Open AccessThe Survey of Avifauna in the natural habitat and their adjoining areas of Harbhajwala, Dehradun, India
Author(s) -
Rekha Rawat,
Avian Diversity
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of conservation biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.213
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 2278-7666
DOI - 10.53562/ajcb.yzqu3927
Subject(s) - threatened species , near threatened species , iucn red list , endangered species , vulture , parakeet , habitat , geography , ecology , critically endangered , visitor pattern , biology , zoology , computer science , programming language
The present study deals with the observation of avifauna in the Natural habitat and their adjoining areas of Harbhajwala in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The study was carried out between December 2018 to October 2020. We observed 114 bird species, belonging to 50 families during the study period. Out of these 97 residents and 19 winters, migratory species were identified. The percentage of resident and winter visitor avian species was found to be 84% and 16%. Then the maximum number of species recorded from the family Muscicapidae. During the observation, we observed the Egyptian Vulture and Alexandrine Parakeet as Endangered andnear-threatened species respectively according to IUCN. The presence of threatened species indicates the more conservation efforts are needed in the study area.