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volume 38 issue 2 (june 2018) : 95-102,   Doi: 10.18805/ag.D-4711

Present status and diversity of avian fauna in Purbasthali bird sanctuary, West Bengal, India
 

S
Santanu Debnath
S
Souvik Biswas
A
Ashis Kumar Panigrahi
1Eco-toxicology, Fisheries and Aquaculture Extension Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741 235, West Bengal, India.
Cite article:- Debnath Santanu, Biswas Souvik, Panigrahi Kumar Ashis (2018). Present status and diversity of avian fauna in Purbasthali bird sanctuary, West Bengal, India. Agricultural Science Digest. 38(2): 95-102. doi: 10.18805/ag.D-4711.

ABSTRACT

Birds play a crucial role in many food webs of aquatic ecosystem and the birds are known as good ‘bio-indicators’ as they are very sensitive to minor environmental changes. The present study was carried out in Purbasthali bird sanctuary of West Bengal (India) and its surroundings from January 2016 to December 2016 to explore the current status and diversity of avian fauna. The point count and line transect methods were implemented in bird counting. A total of 86 species of birds belonging to 31 families were recorded from the study area. Anatidae and Ardeidae were the dominant families with highest relative diversity. Residential status, IUCN Red list status and Relative abundance of bird species were also considered. Different diversity indices were also calculated. Purbasthali bird sanctuary supports a huge amount of bird diversity. So continuous monitoring of avian fauna and health condition of the ecosystem by local or state levels on taking integrated management programs will helpful to maintain a sustainable development of the habitat.  

