Aayushi Meena

Field Evidence of Erythrism and Partial Leucism in House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Populations of Ajmer City, Rajasthan, India

Chetan Kumar Tak, Mayank Sharma, Aayushi Meena, Divaker Yadav & Pawan Singh · Asian Journal of Research in Zoology · 2025

Background: The House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a widely distributed and well-studied urban passerine, adapted to a range of environments from rural farmlands to densely populated cities across the globe. Aims: The present study document and analyse the occurrence of plumage...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajriz/2025/v8i3203

An Aberrant Ashy-plumaged Little Egret Egretta garzetta in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India

Vivek Sharma, Mriganka Upadhyay, Pawan Singh, Aayushi Meena, Ruby Malik & Kalyan Prasad Khandelwal · Asian Journal of Research in Zoology · 2026

An unusual Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) showing uniformly ashy-grey plumage was documented at Anasagar Lake, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. The individual was observed and photographed on 15 December 2025 and 29 May 2026 during opportunistic bird-watching surveys using visual encoun...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajriz/2026/v9i3290

Progressive Greying in Common Coots (Fulica atra): A New Records from Rajasthan Wetlands, India

Vivek Sharma, Chetan Kumar Tak, Gaurav Panwar, Aayushi Meena, Muskan Singh, Saba Khan & Ruby Malik · Asian Journal of Research in Zoology · 2026

Colour aberrations are well documented in many wild birds, but less synthesized for waterfowl. Leucism (partial or total) is a hereditary condition that alters the generation of pigments (eumelanin and/or phae-omelanin) in feathers due to a lack of pigment-producing cells in the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajriz/2026/v9i1242