Really interesting.

Sashikumar

To: keralabirder@yahoogroups.com
From: paintedstork@...
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 21:43:52 +0530
Subject: [keralabirder] Re: Andaman Shama in Calicut !


























Hi all,

Here is the second surprise !!



Did you know there is a Calicut in Andaman & Nicobar Islands also !



http://www.tageo.com/index-e-in-v-01-d-m2905574.htm



I should have done this before I posted my

earlier mail :-).



So the specimen of Andaman Shama must have indeed been collected from Calicut -
but not then one in Kerala but from Andaman.



This could be a a mistake in the handbook or probably mis-labelled specimen.



rgds

Praveen



On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Praveen J<paintedstork@...> wrote:

> Hi all,

> I put the title conspicously so that people read - I would

> like to know how many of you knew about this. :-)

>

>

> Now here is what Handbook has to say about Andaman Shama

>

>

> Status, Distribution and Habitat: Fairly common in the more densely

> forested parts of Andaman Islands. A male obtained in Kerala (Calicut)

> by Abdulali on 13.iv.1979 is in BNHS collection (JBNHS 84:111). (!!)

>

> Can somebody in BNHS (Sajeev TK, are you still with BNHS ?)

> look up and check if this specimen still exists and is labelled so ?

>

> Are there other options (partial albinism?) for this specimen being

> just another Whiterumped Shama ?

>

> best rgds

> Praveen

>




















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