A survey of Avifauna in aquatic habitat and their adjoining areas of Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, India

Ashish Kumar Arya 1 , Medha Durgapal 2 , Vinay Singh 3 , Manisha Bisht 4

1   Department of Environmental science, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, INDIA
2   G. B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, Almora, Uttarakhand, INDIA
3   Department of Zoology, D.S.B. Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, INDIA
4   Department of Zoology, D.S.B. Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, INDIA

✉ Coressponding author: See PDF.

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Abstract

The present study deals with the observation of avifauna in the aquatic habitat and their adjoining areas of Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, India. The present study was carried out from January 2020 to December 2020. We have recorded a total of 145 avian species belonging to the 54 families during the study period. Among this, a total of 113 residents and 32 winter visitor species were identified. The percentage of resident and winter visitor avian species was 78.08% and 21.91%. During the study period, we also reported the four avian species viz., River Lapwing, River tern, Great Hornbill, and Alexandrine Parakeet are under the Near Threatened (NT) category and one species, namely Red-headed vulture is critically endangered according to IUCN Red data book. Thus, the findings of this study suggest that the selected study area has avifauna diversity of utmost importance which should be conserved by implementing specific strategies.

Keywords:

Aquatic habitat, Avifauna, Conservation, Ramnagar, Threatened species, Uttarakhand

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2021-06-25

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Arya, A. K., Durgapal, M., Singh, V., & Bisht, M. (2021). A survey of Avifauna in aquatic habitat and their adjoining areas of Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, India. Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science, 6(2), 249-256. https://doi.org/10.26832/24566632.2021.0602018

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