Birds of the Kerala Agricultural University campus, Thrissur District, Kerala, India - an update

An updated checklist of the birds of the Kerala Agricultural University main campus is presented here.  The current checklist includes 172 species in 60 families and 17 orders.  The campus avifauna includes two Western Ghats endemic species and three globally threatened species.  The Kerala Agricult...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Main Authors: K. Abha Manohar, Arjun Ramachandran, M.S. Syamili, E.R. Sreekumar, Nithin Mohan, J. Anjali, Abinand Reddy, P. O. Nameer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2017-08-01
Subjects:
birdlife international
cites
ebird
endemism
iucn
near-threatened
red list
vulnerable
western ghats
wildlife (protection) act
1972.
Online Access:https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2455
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Summary:An updated checklist of the birds of the Kerala Agricultural University main campus is presented here.  The current checklist includes 172 species in 60 families and 17 orders.  The campus avifauna includes two Western Ghats endemic species and three globally threatened species.  The Kerala Agricultural University main campus also supports 11 species of birds included in Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and 16 species that are listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES).  Seasonality chart prepared using eBird is also provided for each of the species.
ISSN:0974-7893
0974-7907

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