Sighting records of the Malabar Pied Hornbill In Chandgad taluk, Kolhapur, Southern Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus is distributed across the Eastern Himalayas, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Melghat Tiger Reserve of Maharashtra, West Bengal, Northern Eastern Ghats, Western Ghats and Srilanka (Kazmierczak 2000, Ali 2002, Jaypal et al. 2005, Grimmitt and Inskipp 2007, Grimmett et al. 2011). Malabar Pied Hornbill is well documented in Western Ghats and reported that, Amboli- Goa-Dandeli and Ganeshgudi are strong hold places and key areas for its conservation (Mudappa and Raman 2009, Sneha and Davidar 2011). In my previous word (Pratibha Riswadkar and N. C. Hiragond, 2015; Hiragond, NC 2014) described different birds findings and In this paper we report the sighting records of Near Threatened bird Malabar Pied Hornbill (IUCN Red List, 2012) in Chandgad taluk of Kolhapur in Sahyadris of southern Western Ghats of Maharashtra. Chandgad is located between 694-1000m asl and witness rainfall between 3000 to 5000 mm/year. Survey was conducted in Tillari, Parle, Tudiye, Mhalunge and Malatwadi area of Chandgad (latitude 15⁰ 45’ to 16⁰ 3’ North & longitude 74⁰ 1’ to 74⁰ 27’ East) between 06h30 to 11h00 hrs and 14h00 to18h30 hrs during December 2010 to April 2012 for the period of 17 months.

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