Abstract
Nepal is rich in bird diversity and recorded 871 bird species. Our study aimed to update bird diversity of Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve (DHR) of Nepal which is an Important Birds Area (IBA) out of 27 IBAs of Nepal. One hundred forty nine species of birds were recorded in DHR; out of them Catreus wallichii was globally threatened bird which has faced different anthropogenic problem. Twelve species of birds were included in CITIES Appendices and 3 species were nationally threatened. Most of the species of order Passeriformis were recorded. Only one species of order Upupiformes i.e. Upupa epops was recorded during the study.
Highlights
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic, egg-laying, vertebrate animals (Wikipedia, 2013)
Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve (DHR) was a habitat of 137 species of bird out of them cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii) is listed in endangered category of IUCN red data list (Thapa, 2007)
We updated the checklist of bird species of DHR
Summary
Birds (class Aves) are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic, egg-laying, vertebrate animals (Wikipedia, 2013). Nepal covers just 0.1% of the global land mass, nearly 9% of the world’s bird species are found here (BCN, 2012). A total of 29 species recorded in Nepal were identified as globally threatened by BirdLife International in 1999 (Grimmett et al, 2000). A total of 27 Important Birds Areas (IBAs) had been identified in Nepal. DHR was a habitat of 137 species of bird out of them cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii) is listed in endangered category of IUCN red data list (Thapa, 2007). We updated the checklist of bird species of DHR. DHR was good habitat of birds (Thapa, 2007) but checklist update was lacking. Our aim was to update the checklist of bird species in DHR and to identify their order, family, conservation status and threats
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