Community composition and status of avifaunal diversity in and around Ottu reservoir of Sirsa, Haryana, India
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Assessments of avian communities’ composition in different habitats give an emphasis in monitoring environmental perspective. Depending on specific habitat functioning, their population pattern helps to determine the ecological health of an area. Bird surveys were accomplished on a fortnightly basis from October 2019 to September 2020 using Scan sampling, Point count and Line transect methods for evaluation of species abundance and richness in and around Ottu Reservoir, district Sirsa, Haryana (India). A total of 114 species comprising 91 genera, 47 families and 18 orders were recorded, among which 76 species were resident, 30 winter migrants and 8 summer migrants. Out of reported 114 species of birds, one species was vulnerable, 6 Near-threatened as listed by IUCN. Three bird species were listed under Schedule-I and the remaining species under Schedule-IV of IWPA (1972); six species under appendices of CITES (2012). Species such as Rock dove Columba livia, Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica and Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos with decreasing IUCN population trends were reported abundantly in the study area. Analysis of feeding guilds results revealed that Carnivores as predominated guild due to enriched food material. The presence of diverse plantation, aquatic body, serenity and agricultural fields serve the reservoir as potential habitat for residential and migratory species. Therefore, effective measures must be taken for the conservation of this area as a potential site for avian diversity.
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Avian communities, Ecological health, Passeriformes, Winter migrants, Ottu reservoir
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Gupta, R.C. & Kaushik, T.K. (2013). Rich winter migratory birds in thousands have become victim of Kurukshetra utsav in Haryana, India. International Journal of Life Science, 7(1), 6-11 https://doi.org/10.3126/ijls.v7i1.7962
Harisha, M.N. & Hosetti, B.B. (2018). Status and conservaton issues of wetland birds in Komaranahalli Lake, Davanagere District, Karnataka, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10(2), 11290–11294 https://doi.org/10.11609/jot.2809.10.2.11290-11294
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Jamwal, P.S.,Chandan, P., Rattan, R., Anand,A., Kannan, P.M. & Parsons, M.H. (2017). Survey of avifauna of the Gharana wetl and reserve: implications for conservation in a semi-arid agricultural setting on the Indo-Pakistan border. BMC Zoology, 2, 7 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-017-0016-z
Kalsi, R.S., Sharma, S.C. & Choudhary, J.R. (2019). Birds of Haryana- A Field Guide. Unique Publications, Haryana, India.
Kumar, P. & Gupta, S.K. (2009). Diversity and Abundance of Wetland Birds around Kurukshetra, India. Our Nature, 7, 212-217 https://doi.org/10.3126/on.v7i1.2574
Kumar, P. & Gupta, S.K. (2013). Status of wetland birds of Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary, Haryana, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5(5), 3469–3976 https://doi.org/10.116 09/JoTT.o3158.3969-76
Kumar, P., Rai, D. & Gupta, S.K. (2016). Wetland bird assemblage in rural ponds of Kurukshetra, India. Waterbirds, 39(1), 86–98 https://doi.org/10.1675/063.039.0111
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Kumar, P. & Sahu, S. (2020). Compositon, diversity and foraging guilds of avifauna in agricultural landscapes In Panipat, Haryana, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(1), 15140–15153 https://doi.org/10.11609/jot.5267.12.1.1 5140-15153
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Pawar, R.T., Pathan, T.S. & Bhosale, Y.M. (2019). Avifaunal study of Majalgaon Reservoir and their tributaries, District Beed, Marathwada region of Maharashtra, India. International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Science, 6(4), 51-55 https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrbs/v6i4.5 15.
Praveen, J., Jayapal, R. & Pittie, A. (2016). A checklist of the Birds of India. Indian Birds, 11(5&6), 113-172
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Rai, D., Vats, P. & Gulia, R. (2017b). Avifaunal status of Kalesar National Park, Haryana (India). Journal of Experimental Zoology India, 20(2), 827-833
Rai, D., Gulia, R., Chopra, G. & Kumar, P. (2019). Avifaunal Community Composition and Current Status in Basai Wetlands: An important bird Area in Haryana, India. Indian Forester, 145(10), 971-985
Singh, J., S. Antil, V. Goyal & V. Malik (2020). Avifaunal diversity of Tilyar Lake, Rohtak, Haryana, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(8), 15909–15915 https://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4700.12.8.15909-15915
Sohil, A. & Sharma, N. (2020). Bird diversity and distribution in mosaic landscapes around Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. Acta Ecologica Sinica, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chnaes.2020.02.005
State of India's Birds (2020). Range, trends and conservation status. The SoIB Partnership. Pp 50. www.stateof indiabirds.in
Sutherland, W.J., Newton, I. & Green, R.E. (2005). Bird Ecology and Conservation: A handbook of Techniques. Oxford University Press.
Ullah., Qing-Ming, W.U., Xue-Ying, S., Khan, M.S., Ullah, S., Khan, T.U. & Nawaz, R.M. (2021). Diversity, Abundance, Status And Endangered Habitats Of Avifauna In Sheikh Badin National Park, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber. The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 31(1), 307-316 https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2021.1.0218
Vishwakarma, A., Anthony, F.M., Tiwari, S. & Choubey, S. (2020). Avifaunal Diversity of Winter Season in Kopra Reservoir of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12595-020-00349-z
Whelan, C.J., Sekerciog?lu, C.H. & Wenny, D.G. (2015). Why birds matter: from economic ornithology to ecosystem services. Journal of Ornithology, 156 (Suppl 1), S227–S238 10.1007/s10336-015-1229-y
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Community composition and status of avifaunal diversity in and around Ottu reservoir of Sirsa, Haryana, India. (2021). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 13(2), 593-606. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v13i2.2666
