Status of waterbirds at Hathnikund Barrage wetland, Yamunanagar District, Haryana, India

Prakash C. Tak,Anjum N. Rizvi,Jagdish P. Sati

doi:10.11609/jott.o2200.841-4

Abstract

We surveyed the waterbirds of Hathnikund barrage wetland in Haryana for two successive winters between October and March during 2007-08 and 2008-09. Twelve field visits were made at monthly intervals. In total, 31 species including five new additions to the waterbirds of the wetland were recorded. Of these 31, five species (16.2%) were very common, six (19.3%) common, another six uncommon and 14 (45.1%) less common. The waterbird assemblages were dominated by species like Brahminy Shelduck, Northern Pintail, Gadwall, Common Pochard, and Great Cormorant. The maximum species diversity was represented by the family Anatidae, followed by Ardeidae and Scolopacidae.

Highlights

JoTT NoteStatus of waterbirds at Hathnikund Barrage wetland, Yamunanagar District, Haryana, India
Kalsi (1998) was, perhaps, the first to provide a list of 161 species of birds from the Kalesar Sanctuary, while Sharma (2006) made available an updated and an unannotated checklist of 304 species on the internet
Relative abundance was assessed in terms of the following four categories: i) very common; ii) common (50-74%); iii) uncommon (25-49%) and iv) less common (< 25%)

Summary

JoTT Note

Status of waterbirds at Hathnikund Barrage wetland, Yamunanagar District, Haryana, India. The present study on status of waterbirds of Hathnikund Barrage wetland was undertaken while conducting ‘General Faunistic Surveys’ of Kalesar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary under primary objectives of the Zoological Survey of India, Dehra Dun. The present study on status of waterbirds of Hathnikund Barrage wetland was undertaken while conducting ‘General Faunistic Surveys’ of Kalesar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary under primary objectives of the Zoological Survey of India, Dehra Dun This wetland is a small area of about 1km in Yamunanagar District of Haryana. The barrage was constructed from October 1996 to June 1999 and came into being in the year 1999 under the West Jamuna Canal Project to substitute Tajewala water-head (constructed way back in 1873 and has become non-functional) primarily for irrigation and power generation for Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

Material and Methods

Results

Sytematic list

Waterbirds at Hathnikund wetland