Fading sight of endemic Zapornia bicolor (Walden, 1872) in Eastern Himalayan Biodiversity Hotspot
Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal, West Bengal Biodiversity Board, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Subject Areas
- Animal Behavior, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Ecosystem Science, Zoology
- Keywords
- Bird, Conservation, Darjeeling, India, Mirik, Samendu Lake
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- © 2015 Pradhan
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- 2015. Fading sight of endemic Zapornia bicolor (Walden, 1872) in Eastern Himalayan Biodiversity Hotspot. PeerJ PrePrints 3:e925v3 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.925v3
Abstract
A biosurvey was conducted in Samendu Lake and its surrounding wetlands of Eastern Himalayan Hill region of Mirik in Darjeeling in West Bengal, India. In the study, endemic and locally rare bird species Zapornia bicolor (Walden, 1872) was studied with point transect method regarding its population and habitat. Very low population (only 21 individuals) and habitat degradation (encroachment, pollution, invasive plant species) was observed at the study sites. Conservation measures for this species have been suggested.
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