A Preliminary Study on the Birds of Berhampur University (Bhanja Bihar) Campus, Ganjam, Odisha, India

Abstract

The study of birds in Berhampur University (Bhanja Bihar) Campus, Ganjam, Odisha was conducted from April 2015 to July 2017. The study revealed occurrence of a total 108 species of birds belonging to 19 orders, 48 families and 86 genera. Occurrence, feeding habits and migratory status of all the bird species were also studied. Out of 108 species a total 59.25% (64 species) are common, 31.48% (34 species) are fairly common and 9.25% (10 species) are rare based on sighting frequency. A total 65.74% (71 species) are resident to this place, followed by 18.51% (20 species) local migrants and 15.74% (17 species) migrants. The family Ardeidae with 8 representatives has the highest number of species. The feeding guild of the birds recorded from the region dominated with insectivore 38.88% (42 species), followed by omnivore 20.37% (22 species) and piscivore 12.96% (14 species).