Vol. 5 (07) pp. 368-381 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4728

AVIFAUNAL DIVERSITY IN AND AROUND BHASKEL DAM RESERVOIR OF NABARANGPUR, ODISHA.

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  • M.Phil student, Department of Zoology, North Orissa University, Takatpur, Baripada, Odisha, India.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, North Orissa University, Takatpur, Baripada, Odisha, India.
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Abstract

Birds are distributed all over the world occupying various habitats. Birds are important bio-indicators of nature so monitoring bird population is important. India?s biodiversity is very rich with many types of rare flora and fauna. The present study has been conducted to record the avifaunal diversity in and around the Bhaskel Dam reservoir in the Nabarangpur district of Odisha. Though many varieties of birds are seen in and around the dam no study has been conducted so far on the bird diversity of the area. After a study of about one year a total of 3,633 birds belonging to 150 species, 115 genera, 56 families and 19 orders were recorded. The Shanon-Weiner?s diversity index was found to be 4.724 and the Simpson?s diversity index was found to be 0.99 which signifies a good avifaunal diversity in the study area.

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How to Cite This Article

Pramod Pal, Abhilash Acharya and Hemanta Kumar Sahu. (2017); AVIFAUNAL DIVERSITY IN AND AROUND BHASKEL DAM RESERVOIR OF NABARANGPUR, ODISHA., Int. J. of Adv. Res., 5 (07), 368-381, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4728

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Pramod Pal
M.phil student, Department of Zoology, North Orissa University, Takatpur, Baripada, Odisha, India
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