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Bird community of Koonthankulam bird sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, India
Rajakumari, M., Paramanantha Swami Doss, D., Balamurugan, S., Nivetha, S. and Suthakar Isaac, S.
Year : 2021 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 168-177
Received on: 05/22/2021
Revised on: 06/18/2021
Accepted on: 06/20/2021
Published on: 06/30/2021
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Rajakumari, M., Paramanantha Swami Doss, D., Balamurugan, S., Nivetha, S. and Suthakar Isaac, S.( 2021).
Bird community of Koonthankulam bird sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, India
. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 6( 3), 168-177.
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Abstract
The study on avifauna of Koonthakulam Bird Sanctuary (Tamil Nadu, India) was carried out for a period of two years (May 2009 to April 2011). Our study revealed that a total of 117 species of birds belonging to 14 orders and 24 families were recorded. Out of which 63 species (53.9 %) were resident, 26 species (22.2 %) were resident migrant and 28 species (23.9 %) were migrant. Koonthakulam Bird Sanctuary is numerically dominated by Ciconiiformes. Considerable variation in the number of birds/species from month to month was observed. Bird species richness and abundance was greater during winter than Southwest and North East monsoon seasons. Birds of the study area showed a bimodal annual seasonality that was related to the rainfall with the peak in a month’s time lag. Bird species richness and abundance was greater during winter than Southwest and North East monsoon seasons.
Keywords
Avifauna Richness, Abundance, Seasonality, Koonthakulam, Bird Sanctuary.
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