Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Keerthika Murugan, Logadharsini Vijayendran, Lusiya Mary Thangaraj, Mathialagan Mariyappan, Archana Arunachalam, Meena Rajendran and Kumaravel Solaimuthu

Abstract:
A total number of 80 bird species belonging to 39 families and 17 orders has been recorded in the survey carried out from April 2022 to July 2022. Among the 17 orders Passeriformes (35.8%) is a dominant group consists of 14 species. All the birds recorded in the study area were categorized into 6 ecological groups based on their feeding habits namely, Insectivorous dominate in species strength (40.0%) followed by Omnivorous (21.25%), Carnivorous (13.75%), Granivorous (10.0%), Frugivorous (6.25%), Piscivorous (5.0%) and Nectarivorous (3.75%). Based on migratory and conservational status data results revealed that among the 80 bird species 56 species (70.0%) belong to resident (R), 11 species (13.25%) belong to resident (local) migrant (RM), 13 species (16.25%) belong to migrant (M) and 75 species (93.75%) were belong to least concern (LC). The results of Relative diversity (RD) index showed that Columbidae (8.75%) was the dominant family in the study area.