Conservation status of Birds in Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary: A Protected bird area in Haryana, India

Deepak Rai; Piyush Goyal

doi:10.36808/if/2025/v151i5/170682

Conservation status of Birds in Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary: A Protected bird area in Haryana, India

Authors

Deepak Rai Department of Zoology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra– 136119, Haryana
Piyush Goyal Department of Zoology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra– 136119, Haryana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2025/v151i5/170682

Keywords:

Bird Sanctuary, Line Transects, Migratory Birds, Species Composition

Abstract

Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary harbors a diverse range of bird species, playing critical role in regional biodiversity conservation. Systematic bird surveys were carried out using line transects and opportunistic encounter methods across various habitats from April 2022-March 2023. A total of 133 species, belonging to 17 orders, 49 families and 103 genera were recorded, among which 80 were residents, 45 were winter migrants and 8 were summer migrants. Among the reported species, one species was Vulnerable (Common Pochard Aythya ferina) and five species were classified as Near-Threatened (Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster, Alexandrine Parakeet Palaeornis eupatria, Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus, Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus, Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala) as per IUCN (2023); and eight species are included in Schedule-I of IWPA (1972). These findings shows that the Sanctuary acts as a potential habitat for globally threatened species and that appropriate conservation approaches should be implemented to protect these species.

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