REFERENCES

  1. Ali, S., Ripley, S.D. (1987). Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan. Oxford University Press. New Delhi.
  2. Aynalem, S., Bekele, A. (2008). Species composition, relative abundance and distribution of bird fauna of riverine and wetland habitats of Infranz and Yiganda at southern tip of Lake Tana, Ethiopia. Trop Ecol., 49:199–209.
  3. Basavarajappa, S. (2006). Avifauna of Agro ecosystem of Maidan area of Karnataka. Zoo’s Print. 21(4):2217-2219.
  4. Bhattacharya, R., Roy, R. (2013). Habitat wise distribution of local birds in the vicinity of Krishnanagar. Proc. Nat. Con. Cha. Bio. Res. Man. ISBN 978-81-927762-0-0. pp- 179-187.
  5. Bird Life International. IUCN Red List for birds (2015). http://www.birdlife.org/2015. Accessed on 06 June, 2016.
  6. Biswas Roy, M., Chatterjee, D., Mukherjee, T., Roy, P.K. (2016). Environmental threat to wetland bio-diversity on migratory bird: a case study of peri-urban area of West Bengal. Asian Journal of Current Research, 1(1): 30-38, 2016.
  7. Buckland, S.T., Anderson, D.R., Burnham, K.P., Laake, J.L. (1993). Distance Sampling: Estimating the Abundance of Biological Populations. Chapman and Hall, New York
  8. Das, S. (2012). Utilization and management of wetland resources of West Bengal, India. Ph.D thesis, Indian Institute of Technology- Kharagpur.
  9. Datta, T. (2011). Human interference and avifaunal diversity of two wetlands of Jalpaig­uri, West Bengal, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3 (12): 2253–2262.
  10. Derso, S., Beyene, A., Getachew, M., Ambelu, A. (2015). Assessment of ecological quality of hot springs in the Eastern Amhara Region. Environ Syst Res (2015) 4:19.
  11. Froneman, A., Mangnall, M.J., Little, R.M., Crowe, T.M. (2001). Water bird assemblages and associated habitat characteristics of farm ponds in the Western Cape, South Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation, 10:251-271.
  12. Fuller, R.J., Gough, S.J., Marchant, J.H. (1995). Bird populations in new Lowland woods: Landscape, Design and management perspectives. In: The Ecology of Woodland Creation, (Ferris-Kaan, R., ed.) pp. 163-182. London: John Wiley and and Sons Ltd.
  13. Ganesan, L., Khan, R.A. (2007). Studies on ecology of Zooplankton in a Floodplain Wetland of West Bengal, India, Proceedings of Taal 2007: The 12th World lake conference: 67-73.
  14. Ganguly, S. (2015). Diversity and temporal variation of migratory water birds of some selected wetlands from eastern India. Species,13, 42-50.
  15. Gibbs, J.P. (1993). The importance of small wetlands for the persistence of local populations of wetland associated animals. Wetlands, 13:25-31.
  16. Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., Inskipp, T. (1999). Pocket guide to the birds of the Indian subcontinent. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India.
  17. Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., Inskipp, T. (2011). Birds of the Indian Subcontinent. India: Oxford.
  18. Inskipp, T., Lindsey, N., Duckworth, W. (1996). An annotated checklist of the birds of the Oriental region. Sandy, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom: Oriental Bird Club.
  19. IUCN (2016). The IUCN Red list of threatened species. Version 2016-3. http://www.iucnredlist.org.
  20. Khan, M.M.H. (2005). Species diversity, relative abundance and habitat use of the birds in the Sundarbans East Wildlife Sanctuary, Bangladesh. FORKTAIL 21 (2005): 79–86.
  21. Koli, V.K. (2014). Diversity and status of avifauna in Todgarh-Raoli Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 7 (2014) 401-407.
  22. Maheswaran, G., Rahmani, A.R. (2001). Effects of water level changes and wading bird abundance on the foraging behavior of blacknecked stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus in Dudwa National Park, India. Journal Bioscience, 26:373-382.
  23. Mckinney, M.L. (2002). Urbanization, biodiversity, Conservation. Bioscience, 52:883-890.
  24. Morrisson, M.L. (1986). Bird populations as indicators of environmental changes. Current Ornithology, 3: 429-451. 
  25. Patra, A., Santra, K.B., Manna, C.K. (2010). Limnological studies related to physico-chemical characteristics of water of santragachi and joypur jheel, West Bengal, India, Our nature 8:185-203
  26. Roy, M.B., Chatterjee, D., Mukherjee, T., Roy, P.K. (2016). Environmental threat to wetland bio-diversity on migratory bird: a case study of peri-urban area of West Bengal. Asian Journal of Current Research. 1(1): 30-38.
  27. Sibley, C.G., Monroe, B.L. (1990). Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
  28. Singh, A., Laura, J.S. (2013). Avifauna Species Diversity and their Abundance in Tilyar Lake, Rohtak, Haryana (India). Bull. Env. Pharmacol. Life Sci., 3 (1) December 2013: 180-185.
  29. Singha Roy, U., Banerjee, P., Mukhopadhyay, S.K. (2012). Study on avifaunal diversity from three different regions of North Bengal, India. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, ISSN 2278-7666. December 2012. Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 120 -129. 
  30. Singha Roy, U., Roy Goswami, A., Aich, A., Mukhopadhyay, S.K. (2011). Changes in densities of waterbird Species in Santragachi Lake, India: Potential Effects on Limnochemical Variables . Zoological Studies 50(1): 76-84.
  31. Smith, B., Wilson, J.B. (1996). A consumer’s guide to evenness indices. Oikos 76:70–82.
  32. Sutherland, W.J., Newton, I., Green, R.E. (2005). Bird Ecology and Conservation, a Handbook of techniques. New York: Oxford University Press.
  33. Torre-Cuadros, MDLAL., Herrando-Perez, S., Young, K.R. (2007). Diversity and structure patterns for tropical montane and premontane forests of central Peru, with an assessment of the use of higher-taxon surrogacy. Biodiversity and Conservation, 16:2965-2988.
  34. Urfi, A.J., Monalisa, S., Kalam, A., Meganathan, T. (2005). Counting birds in India: Methodologies and trends. Current Science, 89:1997-2003. 
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    volume 38 issue 2 (june 2018) : 95-102,   Doi: 10.18805/ag.D-4711

