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Avifauna in the Panipat Region, Haryana (India)
J P Kotangale1, P R Chaudhari, S Pentu Saheb
1National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440 020, India. jp_kotangale@neeri.res.in
Abstract:
Avifaunal study was carried out in the Panipat region, Haryana (India) at 56 locations. 91 birds species were observed during the study, of which, 39 species were aquatic. House sparrow was found to be dominant followed by bank myna, house crow and Indian myna. Among the aquatic birds, cattle egret was dominant followed by common pochard, pintail and blackwinged stilt. Encounter rates of the birds were related to the dominant indices of each species. Species diversity index was found to be 10.25 which showed the richness of avifauna in the region. Majority of birds were insectivorous followed by piscivorous. The study reveals the occurrence of more birds, especially aquatic ones, after the commissioning of the refinery.
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