Abstract
This paper deals with an assessment of avifauna diversity and their migratory status in Sadashiv nagar of Belagavi city in North Karnataka, India. A weekly observation from September 2011 to August 2013 for the period of 2 years resulted in documentation of 75 bird species belongs to 16 orders, 39 families and 65 genera. Passeriformes alone represent 59% of the total bird species recorded followed by Ciconiformes (5%) and Columbiformes (5%). Among the families Cistcolidae and Motacillidae consists maximum (5 species each) number of bird species followed by Ardeidae, Columbidae and Muscicapinae (4 species each). Out of total bird species recorded 35% found as resident, 29% were local migratory, 9% were winter visitor and 1% were summer visitor and rare.
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