Seasonal Variation in Avian Fauna of Sarsuna Satellite Township Area – A Case Study

Indraneel Saha¹ , Suvajit Dey² , Swagata Palit³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.9 , Issue.1 , pp.84-91, Feb-2022

Online published on Feb 28, 2022

Copyright © Indraneel Saha, Suvajit Dey, Swagata Palit . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
Birds are considered as one of the most significant indicators of the environment. Because they are very much sensitive to habitat change. Changes in bird populations are an important indication of environmental problems. During the time of urbanization, the population of birds has been particularly affected mainly in urban and suburban areas. The area of our study – Sarsuna Satellite Township is mainly a suburban region where the bird population is also likely to be affected. However, our study mainly focuses on the analysis of these bird populations and to compare their diversity indices in pre and post monsoon season. The study reveals a wide range of birds according to their feeding habits and their family. A comparative study summarizes that there is no significant difference in bird diversity between two seasons but however the total bird count irrespective of the seasons are alarmingly low and therefore need special attention.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Sarsuna Satellite Township Area, Avian fauna, Seasonal Variance, Diversity Indices

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