• Corpus ID: 21714280

Avifaunal Diversity of Solan District, Himachal Pradesh, India

@inproceedings{Singh2015AvifaunalDO,
  title={Avifaunal Diversity of Solan District, Himachal Pradesh, India},
  author={Diljeet Singh},
  year={2015}
}

• D. Singh
• Published 2015
• Environmental Science

The avifaunal diversity at five study sites (Solan-Shilli Conservation Reserve, Kandaghat, Chail, Kasauli, and Parwanoo) of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh was explored during two visits (summer and winter) in 2010-2011. In total, 93 species of birds belonging to 9 orders and 26 families were observed (83: Solan, 59: Kandaghat, 36: Chail, 47: Kasauli and 31: Parwanoo). The highest number of species were found in order Passeriformes (66)70.9% followed by Piciformes (9) 9.6% and least number (1) 1.0% in other 3 orders. The highest number of species were found in family Muscicapidae (16) 17.2% followed by Corvidae (12) 12.9% and Silviidae (10) 10.7% and least number (1) 1.0% in other 8 families. The relative abundance of species was Very Common (13), Common (32), Uncommon (38) and Rare (10). The seasonal status of species was Summer (57) and Winter (73). Five species (Blue-capped Rock Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus, Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta castanea, Dusky Crag Martin Hirundo concolor, Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis, and Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos) were found further additions to birdlist of Solan district.