Plumage aberration in Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus) from Rajasthan, India

Rounak Choudhary; Vivek Sharma; Subroto Dutta; Harish Sahu

doi:10.2478/orhu-2025-0043

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Plumage aberration in Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus) from Rajasthan, India

Ornis Hungarica

Volume 33 (2025): Issue 2 (December 2025)

By: Rounak Choudhary, Vivek Sharma, Subroto Dutta and Harish Sahu

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|Oct 2025

Abstract

Individuals with color aberrations are distinguished in species with cryptic colouration, which may also affect their social interactions. Color aberrations in birds have been extensively studied in the scientific community, however, aberrations in many species are unknown or poorly understood. In this study, we present the first record of plumage aberration in Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus). A female with brown aberration was recorded in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orhu-2025-0043 | Journal eISSN: 2061-9588 | Journal ISSN: 1215-1610

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Language: English

Page range: 406 - 410

Submitted on: Jan 9, 2025

Accepted on: May 10, 2025

Published on: Oct 31, 2025

Published by: MME/BirdLife Hungary

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Keywords:

avian plumage aberration,

brown colour aberration,

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse,

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