A NEW REPORT ON THE AGGREGATION CUM FORAGING SITE OF PAINTED STORK (MYCTERIA LEUCOCEPHALA) AND SPOT BILLED PELICAN (PELICANUS PHILIPPENSIS) IN MADURAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA

For the conservation of birds, especially birds like migratory waders, documentation and protection of foraging sites cum aggregation sites along with breeding sites are crucial. These birds also use many sites of urban wetlands and shallow water too as foraging sites at extreme conditions. The present work is to report a new foraging cum aggregation site of a near threatened species such as Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) and Spot billed Pelican (Pelicanus philippensis) in Madurai, Tamilnadu. Painted Stork was recorded more (74+33.01) when compared to Spot billed Pelican (49+26.32). Maximum of 120 individuals, a minimum of 35 individuals of Painted Stork was recorded per day. A detailed community level study on migratory waders at these sites is crucial for the conservation of these birds.

• Publication year

  2016

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  Unknown venue

• Publication date

  2016-06-30

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.26524/KRJ127
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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