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A Note on the Nesting Plant of Baya Weaver Bird (Ploceus Sp.) n Odisha Mangroves


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While surveying mangrove fauna of Odisha, the authors came across baya nests at Balabhadrapur about 10 km from Kakatpur, Puri district. The nests, fifteen in number (12 complete nests and 3 incomplete ‘practice nests’), were found on Sonnaeatia apetala (Fig. 1). These were observed at a height of 8-9 m above the ground. Earlier, baya nests had been reported from Coringa mangroves, Andhra Pradesh by Srinivasulu et al. (2000).
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  • Srinivasulu, C., Vasudeva Rao, V. and Nagulu, V. 2000. Nesting of Ploceus philippinus (Linn.) and Ploceus manyar (Horsfield) on mangrove and associated species in Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 97(3): 432.


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M. K. Dev Roy
Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’ Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700016, India
S. Mitra
Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’ Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700016, India

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While surveying mangrove fauna of Odisha, the authors came across baya nests at Balabhadrapur about 10 km from Kakatpur, Puri district. The nests, fifteen in number (12 complete nests and 3 incomplete ‘practice nests’), were found on Sonnaeatia apetala (Fig. 1). These were observed at a height of 8-9 m above the ground. Earlier, baya nests had been reported from Coringa mangroves, Andhra Pradesh by Srinivasulu et al. (2000).

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