Assessment of diversity, abundance, and seasonal variatons of bird species in Bengaluru District, India during COVID-19 lockdown
- Title
- Assessment of diversity, abundance, and seasonal variatons of bird species in Bengaluru District, India during COVID-19 lockdown
- Creator
- Hemanth H.; Vinanthi R.K.S.; Paari K.A.
- Description
- The study investgates bird populaton dynamics in Bengaluru, India, post-lockdown, focusing on occurrence, seasonal abundance, species diversity, richness, dominance, and evenness. It covers 55 bird species across 52 genera, grouped into 32 families within 13 orders, with a notable peak in winter. Various indices, including Shannon Wiener, Margalefs, Pielous, and Simpsons, reveal signifcant seasonal diferences in bird populaton characteristcs. The Rock Pigeon Columba livia dominates, while the Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus is less prevalent. The study identfes Near Threatened species like Black-headed Ibis and Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster, along with Least Concern species per the IUCN Red List. Common species include Rock Pigeon, Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos, House Crow Corvus splendens, Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus, Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus, Common Myna Acridotheres trists, Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus, Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus, and Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fuvicola. The study aims to inform improved management and conservaton strategies for Bengalurus diverse bird species. Hemanth et al. 2024. Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License. JoTT allows unrestricted use, reproducton, and distributon of this artcle in any medium by providing adequate credit to the author(s) and the source of publicaton
- Source
- Journal of Threatened Taxa, Vol-16, No. 1, pp. 24557-24567.
- Date
- 2024-01-01
- Publisher
- Zoo Outreach Organisation
- Subject
- Avian abundance; bird diversity; conservaton; lockdown efects; polluton indices; species evenness; species richness; threatened species; water bodies
- Coverage
- Hemanth H., Department of Lifesciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Dharmaram College Road, Hosur Road, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Vinanthi R.K.S., Department of Lifesciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Dharmaram College Road, Hosur Road, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Paari K.A., Department of Lifesciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Dharmaram College Road, Hosur Road, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India
- Rights
- All Open Access; Gold Open Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 9747893
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Hemanth H.; Vinanthi R.K.S.; Paari K.A., “Assessment of diversity, abundance, and seasonal variatons of bird species in Bengaluru District, India during COVID-19 lockdown,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 27, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/13342.