ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Volume 9 |Issue 6| Novmber-December 2021                                 First published: 30 December 2021

Feeding Guild of Avifauna of Navegaon National Park, Maharashtra, India

Kedar GT*, Chinchkhede KH and Kaushik SA

Department of Zoology, Govt. of Maharashtra’s Ismail Yusuf College, Jogeshwari (e), Mumbai.400060.

Plot no. 42, Mahadulla, Post: Koradi, Tehsil: Kamptee, District: Nagpur, Maharashtra

Associate Prof. Address - Dept. of Zoology, Govt. Institute of Science, Nagpur -440001

Email: gtkedar@rediffmail.com

Abstract

Present study deals with the feeding guilds of 142 species of birds recorded in Navegaon National Park, Maharashtra. The feeding guilds were codified and divided into 8 categories on the basis of food preferred by birds and were recorded as insectivores (58.45%), carnivores (26.06%), frugivores (19.01%), granivores (18.31%), omnivores (13.38%), piscivores (12.68%), nectarivores (9.15%) and herbivores (2.11%). Species which preferred more than one food type were placed in multiple feeding guilds. 114 residents were found in all seasons in the study area. This proves that the study area is quite rich in terms of food availability and thus helps to maintain a healthy avifaunal population. Navegaon National Park is therefore an important refuge for birds.

Keywords:Avifauna, Navegaon National Park, Feeding Guilds., biochemical study, soil samples, PSM.

Editor: Dr.Arvind Chavhan

Cite this article as:
Kedar GT, Chinchkhede KH and Kaushik SA. Feeding Guild of Avifauna of Navegaon National Park, Maharashtra, India , Int. Res. Journal of Science & Engineering, 2021, Volume 9(6): 177-186.

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