Avifaunal Composition of Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, New Delhi
Manoj Singh 1 , Krishan Kumar 1 , T. K. Roy 2 and Yashmita-Ulman 3 *
1
School of Environmental Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi,
110067
India
2
State Coordinator, Asian Waterbird Census,
Wetlands International South Asia,
New Delhi,
110024
India
3
Department of Forestry,
NERIST, Nirjuli, Itanagar,
791109
Arunachal Pradesh
India
http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.12.2.15
The Jawaharlal Nehru University campus is a unique campus which habours not only the natural ridge ecosystem but also a huge avifaunal biodiversity. The survey was done for a period of three years from January 2013 to December 2016. Data was collected using line transects in different habitats all across the campus. A total of 114 bird species belonging to 19 orders and 52 families were identified during the study period, including 3 near threatened species, 2 vagrants, 3 summer visitors, 4 passage migrants, 26 winter visitors and 79 resident species. Of these, 47 species were insectivorous, 33 species were omnivorous, 14 species were carnivorous, 7 species were frugivorous, 6 species were gramnivorous, 4 species were herbivorous, 2 species were piscivorous and 1 species was nectarivorous. It was observed that the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus supported very rich and diverse avian fauna assemblages all year round due to the presence of the ridge ecosystems. Long-term conservation programmes must be adopted in order to protect the natural ecosystems and bird diversity present in the campus.
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Singh M, Kumar K, Roy T. K, Yashmita-Ulman. Avifaunal Composition of Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, New Delhi. Curr World Environ 2017;12(2). DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.12.2.15
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Singh M, Kumar K, Roy T. K, Yashmita-Ulman. Avifaunal Composition of Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, New Delhi. Curr World Environ 2017;12(2). Available from: http://www.cwejournal.org/?p=17400
