Avifauna diversity and distribution pattern in Village, Daurala of Meerut region,Uttar Pradesh
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https://doi.org/10.59436/jsiane.479.2583-2093Keywords:
Avifauna, bird diversity, habitat, survey sites and species.Abstract
The present systematic investigation of Avifauna was conducted in village Daurala ,Meerut Uttar Pradesh for 4 months from August 2025 to November 2025 ( summer to winter ) the observation were recorded monthly at different time of the day (morning, mid-day and evening) variable viz.. family name, habitat preference and characteristics features (identifying feature) were noted during the survey. A total of 33 species, belonging to 28 families were recorded. Most of the bird species were found to be frequent visitor and also most of species used more than one habitat with highest number of species 33 was observed on the trees , whereas the lowest number of species 4,was found around the ponds .
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