Avifaunal diversity of gharana wetland conservation reserve in relation to their feeding habits

Case Report
Satinder kaur, Hasleen Kour, Shallina Gupta and Anupriya Sachar*
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.20241507.0907
Subject: 
Zoology,
KeyWords: 
Gharana wetland; Feeding habits; and Dominant
Abstract: 

The present piece of work has been conducted (2022) on Gharana Wetland (Reserve) in order to observe avifaunal diversity and their feeding guilds. During this study, 19 species of wetland birds belonging to 16 families and 9 orders were reported from the study area. Out of 9 orders, Charadriiformes and Passeriformes dominated the community of wetland birds in the studied area, represented by 4 and 4 species, respectively. It is made up 21% of the total number of identified species of wetland birds, followed by the order Coraciformes with 15.7% of species (3 species), the order Pelecaniformes and Gruiformes each had 10.5% (2 species) and the least was from the orders Anseriformes, Suliformes, Bucerotiformes and Cuciliformes, i.e. 5.2% each with only one species. Foraging guilds were also recorded according to their habitat, foraging method, bill type and food taken. Of the 19 species, 7 (36.8%) were carnivorous, 4 species (21%) were insectivorous, 1 species (5.2%) were herbivorous, 4 species (21%) were omnivorous, and 3 (15.8%) were from multiple guilds. Carnivores were found to be the dominant species.