Study on Avifaunal Diversity of the Selected Lakes from Paoni Tehsil in Bhandara District, Maharashtra

Abstract

The current investigation was conceded in the year of March 2022 -February 2023. It deals with the eastern Vidarbha region of Maharashtra State, especially Paoni Tehsil of Bhandara district is important to the water birds and land birds as there are many lakes in the district.It deals with the study of avifaunal diversity in lakes of Paoni Tehsil. Bird’s observations were carried out at regular intervals of the three lakes of three main seasons at regular interval of the study period. The present study based on the identification of residential Bird. Observations done with the help of Olympus, 10-50 DPS. Photographs were taken by with appropriate zoom lens of digital camera Nikon. Photos were clicked by visiting twice a day .four visits per month during morning 7:30 -10:30am and at evening 4:00 – 6:00pm. During the study a total number of 43 birds species lake 10 different orders 24 different families among which order Passeriformes were dominant by contributing 13 followed by order Ciconiformes with 08 species orders Anasiformes and Corcariformes represented by 05 species each order Charadriformes represented by 03 species, order Galliformes represented by 03 species and order Pelacaniformes and Psittaciformes represented by 02 species each and order Columbiformes and Falconiformes represented by 01 species each. The number of birds species may however vary accordingly based on parameters such as availability of food, water, and expansion of human populations; seasonal impacts etc.