Hi Vin, Dave
Quote from a Field Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by Krys
Kazmierczak.
"The only record (Black-fronted Dotterel) outside Australasia is of a
bird collected by Jerdon at Pulicat Lake in South India in 1839/40.
Tom Tarrant
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 07:07:12 +1100, Dave Torr <> wrote:
> Handbook of the Birds of the World (V3 P440) says it is a NZ/Aus Endemic
> with "single old record" from India!
>
> >From: Vin Lam <>
> >To:
> >Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Range of the Black-fronted Dotterel Date: Thu, 11
> >Nov 2004 23:08:25 +1100
>
>
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I've noticed that the Black-fronted Dotterel is in
> >my field guide for India as a vagrant. Most of the
> >Australian field guides show that its range is just
> >Australia and New Zealand. I've got field guides for
> >Indonesia and South-east Asia, and they have no mention of this bird. I
> >would have thought that if
> >this bird had ever shown up in India, then should it
> >have been recorded in Indonesia or South East Asia?
> >
> >Doing a little web search gives a lot of checklists
> >of India which include this species. Its gotten me
> >a little interested in the matter. Does anyone have
> >any further information on this?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Vin.
> >
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> >Vin Lam, Melbourne Australia
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