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

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

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Rufous Tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes a southward passage migrant Serving Boards 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 Faux plant 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.