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| Article Name : | | | A PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON WATERBIRDS OF AKOLA DISTRICT (M.S.) INDIA | | Author Name : | | | A. P. Charjan | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-5709 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Abundance of avifauna indicates the healthy status of Ecosystem. Observations were made on the occurrence, abundance, richness of avifauna in Akola district in the Indian state Maharashtra. Surveys were conducted during 15 October to 15 November (2014). During study total twenty-eight species of water birds of thirteen families were recorded. The occurrence, ecological status and food habit of different species of aquatic birds was recorded. The studies on aquatic avifauna of Survey district revealed abundance of twenty-eight species of water birds of thirteen families. From all the families, Podicipitidae (1 Species), Phalacrocorax (1 species), Ardeidae (5 species), Ciconiidae (3 species), Treskornithidae (1 species), Anatidae (1 species), Rallidae (3 species), Recurvirostridae (1 species), Charidriidae (2 species) Scolopacidae (3 species), Laridae (1 species), Acledinidae (2 species) and Motacillidae (3 species). It is expected that this study would provide a preliminary database for the aquatic avifauna of this area for the further research. | | Keywords : | | |
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