An assessment of bird communities across Ujjani and its five satellite wetlands in Solapur District of Maharashtra, India
Ujjani wetland is a potential Ramsar site in Maharashtra, India with several satellite wetlands associated with it. The present study contributes to single large or several small habitat conservation theories by assessing wetland bird communities. Aquatic bird communities were assessed using area...
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doaj-3b9f5fa93fc94121924de9737a51aa422020-11-25T02:25:54ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072019-12-011115149891499710.11609/jott.4741.11.15.14989-149974741An assessment of bird communities across Ujjani and its five satellite wetlands in Solapur District of Maharashtra, IndiaShraddha Prabhakar Karikar0Subhash Vitthal Mali1Kulkarni Prasad2Aphale Priti3Department of Environmental Science, Fergusson College (Autonomous), affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra 411004, India.Department of Environmental Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra 411007, India.School of Ecology, Society and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Social Innovation, Partnership and Co-creation; MIT-World Peace University, Pune 411038, India.Department of Environmental Science, Fergusson College (Autonomous), affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra 411004, India.Ujjani wetland is a potential Ramsar site in Maharashtra, India with several satellite wetlands associated with it. The present study contributes to single large or several small habitat conservation theories by assessing wetland bird communities. Aquatic bird communities were assessed using area search and point count methods at Kumbhargaon (Ujjani), Bhadalwadi, Madanwadi, Palasdev, Pimple and Ravangaon wetlands between October 2011 and September2012. These are representative satellite wetlands around Ujjani. One-hundred-and-ten species of wetland birds across 12 orders and 29 families were recorded. Out of these, 66 were resident and 44 were found to be migrants. These birds represent 23% mudflat feeder, 16% upland feeder, 14% marsh feeder, 12% bird of prey, 11% surface feeder and fish eaters, while divers and wet meadow feeders were represented with 8.5% and 5% of the species, respectively. Among the birds recorded, Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus, Common Pochard Aythya farina, and Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga belong to the Vulnerable category; while Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata, Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster, Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa, Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus, Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor, Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala, River Tern Sterna aurantia, and Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris represent Near Threatened category on the IUCN Red List. The presence of these bird species underlines the importance and conservation priorities of a major as well as smaller satellite wetlands. Anthropogenic activities such as cattle grazing, fishing, sand and soil mining, land encroachment, urban development and tourism were observed as some of the threats to this wetland ecosystem as well as bird communities.https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/4741aquatic birdsramsar siteslosswetland bird communities |
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Shraddha Prabhakar Karikar Subhash Vitthal Mali Kulkarni Prasad Aphale Priti An assessment of bird communities across Ujjani and its five satellite wetlands in Solapur District of Maharashtra, India Journal of Threatened Taxa aquatic birds ramsar site sloss wetland bird communities |
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An assessment of bird communities across Ujjani and its five satellite wetlands in Solapur District of Maharashtra, India |
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An assessment of bird communities across Ujjani and its five satellite wetlands in Solapur District of Maharashtra, India |
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An assessment of bird communities across Ujjani and its five satellite wetlands in Solapur District of Maharashtra, India |
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An assessment of bird communities across Ujjani and its five satellite wetlands in Solapur District of Maharashtra, India |
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An assessment of bird communities across Ujjani and its five satellite wetlands in Solapur District of Maharashtra, India |
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assessment of bird communities across ujjani and its five satellite wetlands in solapur district of maharashtra, india |
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Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society |
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Journal of Threatened Taxa |
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Ujjani wetland is a potential Ramsar site in Maharashtra, India with several satellite wetlands associated with it. The present study contributes to single large or several small habitat conservation theories by assessing wetland bird communities. Aquatic bird communities were assessed using area search and point count methods at Kumbhargaon (Ujjani), Bhadalwadi, Madanwadi, Palasdev, Pimple and Ravangaon wetlands between October 2011 and September2012. These are representative satellite wetlands around Ujjani. One-hundred-and-ten species of wetland birds across 12 orders and 29 families were recorded. Out of these, 66 were resident and 44 were found to be migrants. These birds represent 23% mudflat feeder, 16% upland feeder, 14% marsh feeder, 12% bird of prey, 11% surface feeder and fish eaters, while divers and wet meadow feeders were represented with 8.5% and 5% of the species, respectively. Among the birds recorded, Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus, Common Pochard Aythya farina, and Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga belong to the Vulnerable category; while Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata, Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster, Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa, Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus, Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor, Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala, River Tern Sterna aurantia, and Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris represent Near Threatened category on the IUCN Red List. The presence of these bird species underlines the importance and conservation priorities of a major as well as smaller satellite wetlands. Anthropogenic activities such as cattle grazing, fishing, sand and soil mining, land encroachment, urban development and tourism were observed as some of the threats to this wetland ecosystem as well as bird communities. |
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