AVIFUNAL DIVERSITY IN BARU SAHIB AND ADJOINING AREA OF SIRMAUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIAPriyanka Negi, Surbhi Sharma and Anita ChauhanAbstract The study of bird diversity was carried out in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. For bird survey Point count method was used. The bird survey was conducted morning (7am-10am) and evening time (3 pm- 5 pm) from January 2021 to February 2022. The study revealed 89 species of birds belonging to 37 families and 10 orders present in the study area. The maximum number of bird species were present in the order Passeriformes (63) and family Muscicapidae (13). Out of 89 species, 69 species were resident, 9 winter visitors (WV) and 11 summer visitors (SV). Most of the birds come under least concern (LC) category except Himalayan Griffon (Gyps himalayensis) which comes near threatened category (NT). This study provides a base line data of bird diversity in Baru Sahib and adjoining areas of district Sirmaur. |