    Present status and diversity of avian fauna in Purbasthali bird sanctuary, West Bengal, India
     

    S
    Santanu Debnath
    S
    Souvik Biswas
    A
    Ashis Kumar Panigrahi
    1Eco-toxicology, Fisheries and Aquaculture Extension Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741 235, West Bengal, India.
    Cite article:- Debnath Santanu, Biswas Souvik, Panigrahi Kumar Ashis (2018). Present status and diversity of avian fauna in Purbasthali bird sanctuary, West Bengal, India. Agricultural Science Digest. 38(2): 95-102. doi: 10.18805/ag.D-4711.

    ABSTRACT

    Birds play a crucial role in many food webs of aquatic ecosystem and the birds are known as good ‘bio-indicators’ as they are very sensitive to minor environmental changes. The present study was carried out in Purbasthali bird sanctuary of West Bengal (India) and its surroundings from January 2016 to December 2016 to explore the current status and diversity of avian fauna. The point count and line transect methods were implemented in bird counting. A total of 86 species of birds belonging to 31 families were recorded from the study area. Anatidae and Ardeidae were the dominant families with highest relative diversity. Residential status, IUCN Red list status and Relative abundance of bird species were also considered. Different diversity indices were also calculated. Purbasthali bird sanctuary supports a huge amount of bird diversity. So continuous monitoring of avian fauna and health condition of the ecosystem by local or state levels on taking integrated management programs will helpful to maintain a sustainable development of the habitat.  

