New sighting records of the white throated thrush Zoothera citrina cyanotus from southern Maharashtra

White throated thrush is inhabited in evergreen and deciduous forest singly or in 2-3 individual groups on damp, shady forest floor and, on lower branches of small trees/shrubs (Ali, 2002; Grimmett et al., 2011). It is a rare, resident, shy and locally migratory bird migrating during monsoon in India from south eastern Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and south Orissa to Tamil Nadu and Kerala (Ali, 2002; Grimmett et al., 1998). The bird is reported from Rajasthan (Bhardwaj & Sangha, 2008), Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra (Grewal et al., 2002; Pande et al., 2003; references in Bhardwaj & Sangha, 2008). In Maharashtra bird is reported from evergreen jungles of Mahabaleshwar in Satara district (Pandy, 1979). Mahabal & Lamba (1987) also sighted the bird from Maharashtra (reference in Prasad, 2003). Thereafter, there are no reports of its sighting in Maharashtra. In this note we report new sighting records of the white throated thrush from different parts of Chandgad taluk in Kolhapur district of southern Maharashtra and for the first time from Kolhapur. Zoothera citrina is evaluated as a least concerned bird and its population declining in recent years due to loss or fragmentation of woodland poses a threat to forest birds (IUCN, 2013; Wikipedia, 2013). REFERENCES Ali, S. 2002. The book of Indian birds, 13th edition, Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay. Bhardwaj, G. S. and Sangha, H. S. 2008. Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina cyanotus a first record for Rajasthan. Indian Birds. 4 (1): 19. Grewal,B., Harvey, B. and Pfister O. 2002. A Photohraphic guide to the Birds of India and Indian subcontinent, including Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Princeton University Press, New Jersey. Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C. and Inskipp, T. 1998. Birds of the Indian subcontinent. Christopher Helm, Oxford University Press, New Delhi. Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C. and Inskipp, T. 2011. Birds of the Indian subcontinent IInd edn. Christopher Helm, Oxford University Press, India.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange-headed_Thrush downloded on 20 September 2013 IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 September 2013. Panday, D. J. 1979. Courtship song and display of the Whitethroated ground Thrush Zoothera citrina cyanotus (Jardine and Selby). J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 76: 365-366. Pande, S. A., Tambe, S., Francis, M. C. and Sant, N. 2003. Birds of Western Ghats, Kokan and Malabar (Including Birds of Goa). Ist edn. Mumbai: Bombay Natural History Society, Oxford University Press Prasad, A. 2003. Annotated checklist of the Birds of Western Maharashtra. Buceros. 8 (2 and 3): 3-174. &nbsp