First record of Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes (Aves: Passeriformes: Muscicapidae) from Jammu & Kashmir, India

摘要

Rufous Tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes a southward passage migrant to India, has an extremely large range in Europe, north and south Africa, central Asia (Kazakhstan and China), middle east to northern Pakistan. Of the five sub-species occurring worldwide, C. g.?familiaris, the nominate is a rare fall (September-October) southward migrant to north west India (Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat) but has not so far been reported from the state of Jammu and Kashmir and thus a new record for the state.