Avian Diversity in the Jaldapara National Park, West Bengal, India with a Notes on their Habitat Association and Feeding Guild

Sourabh Kumar Dubey; Deep Chandan Chakraborty; Sandipan Gupta; Mahashweta Mitra; Ranita Bhattacharya; Asit Baran Neogy

doi:10.36808/if/2015/v141i10/80677

Avian Diversity in the Jaldapara National Park, West Bengal, India with a Notes on their Habitat Association and Feeding Guild

Authors

Sourabh Kumar Dubey Department of Aquatic Environment Management, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata
Deep Chandan Chakraborty Department of Zoology, Chandernagore College, Hooghly, West Bengal-712136
Sandipan Gupta Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR), Barrackpore, Kolkata-700120
Mahashweta Mitra Department of Zoology, Bankim Sardar College, 24 Pgs (South), West Bengal- 743329
Ranita Bhattacharya Department of Zoology, Bankim Sardar College, 24 Pgs (South), West Bengal- 743329
Asit Baran Neogy Department of Zoology, Bankim Sardar College, 24 Pgs (South), West Bengal- 743329

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2015/v141i10/80677

Keywords:

Birds of North Bengal, Jaldapara National Park, Open Forest, Feeding Guild, Kalij Pheasant.

Abstract

99 taxa of avifauna belonging to 43 families has been recorded in successive years (2013 and 2014) in a seasonal survey carried out at Jaldapara National Park located within Himalayan Terai region of North Bengal. The open forest habitat found out to be the richest in avifauna among the other habitat types. Among the feeding guilds, insectivores dominate in species strength and in the number habitat types represented. Survey shows that the landscape of Jaldapara is frequently visited by 2 Vulnerable (Lesser Adjutant and Pallas's Fish Eagle) and 1 Near Threatened species (River Lapwing). The study documented Kalij Pheasnatwhich is probably new record from this region.

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