Diversity, Abundance and Seasonal Assessment of Wild Birds in Urban Habitat of District Chiniot, Pakistan

ABSTRACT The current study was conducted to find out the avian diversity of district Chiniot, Pakistan. The surveys were performed from March, 2020 to February 2021 on weekly basis, using point count method for the collection of data. Naked eyes and binocular telescope (10x50) were used to count the...

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Published in:Pakistan journal of zoology 2023-04, Vol.55 (2), p.525
Main Authors: Zaman, Ahmad, Rafique, Azhar, Jabeen, Farhat, Sultana, Tayyaba
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Animal populations
Aquatic birds
Autumn
Avifauna
Biodiversity
Biological diversity
Birds
Cemeteries
Environmental aspects
Habitats
Houses
Neighborhoods
Plant reproduction
Protection and preservation
Rare species
Residential areas
Rivers
Sampling
Seasons
Spring
Spring (season)
Summer
Urban areas
Urban ecology
Urban fauna
Urbanization
Winter
Zoological research
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Summary:ABSTRACT The current study was conducted to find out the avian diversity of district Chiniot, Pakistan. The surveys were performed from March, 2020 to February 2021 on weekly basis, using point count method for the collection of data. Naked eyes and binocular telescope (10x50) were used to count the birds and camera was used to photograph the birds. The study area was divided into two major landscapes types such as open field area (agricultural land, river Chenab sides, canals and cemeteries) and built up area (settlements, residential neighborhoods, and institutional grounds). We recorded 87 species of bird of 70 genera belonging to 39 families representing 16 orders. According to Bull and McCackle method, 3 species were very abundant i.e. house crow, common myna, house sparrow, 6 species i.e. green bee"eater, pied bushchat, cattle egret, black drongo, red wattled lapwing, red vented bulbul were abundant, 7 species i.e. purple sunbird, bank myna, The white wagtail, baya weaver, laughing dove, Rofous tail lark and Greater coucal were very common, 23 species were common, 27 species were fairly common, 15 species were uncommon, 5 species were rare while black francolin was single infrequent species. A total of 268013 individual birds were observed from seven selected sampling sites. There was a highly significant difference (P
ISSN:0030-9923
DOI:10.17582/journal.pjz/20211215151255