    REFERENCES

    1. Ali, S., Ripley, S.D. (1987). Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan. Oxford University Press. New Delhi.
    2. Aynalem, S., Bekele, A. (2008). Species composition, relative abundance and distribution of bird fauna of riverine and wetland habitats of Infranz and Yiganda at southern tip of Lake Tana, Ethiopia. Trop Ecol., 49:199–209.
    3. Basavarajappa, S. (2006). Avifauna of Agro ecosystem of Maidan area of Karnataka. Zoo’s Print. 21(4):2217-2219.
    4. Bhattacharya, R., Roy, R. (2013). Habitat wise distribution of local birds in the vicinity of Krishnanagar. Proc. Nat. Con. Cha. Bio. Res. Man. ISBN 978-81-927762-0-0. pp- 179-187.
    5. Bird Life International. IUCN Red List for birds (2015). http://www.birdlife.org/2015. Accessed on 06 June, 2016.
    6. Biswas Roy, M., Chatterjee, D., Mukherjee, T., Roy, P.K. (2016). Environmental threat to wetland bio-diversity on migratory bird: a case study of peri-urban area of West Bengal. Asian Journal of Current Research, 1(1): 30-38, 2016.
    7. Buckland, S.T., Anderson, D.R., Burnham, K.P., Laake, J.L. (1993). Distance Sampling: Estimating the Abundance of Biological Populations. Chapman and Hall, New York
    8. Das, S. (2012). Utilization and management of wetland resources of West Bengal, India. Ph.D thesis, Indian Institute of Technology- Kharagpur.
    9. Datta, T. (2011). Human interference and avifaunal diversity of two wetlands of Jalpaig­uri, West Bengal, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3 (12): 2253–2262.
    10. Derso, S., Beyene, A., Getachew, M., Ambelu, A. (2015). Assessment of ecological quality of hot springs in the Eastern Amhara Region. Environ Syst Res (2015) 4:19.
    11. Froneman, A., Mangnall, M.J., Little, R.M., Crowe, T.M. (2001). Water bird assemblages and associated habitat characteristics of farm ponds in the Western Cape, South Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation, 10:251-271.
    12. Fuller, R.J., Gough, S.J., Marchant, J.H. (1995). Bird populations in new Lowland woods: Landscape, Design and management perspectives. In: The Ecology of Woodland Creation, (Ferris-Kaan, R., ed.) pp. 163-182. London: John Wiley and and Sons Ltd.
    13. Ganesan, L., Khan, R.A. (2007). Studies on ecology of Zooplankton in a Floodplain Wetland of West Bengal, India, Proceedings of Taal 2007: The 12th World lake conference: 67-73.
    14. Ganguly, S. (2015). Diversity and temporal variation of migratory water birds of some selected wetlands from eastern India. Species,13, 42-50.
    15. Gibbs, J.P. (1993). The importance of small wetlands for the persistence of local populations of wetland associated animals. Wetlands, 13:25-31.
    16. Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., Inskipp, T. (1999). Pocket guide to the birds of the Indian subcontinent. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India.
    17. Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., Inskipp, T. (2011). Birds of the Indian Subcontinent. India: Oxford.
    18. Inskipp, T., Lindsey, N., Duckworth, W. (1996). An annotated checklist of the birds of the Oriental region. Sandy, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom: Oriental Bird Club.
    19. IUCN (2016). The IUCN Red list of threatened species. Version 2016-3. http://www.iucnredlist.org.
    20. Khan, M.M.H. (2005). Species diversity, relative abundance and habitat use of the birds in the Sundarbans East Wildlife Sanctuary, Bangladesh. FORKTAIL 21 (2005): 79–86.
    21. Koli, V.K. (2014). Diversity and status of avifauna in Todgarh-Raoli Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 7 (2014) 401-407.
    22. Maheswaran, G., Rahmani, A.R. (2001). Effects of water level changes and wading bird abundance on the foraging behavior of blacknecked stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus in Dudwa National Park, India. Journal Bioscience, 26:373-382.
    23. Mckinney, M.L. (2002). Urbanization, biodiversity, Conservation. Bioscience, 52:883-890.
    24. Morrisson, M.L. (1986). Bird populations as indicators of environmental changes. Current Ornithology, 3: 429-451. 
    25. Patra, A., Santra, K.B., Manna, C.K. (2010). Limnological studies related to physico-chemical characteristics of water of santragachi and joypur jheel, West Bengal, India, Our nature 8:185-203
    26. Roy, M.B., Chatterjee, D., Mukherjee, T., Roy, P.K. (2016). Environmental threat to wetland bio-diversity on migratory bird: a case study of peri-urban area of West Bengal. Asian Journal of Current Research. 1(1): 30-38.
    27. Sibley, C.G., Monroe, B.L. (1990). Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
    28. Singh, A., Laura, J.S. (2013). Avifauna Species Diversity and their Abundance in Tilyar Lake, Rohtak, Haryana (India). Bull. Env. Pharmacol. Life Sci., 3 (1) December 2013: 180-185.
    29. Singha Roy, U., Banerjee, P., Mukhopadhyay, S.K. (2012). Study on avifaunal diversity from three different regions of North Bengal, India. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, ISSN 2278-7666. December 2012. Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 120 -129. 
    30. Singha Roy, U., Roy Goswami, A., Aich, A., Mukhopadhyay, S.K. (2011). Changes in densities of waterbird Species in Santragachi Lake, India: Potential Effects on Limnochemical Variables . Zoological Studies 50(1): 76-84.
    31. Smith, B., Wilson, J.B. (1996). A consumer’s guide to evenness indices. Oikos 76:70–82.
    32. Sutherland, W.J., Newton, I., Green, R.E. (2005). Bird Ecology and Conservation, a Handbook of techniques. New York: Oxford University Press.
    33. Torre-Cuadros, MDLAL., Herrando-Perez, S., Young, K.R. (2007). Diversity and structure patterns for tropical montane and premontane forests of central Peru, with an assessment of the use of higher-taxon surrogacy. Biodiversity and Conservation, 16:2965-2988.
    34. Urfi, A.J., Monalisa, S., Kalam, A., Meganathan, T. (2005). Counting birds in India: Methodologies and trends. Current Science, 89:1997-2003. 
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