Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur (25th June 2006)
While birding in Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur, Rajasthan, we observed a slightly large swift amongst a flock of c15 House swifts, some 20 feet above us. The bird had whitish belly and a conspicous dark breast band. ID Pictures were taken and the bird was identified as an Alpine Swift (Tahcymarptis melba)of the race nubifugus since the breast band was more pronounced.
The bird is believed to be a passage migrant from Rajasthan and all the records of the bird are from around March and September. 
It is interesting for the bird to have been seen at this time of the year.
Apart from this, Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Crested Bunting, and Painted Sandgrouse were also seen.
Regards
Gaurav Bhatnagar
Mayank Bhatnagar
Jaipur
25th June 2006
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Dear Mayank JiI am happy to know about this news, If I am not wrong about it, earlier you had also recorded it from desert side. congrates for you contribution in birding. I am compling bird list of Thar Desert of Rajasthan and found it. With reagrdsSumit Dookia, Ph.D.Wildlife institute of India, dehradun. (Belongs to Jodhpur-Nagaur area of our Rajasthan, and having a passion to save our desert wildlife)
ThanksRegardsGaurav & Mayank
Its nice that you like researcher continously increasing bird intrest in humanbeing.
i wish to congrates u and request to go towards thar desert so that you can do imaging work.
Dr.Durg Singh Rajpurohit