Avifaunal Abundance of Lumding Forest Reserve Area, Assam, India

Abstract

The solitary aim of our investigation was to explore the avian species richness in Lumding Forest Reserve area, Assam.The survey was cooperated by the team of Zoological Survey of India. After extended survey, 146 species of birds were spotted from Lumding Forest Reserve area, where birds from 17 different orders (Passeriformes, Columbiformes, Accipitriformes , Piciformes, Bucerotiformes ,Gruiformes, Apodiformes, Coraciiformes, Trogoniformes, Cuculiformes, Galliformes, Ciconiiformes, Suliformes , Pelecaniformes , Strigiformes, Anseriformes, Charadriiformes) and 76 families were put down. The bird species thus obtained were compared with the IUCN Red list from where interesting cum astonishing facts were acquired. The IUCN Red list informed us that, 92.51% bird species spotted were under Least Concern category, where as 3.4% were Near Threatened, 2.72% were Vulnerable, 0.68% were Critically Endangered and Endangered. We considered ourselves successful for obtaining such astouned statistics about the avian species plentitude of Lumding Forest Reserve, which will provoke other researchers to come forward and explore more about this place.