Assessment of bird diversity along Yamuna river, Haryana, India

The avian diversity status of selected sites of Yamuna Riverine area in Haryana was studied from September 2021 toApril 2022. A total of 59 birds were observed and recorded from studied sites (Yamunanagar, Panipat and Faridabad riverine area), which belongs to 8 orders and14 families. The dominant Order was Anseriformes with 15 species, followed by the order Charadrii formes with 13 species and order Gruiformes with 09 species. Fifty-nine bird species belonging to 14 families and eight orders have been recorded from the Yamuna Riverine area in Haryana. The family Anatidae was dominant (25 %), followed by Scolopacidae (14%), Ardeidae (13 %), Charadriidae (7%), Rallidae (7%) and Motacilidae (7%). Phalacro coracide, Ciconiidae and Laridae had only five per cent of the total reported bird species. The number of species in Segment I (Yamuna Nagar riverine area), segment II (Panipat riverine area)) and segment III (Faridabad riverine area) were 48,41 and 44 respectively. Out of 59 reported bird species, 33 species (56 %) were winter migrants, 16 species (27 %) were residents and 10 species (17 %) were local migrants.