Manuscript Title:

BIRDS (CLASS AVES: LINNAEUS, 1758) OF INDUS RIVER DELTA, SINDH, PAKISTAN

Author:

DHANI BUX MASHORI, KALSOOM SHAIKH, ABDUL REHMAN SHAIKH, ALI RAZA SOOMRO, GHULAM MURTAZA MOROOJO, SHAKEELA ABRO, SABA SOOMRO

DOI Number:

DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10440727

Published : 2023-12-23

About the author(s)

1. DHANI BUX MASHORI - Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
2. KALSOOM SHAIKH - Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
3. ABDUL REHMAN SHAIKH - Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
4. ALI RAZA SOOMRO - Government Degree College K.N. Shah, Sindh, Pakistan.
5. GHULAM MURTAZA MOROOJO - Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
6. SHAKEELA ABRO - Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
7. SABA SOOMRO - Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.

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Abstract

Birds have diverse forms, fascinating appearance and peculiar distribution and they are beauty of wetlands along with ecologically and economically beneficial. Indus river delta is an important wetland and prominent abode to variety of avifaunal species that are unknown to the world. For discovering avifaunal diversity and their status, we explored the world’s 5th largest delta that lies in Sindh province of Pakistan. Altogether 15avifaunal species are recorded belonging to genera: Phalacrocorax (Brisson, 1760), Himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758), Galerida (F. Boie, 1828),Larus (Linnaeus, 1758), Phoenicopterus (T. Forster, 1817), Sternula (F. Boie, 1822), Pluvialis (Brisson, 1760), Mycteria (Linnaeus, 1758), Vanellus (Brisson, 1760), Accipiter (Brisson, 1760), Calidris (Merrem, 1804), Limosa ((Brisson, 1760) under families: Accipitridae, Alaudidae, Ardeidae, Charadriidae, Ciconiidae, Laridae, Phalacrocoracidae, Phoenicopteridae, Recurvirostridaea and Scolopacidae. These species are reported for the first time from Indus River Delta. The conservation status of majority of species is of Least Concern (LC), but few species are declared as Near Threatened (NT) by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).


Keywords

Avifauna, Diversity, Conservation, Wetland, Sindh.