Structural Assemblages of Avian Community in and around Ottu Reservoir, Sirsa, Haryana (India)
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https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2023/v149i10/169258Keywords:
Bird Community, Insectivores, Population Dynamics, Near-Threatened, Ottu Reservoir.Abstract
The present study was carried out at Ottu Reservoir, district Sirsa from October, 2019 to September, 2021 with the help of Point and Line-cum-point count methods. During the entire field survey of two years, a total of 131 avian species belonging to 18 orders, 47 families and 97 genera were recorded, among which 85 species were resident, 37 species were winter migrants and 9 species were summer migrant. As per IUCN Conservation status the data depicts that 124 species were Least concern (LC), six species were Near-threatened (NT) and single species was Vulnerable (VU); whereas IWPA (1972) status depicts that of total 131 species, five species comes under schedule-I, 125 species under schedule-IV and single species under schedule-V of IWPA (1972). Insectivores (39 species) were the most dominated than other feeding guilds due to presence of large number of insects in enriched nutrient medium of reservoir. The analysis of IUCN population trend results that 25 species show increasing, 40 species decreasing, 45 species stable trends; but 21 species is still unknown globally. Published sources were also used for the evaluation of total potential of bird species in and around the reservoir and represented in the form of comparative list. This comparison indicates that Ottu reservoir has potential to support approximately 155 species of avifauna and serves as suitable wintering and breeding sites. Therefore, suitable conservation measures must be implemented for its sustainability.References
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