A Preliminary Checklist of Birds in Azmat Abad Village Thanna Mandi District Rajouri of, Jammu and Kashmir
Abstract
Birds play an important role in the ecosystem as long-distance pollinators, scavengers as well as biocontrol agents of various crop pests and thus to be considered as bio-indicators. Different birds have different habitats, some are aerial, some are terrestrial, some are aquatic, some lives near the bank of the reservoir. In this survey, the bird diversity has been recorded for the first time as a preliminary checklist purpose of Azmat Abad Village of Thelsil Thanna Mandi of District Rajouri of J&K The Field survey was done from Agust to October 2020. Total 9 species of terrestrial Birds have been recorded. The preliminary checklist is provided for the undertaking of future research and conservation as well as management on the bird’s diversity of Azmat Abad village
References
BirdLife International (2016). "Hypsipetes leucocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103823996A94366953. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103823996A94366953.en.
Gregory, Steven M. S. (2000). "Nomenclature of the Hypsipetes Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)" (PDF). Forktail. 16: 164–166.
Warren, Ben H.; Bermingham, Eldredge; Prys-Jones, Robert P. & Thebaud, Christophe (2005). "Tracking island colonization history and phenotypic shifts in Indian Ocean bulbuls (Hypsipetes: Pycnonotidae)" (PDF). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 85 (3): 271–287. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00492.x.
Dickinson, E.C.; Dekker, R.W.R.J.; Eck, S. & Somadikarta, S. (2002). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 26. Types of the Pycnonotidae". Zool. Verh. Leiden. 340: 115–160.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
Ali, S & S D Ripley (1996). Handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan. 6 (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 109–113.
Blanford WT (1889). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Birds Volume 1. Taylor and Francis, London. pp. 259–263.
Baker, ECS (1924). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Birds. 1 (2nd ed.). Taylor and Francis, London. pp. 368–373.
Page, WT (1903). "The Himalayan Black Bulbul. Hypsipetes psaroides". Avicultural Magazine. 1 (6): 209–211.
Rasmussen PC & JC Anderton (2005). Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide. Volume 2. Smithsonian Institution & Lynx Edicions. pp. 342–344.
Raza, Rashid H. (1993). "Sighting of Black Bulbul Hypsipetes madagascariensis (P.L.S. Muller) in Gaya, Bihar". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 90 (2): 291.
Gaston, AJ (1972). "Black Bulbuls Hypsipetes madagascariensis (P.L.S. Muller) in Delhi". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 69 (3): 651–652.
Hume, A.O. (1889). The nests and eggs of Indian birds. 1 (2nd ed.). R H Porter, London. pp. 164–168.
Narang, ML; Rana, RS (1999). "Black Bulbuls association with Melia azedarach". Newsletter for Birdwatchers. 38 (6): 104.
Aggarwal S, Sahi DN and Wani A (2008). Feeding guilds of avifauna of Nandni Wildlife Sanctuary, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir). The Ecoscan, 2(2): 157-160
Ahmed A and Sahi DN (2005). Diversity and status of birds of Tehsil Doda. Journal of Nature and Conservation, 17: 135-143.
Ali S (2002). The book of Indian birds. Thirteenth Edition Published by Bombay Natural History Society, Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
Bhat BA and Bhat GA (2012). Distribution of avifauna in Yusmarg forest-Jammu and Kashmir, India. International Journal of Current Research, 4(5): 52-56.
Choudhary N (2010). Diversity and Status of wildlife fauna of District Rajouri, J and K. Ph.D Thesis, University of Jammu, Jammu.
Fazili MF, Bhat BA and Ahangar FA (2017). Avian Diversity of Anchar lake, Kashmir, India. New York Science Journal, 10(1): 92-97. Grimmett R, Inskipp C and Inskipp T (2011). Birds of the Indian Subcontinent. Oxford University Press.
Hussain S and Kait R (2013). Studies on avian diversity of Tehsil Mendhar, Poonch, J and K, India. Journal of Biosphere, 2(1): 66-71.
Islam MZ and Rahmani AR (2004). Important bird areas in India: Priority sites for conservation. Indian Bird Conservation Network, Bombay Natural History Society and Birdlife International, UK. Kattan GH and Franco P (2004).
