Abstract
Background: The birds constitute one of the most popular and easily recognizable groups of animals. They constitute the largest class of terrestrial chordates. The present paper deals with the documentation of number of avian species from agricultural mosaics in Ludhiana district of Punjab along with their residential and IUCN status 2020. Methods: During the present study, periodic monthly as well as random surveys were conducted to document various bird species occurring in the study area from May 2016 to April 2019. The study area was categorized into agricultural, aquatic and forest habitats. Result: A total of 173 species of birds referable to 17 orders and 56 families have been documented from the study area and identified on the basis of various morphological features and calls. During this study, maximum number of species have been recorded from agricultural habitat (118 species), followed by aquatic habitat (114 species) and the area covering the forest habitat and roadside plantations (71 species). However, some species have been found as common in these habitats.
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