Babesa Sewage Treatment Plant as a vital artificial wetland habitat for a multitude of avian species
Pelden Nima,
Mahendra Timsina,
Tenzin Jamtsho
et al.
Abstract:This study aimed to glean basic ecological aspects on diversity and abundance, temporal variation and guild composition of the birds at Babesa Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). The line transect method was used as the sampling technique from November 2021 to October 2022. A total of 80 species belonging to 58 genera, 29 families, and 11 orders were detected, of which three, namely, River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii, Falcated Duck Mareca falcata, and Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca, are ‘Near Threatened’ with the re… Show more
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