered on a Manila tamarind Pithcelobium dulce tree in a forest nursery. The well-wooded 1.98 ha nursery provided suitable conditions for the sunbird to breed. The main tree species in the nursery included Teak Tectona grandis, Eucalyptus species, Cassia siamea, C. fistula, Zizyphus species, Acacia nilotica, Dalbergia sissoo, Holoptelea integrifolia, Azadirachta indica, Albizia lebbeck, Mango Mangifera indica, Ficus religiosa, Prosopis juliflora, Lawsonia species, Bouganvillea species, Dendrocalamus strictus, etc.
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Nesting Of Purple-Rumped Sunbird Leptocoma Zeylonica In Southern Rajasthan, And Its Occurrence In The Thar Desert
The Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica has been recorded in Banswara, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh, and Udaipur districts of Rajasthan, India (HSS pers. obsv.).
Chinese White-Browed Rosefinch Carpodacus Dubius In Mishmi Hills: A Confirmation Record For India
The Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura is a polytypic species with a distribution range that extends from north-eastern Afghanistan, through the main range of the Himalayas, till central- and western China (Clement 2016).
Tristram's Bunting Schoeniclus Tristrami In Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh: A Second Record For India
Tristram’s Bunting Schoeniclus tristrami is a distinctive bunting with a striped black head.