Avifauna of Thummalapalle Uranium Mining Area, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Y. Amarnath Reddy
B. Sadasivaiah
K. Rajakullaiswamy
P. Indira
T. Pullaiah

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The avifauna of Thummalapalle Uranium Mining Area in Kadapa and Anantapur districts of Andhra Pradesh consists of 99 species belonging to 43 families as observed during the two-and-half year long study between 2009 and 2012.  The majority of them are residents (92%) and a very few are local migrants (5%) and winter migrants (2%), and inclusive of 47 species that are common, 13 occasional, 17 uncommon and 22 rare.

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T. Pullaiah, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh 515003, India

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