Rajasthan’s rich biodiversity has got an addition of new beauty after a new species of babbler bird was spotted in the city of Udaipur. The small resident bird spotted in the city is called Puff-throated babbler, whose scientific name is Pelornius Ruficeps.
This new species of bird has been found in the Phulwari Ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary in Udaipur district.
Dharmendra Khandal, Satish Sharma and Harkirat Singh Sangha, environmental scientists have spotted the Puff-throated babbler. The scientists are working for biodiversity conservation in south Rajasthan.
A detailed report about this has been published in Issue 16 of the 'Indian Birds'.
Udaipur-based ornithologist Satish Sharma told that this species of bird was spotted for the first time in Rajasthan and is a member of the babbler family whose beak and legs are light pink.
The colour of the bird’s back is light black, the throat is completely white and deep stripes can be found on the chest. The white and black stripe above the eye extends to the back of the neck.
This babbler species can be found in pairs or small groups and they feed insects lying on the ground in the clump of leaves falling from the trees.
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Spotting of rare species is great news for India’s biodiversity.
This babbler species is found in Vijayanagar, Gujarat, the plateau regions in Bihar and Odisha, Eastern and Western Ghats regions, Palakkad in Kerala, and Chitteri Hills in Tamil Nadu, among other places.