Sujit Narwade

Sujit Narwade
Bombay Natural History Society | BNHS · Research

Doctor of Philosophy

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November 2004 - present
Bombay Natural History Society
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Publications (33)
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New renewable energy projects are coming up rapidly in the area around Deg Rai Mata Oran, near Devikot, in Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan. Therefore, a rapid study was conducted with the help of the local people from December 2021 to February 2022, to document raptor mortality due to collisions with newly installed power lines. We found 12 such inst...
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Grasslands are among the most neglected ecosystems, often treated as wasteland or pasture. India's Protected Area network covers only a minuscule expanse of our grasslands (<1% are officially protected). However, they provide a wide range of ecosystem services and support numerous threatened species, including the bustard species. Bustards are cons...
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We used information derived from expert elicitation to measure progress in conservation of the Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) by calculating six metrics, namely: (a) current threat impact, (b) research need, (c) research achievement, (d) management need, (e) management achievement, and (f) percentage threat reduction. We then used the me...
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Regarding Sighting of a critically endangered bird species Bengal Florican from the riverine islands of Brahmaputra and how important such opportunistic sightings are.
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The inherent defencelessness against natural predators of bustards, which have relatively small bills and can neither perch in trees nor take refuge in water at night, renders them warier than other large-bodied birds. They are therefore dependent on large areas of little-disturbed, little-developed open country within which they can see and keep d...
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We conducted monthly road surveys for encounter rates of Chinkara Gazella bennettii in Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary (MWS), Supe Baramati, Pune from June 2011 to May 2012. The sighting records of Chinkara were collected from opportunistic surveys conducted in adjoining areas of the Sanctuary, up to a distance of 200km in the southwestern region of...
Technical Report
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Critically Endangered bird Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigricpes, India, conservation status overview
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The study area used by the two bustard species, is a private holding that is under tremendous pressure from the development lobby. Area management consists of habitat evaluation, assessment, and periodic monitoring. Participation of, and support from thelocal public is essential for a conservation plan to work, and its outcome become sustainable. W...
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ABSTRACT: "Threatened Birds of Maharashtra" brings you information about the threatened bird species reported from Maharashtra state, with information that is important in the context of the state. The book depends heavily on Threatened Birds of India (TBI) published in 2012 by BNHS, particularly for historical information, but we have updated the...
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"Threatened Birds of Maharashtra" brings you information about the threatened bird species reported from Maharashtra state, with information that is important in the context of the state. The book depends heavily on Threatened Birds of India (TBI) published in 2012 by BNHS, particularly for historical information, but we have updated the contents b...
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Owing to unusual hailstorms, 35 species of birds and 9 species of mammals were found dead, totalling at least 62,000 birds and hundreds of mammals, in the Marathwada and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra, India, during 2014. Hail stones were up to 5 cm in diameter. We observed mass mortality at 26 sites with especially high mortality in 14 areas. The...
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R iver Tern Sterna aurantia has been uplisted to Near Threatened category on the basis of increasing human disturbance and dam construction projects which are expected to drive a moderately rapid population decline over the next three generations (BirdLife International 2013). River Tern inhabits rivers and freshwater lakes, and its breeding has be...
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In present survey carried out in the South-West region of Maharashtra, India, 11 bat species were reported from the study area. The area comprised four districts of Maharashtra namely Pune, Satara, Solapur and Osmanabad. It was also found that all the bat species mentioned in this paper are much more widely distributed than was previously recorded...
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A total of 21 heronries comprising 11 species of birds were observed during a survey carried out in 2008 and subsequent monitoring of the sites in South-West region of deccan Maharashtra. Area covered was part of Solapur, Osmanabad, Pune and Satara districts of Maharashtra, which come under low rainfall region and forest type of southern tropical t...
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The northeast region of India is one of the world's most significant biodiversity hotspots. One of the richest bird areas in India, it is an important route for migratory birds and home to many endemic bird species. This paper describes a literature-based dataset of species occurrences of birds of northeast India. The occurrence records documented...
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The study was carried out on a small sample size of 4 km square area in summer season from March to June for two consecutive years 2007-08. Agriculture has been determined as the important factor in survival of ground nesting birds such as Red-wattled Lapwing. Some positive as well as negative effects of the agricultural activities were observed wh...
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The study was carried out on a small sample size of4 km square area in summer season from March to June for two consecutive years 2007-08. From month wise calculations it was observed that in April nesting success rate was comparatively more than May and June because of low anthropological activities. No. of nests in grassland areas were found decr...
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Pioneering study of the birds of the Deccan has been done by Davidson & Wenden (1878). Through an annotated checklist of the birds of western Maharashtra, Prasad (2003) compiled one for Solapur District which is the neighbouring area of our interest. Bharucha & Gogte (1990) studied the avian profile of a man-modified aquatic ecosystem in the backwa...
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A group of more than thirty Red-wattled Lapwings Vanellus indicus were roosting near the drying bed of an irrigation tank in Masla village, district Osmanabad, Maharashtra (17°58'6.56"N 76° 1'6.33"E). It was early summer in 2007 and it was the first time we had spotted Red-wattled Lapwings in such large numbers. which ignited our curiosity towards...

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