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A comparative study of avian diversity in Teknaf Wildlife Sanctuary, Inani Reserve Forest and Chittagong University campus in Bangladesh

Authors :
M. Farid Ahsan
Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar
Source :
Journal of Threatened Taxa, Vol 9, Iss 5, Pp 10158-10170 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society, 2017.

Abstract

We performed a comparative study of birds in Teknaf Wildlife Sanctuary (TWS), Inani Reserve Forest (IRF) and the Chittagong University Campus (CUC) in 2015. A total of 249 species belonging to 50 families were recorded: 210 species from 46 families in TWS, 187 species from 45 families in IRF, and 182 species from 45 families in CUC. Of these, 181 species (73%) were resident, 57 (23%) winter visitors, three (1.20%) summer visitors, two (0.80%) passage migrants and five (2%) vagrants. According to their frequency of occurrence, 73 species (29.32%) were very common, 66 (26.5%) common, 62 (25%) uncommon and 48 (19%) rare. 120 species (48%) were passerines (97 in TWS, 95 in IRF and 97 in CUC) and 129 (52%) non-passerines (113 in TWS, 92 in IRF and 85 in CUC). Among the three areas, TWS had the greatest diversity in terms of total species, (210˃187˃182), residents (161˃148˃134), non-residents (49˃48˃39), forest indicator birds (47˃44˃31) and wading birds (48˃34˃24).

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09747893 and 09747907
Volume :
9
Issue :
5
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Journal of Threatened Taxa
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.64f713e7297447b4a903908b5015608b
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2942.9.5.10158-10170