Table 1. Status of waterbirds at
Hathnikund Barrage wetland, Yamunanagar District, Haryana, India.
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Sytematic list |
Residential status |
Average (range) |
% sighting |
Relative abundance |
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Podicipedidae |
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|
|
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1 |
Little Grebe (5) |
Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas, 1764) |
R |
2.3 (0-6) |
50 |
C |
|
|
Phalacrocoracidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Little Cormorant (28) |
Phalacrocorax niger (Vieillot, 1817) |
R |
15 (0-50) |
83.3 |
VC |
|
3 |
Great Cormorant (26) |
Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) |
RW |
20.5 (0-60) |
91.6 |
VC |
|
|
Ardeidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Little Egret (49) |
Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) |
R |
9.7 (0-30) |
75 |
VC |
|
5 |
Grey Heron (35-36) |
Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 |
W |
0.2 (0-2) |
16.6 |
LC |
|
6 |
Large Egret (45-46) |
Casmerodius albus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
R |
0.5 (0-2) |
50 |
C |
|
7 |
Median Egret (47, 48) |
Mesophoyx intermedia (Wagler, 1829) |
R |
0.08 (0-1) |
8.3 |
LC |
|
8 |
Cattle Egret (44) |
Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) |
R |
1.7 (0-7) |
41.6 |
UC |
|
9 |
Indian Pond-Heron (42-42a) |
Ardeola grayii (Sykes, 1832) |
R |
0.2 (0-1) |
25 |
UC |
|
|
Ciconiidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
Black Stork (65) |
Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) |
w |
0.4 (0-5) |
8.3 |
LC |
|
|
Anatidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
*Bar-headed Goose (82) |
Anser indicus (Latham, 1790) |
w |
0.3 (0-4) |
8.3 |
LC |
|
12 |
Brahminy Shelduck (90) |
Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas, 1764) |
W |
160 (21-350) |
91.6 |
VC |
|
13 |
*Gadwall (101) |
Anas strepera Linnaeus, 1758 |
W |
47 (0-120) |
66.6 |
C |
|
14 |
Eurasian Wigeon (103) |
Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758 |
W |
8.3 (0-100) |
8.3 |
LC |
|
15 |
*Mallard (100) |
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 |
W |
3.5 (0-36) |
25 |
UC |
|
16 |
Spot-billed Duck (97-99) |
Anas poecilorhyncha J.R. Forester, 1781 |
R |
11.3 (0-20) |
75 |
VC |
|
17 |
Northern Shoveller (105) |
Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758 |
W |
0.1 (0-2) |
8.3 |
LC |
|
18 |
Northern Pintail (93) |
Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758 |
W |
17.5 (0-150) |
16.6 |
LC |
|
19 |
*Red-crested Pochard (107) |
Rhodonessa rufina (Pallas, 1773) |
w |
15.2 (0-60) |
58.3 |
C |
|
20 |
*Common Pochard (108) |
Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758) |
W |
21.1 (0-90) |
50 |
C |
|
21 |
Tufted Pochard (111) |
Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758) |
W |
3.3 (0-40) |
8.3 |
LC |
|
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Rallidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
22 |
Common Moorhen (347-347a) |
Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
R |
0.3 (0-2) |
16.6 |
LC |
|
23 |
Common Coot (350) |
Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 |
R |
0.8 (0-10) |
8.3 |
LC |
|
|
Charadriidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 |
River Lapwing (369) |
Vanellus duvaucelii (Lesson, 1826) |
R |
0.8 (0-7) |
25 |
UC |
|
25 |
Red-wattled Lapwing (366-368) |
Vanellus indicus (Boddaert, 1783) |
R |
0.9 (0-3) |
50 |
C |
|
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Scolopacidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
26 |
Common Greenshank (396) |
Tringa nebularia (Gunner, 1767) |
W |
0.08 (0-1) |
8.3 |
LC |
|
27 |
Green Sandpiper (397) |
Tringa ochropus Linnaeus, 1758 |
W |
0.2 (0-1) |
25 |
UC |
|
28 |
Common Sandpiper (401) |
Actitis hypoleucos Linnaeus, 1758 |
w |
0.1 (0-1) |
16.6 |
LC |
|
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Recurvirostridae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
29 |
Black-winged Stilt (430-431) |
Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
R |
0.1 (0-4) |
41.6 |
UC |
|
|
Laridae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
Brown-headed Gull (454) |
Larus brunnicephalus Jerdon, 1840 |
w |
0.7 (0-5) |
16.6 |
LC |
|
31 |
River Tern (463) |
Sterna aurantia J.E. Gray, 1831 |
R |
0.08 (0-1) |
8.3 |
LC |
·
- species added for the first time to
the existing avifaunal checklist of Kalesar area; VC - very common; C - common;
UC - uncommon;
LC - less common; R - widespread resident; RW - widespread
resident as well as widespread winter migrant;
W - widespread winter migrant; w -
sparse local winter migrant. Numbers
within brackets after the common names are
the numbers given to species in
Ripley’s (1982) Synopsis, which was also followed in Ali & Ripley’s
Handbook.
Figure 1. Proportion
of avian families as represented by species richness of waterbirds of
Hathnikund Barrage
Figure 2. Proportion of avian families as represented by
population abundance of waterbirds of Hathnikund Barrage
