Distribution and Habitat
This species occurs in dry stony, scrubby or rocky country but rarely on sandy terrain from the Indus valley east short of Bangladesh and south to the tip of Peninsular India. It sometimes occurs in the dry zone of northern Sri Lanka. The wet forest zones are avoided. In southern India, the drier zone on the east coast, the Coromandel region, where it is not uncommon gives it the species name. It is also found patchily distributed in other parts of the peninsula. Other areas where they are commonly seen include the Deccan plateau and the desert region of northwestern India in Rajasthan. In Gujarat State, Ali and Ripley (2001) had collected specimens from Kachchh, Bhuj, Kodinar, Dabka (Baroda dist.), Deesa (Palanpur), and Kharaghoda. Earlier, the species was reported Anjar, Rapar, Mundra, Mandvi, Jakhau, Chobari and Narayan Sanctuary in Kachchh. Thus, in Gujarat, distribution range of Indian Courser was extended over Kachchh, Saurashtra and some part of central and north Gujarat. It is resident in some areas but makes local movements.
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