Abstract
Birds are highly diverse and conspicuous species of the environmental ecosystem. And act as potential bio-indicators. The present study deals with the diversity and status of avian species. The survey carried out from March 2023 to July 2023 in the Kukkarahalli Lake, Mysuru. A total 85 species of avifauna belonging to 17 orders and 40 families has been recorded in study area by using Line transect method, The order Passeriformes has the most species (37 species), whereas the orders Bucerotiformes, Galliformes, Podicipediformes, Psittacciformes and Strigiformes have the fewest species (1species each). Among the recorded species 64 (75%) species were Resident and 21 (25%) species were resident migratory. The result of relative diversity (RD) showed that Ardeidae (RD Index value= 9.523), was the dominant family. The present study provides baseline information for the bird diversity in and around study area and is a preliminary effort to assess species richness and the avifaunal diversity of Kukkarahalli Lake.
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