Causes of Migratory Birds’ Populations Decline in Purulia District, West Bengal, India

Soham Chowdhury¹

Section:Survey Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.5 , Issue.8 , pp.159-164, Aug-2019

Online published on Aug 31, 2019

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Abstract :
District Purulia has several large and small water bodies having diverse aquatic flora and fauna. The wetlands of Purulia are adobe of various migratory as well as residential birds. But the misfortune in respect to ecosystem is that a decreasing trend is observed among the three year study (2006-07, 2012-13 & 2018-19). In last 6 years, population of migratory bird in this district have been reduced by nearly 37%. The present study deals with the causes of avian migratory species’ populations decline at wetlands of Purulia district. There are 39 migratory bird species in number in these wetland regions of this district belonging to 8 orders and 12 families. Red-crested Pochard, Tufted Duck, Lesser Whistling Duck, Northern Pintail, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Coot etc. are found in large number in winter season in these wetlands. However decreasing trend in migratory birds’ diversity has been observed due to the destruction of natural habitats and anthropogenic interference.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Avian migratory, threat, wetland

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