TY - JOUR TI - Preliminary survey of avifauna around wind farm of Jangi region, Kutch District, Gujarat, India AU - Ali, A AU - Kumar, S AU - Arun, P AU - Murugesan, M T2 - Scientific Journal of Zoology AB - A total of 139 species of birds belonging to 45 families were recorded in the study area from September 2011 to July 2012. 67 species of these were residents, 28 were residents with local migrants, 22 were residents with winter migrants, 17 were winter migrants with 5 species were winter migrants as well as passage migrants. The order Passeriformes was highest in dominance followed by Charadriiformes, Ciconiiformes, Coraciiformes and Anseriformes. Among the bird species recorded the Darter (Anhinga melanogaster), Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala), Oriental White Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus), Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor), Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa), Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata), Black-bellied Tern (Sterna acuticauda) and European Roller (Coracias garrulous) are Near Threatened species (IUCN 2011). DA - 2012/08// PY - 2012 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 10 UR - https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Preliminary-survey-of-avifauna-around-wind-farm-of-Ali-Kumar/38b4b59140bee8193a494cd226440fc9568284ed DO - 10.14196/SJZ.V1I1.146 LA - English KW - Wind Energy KW - Land-Based Wind KW - Birds ER -