Breeding site records of three sympatric vultures in a mountainous cliff in Kahara-Thathri, Jammu &amp; Kashmir, India

Kichloo, Muzaffar A.; Kumar, Sudesh; Sharma, Neeraj

doi:10.11609/jott.5537.12.9.16166-16169

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“…The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, home to 552 bird species [9] forms a critical Endemic Bird Area (EBA 128) with 11 restricted-range species [10] . While the valley of Kashmir is home to many migratory as well as resident birds [11] , the Jammu region holds a rich avifaunal diversity as well [12][13][14][15][16][17] . The aim of the present study is to explore diversity patterns (in terms of species composition, richness, abundance) and determine the migration and conservation status of birds in and around the Banihal town of District Ramban in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.…”

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Status and Diversity of birds in and around Banihal, Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir

Boutarfaïa¹,

Kumar²

2022

J. Entomol. Zool. Stud.

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Birds constitute an important component of nature playing crucial roles in different ecosystems. Avifaunal inventories are valuable in species conservation and devising habitat specific conservation and management plans. We carried out organized surveys in and around Banihal, a sub-urban township in District Ramban in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir to understand the avifaunal diversity, composition and their abundance. The surveys were carried from June 2021 to July 2022. A total of 66 species belonging to 11 orders and 32 families were observed during the study period. Muscicapidae was found to be the dominant family with 10 species and insectivorous being the major trophic guild having 33 species. Based on the observations, 25 species were found migratory in the study area and two species were globally threatened. This baseline study will be useful in devising management strategies for species conservation in the region.

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Status and Diversity of birds in and around Banihal, Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir

Boutarfaïa¹,

Kumar²

2022

J. Entomol. Zool. Stud.

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“…Despite high raptor diversity and species of conservation interest, the information on distribution and diversity of diurnal raptor communities is scanty and equivocal for the sub-tropical forests in the region. Forming one of the largest groups among the birds in the region [63], the raptors have not attracted the attention of bird ecologists from this part of the region, except for a breeding record by [64]. The current work aims to document diversity, richness, abundance, habitat guild and threat status of raptor communities in the Shiwalik region of UT of Jammu and Kashmir.…”

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Effect of landscape heterogeneity on diurnal raptor community richness and diversity in JammuShiwaliks, Jammu and Kashmir

Sharma¹,

Kumar

Sohil³

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In this study, we examined the richness and diversity of diurnal raptors along with their foraging guilds across different land uses in a sub-tropical landscape during December 2016 to November 2018. A total of 80 vantage points, 19 line transects and 36 road transects were sampled in 33 sites in six different habitat types in the study area where we recorded 3409 individuals of 29 diurnal raptors in 2 orders and 3 families. Significant variation in bird abundance was observed among different habitat types, farmlands being more specious followed by pure forests, water bodies and forest-farmland interfaces. Among the seasons, summers recorded higher abundance followed by winter, monsoon and post-monsoon. A low diversity value (H′=2.22) however was observed for the whole study area with mean monthly highest recorded during February (H′=2.44) and least during June (H′=1.85). Most of the raptors observed for their food types and foraging were predators (n=22) and rest were carrion feeders (n=22). Fourteen among all observed diurnal raptors were winter visitors and 13 residents with 9 reported globally threatened. A moderately high richness of diurnal raptors substantiate high conservation value of these habitats especially the forest patches and farmlands and thus calls for effective management strategies for the conservation and proliferation of raptors in sub-tropical areas of Jammu region.

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“…Vultures occupy a vital position in an ecosystem as efficient scavengers (Kichloo et al 2020). The Himalayan vulture feeds on old carcasses and typically eat only fleshy parts (Rasmussen and Anderton 2005), whereas bearded vulture usually disdains the actual meat and take bone marrow (Hiraldo et al 1979;Brown 1988;Wani et al 2018).…”

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Diet Diversity and Dietary Overlap of Two Sympatric Vulture Species in Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary, Kashmir

2021

Int J Vet Sci

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Bird species that use similar resources are expected to use variant foraging approaches and segregate in order to minimize a possible competition among them. However, if they fail to attain this exclusion, competition results. We studied the diet composition and dietary overlap between two sympatric vulture species: Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) and Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), the two important avian scavengers of Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary of Kashmir Himalaya. Analysis of pellets collected from feeding and roosting sites of these vulture species revealed a significant variation in their food consumption with Himalayan species consuming mostly larger dead mammalian species with higher frequency occurrence of 66.66% of Bubalus bubalus and bearded species the smaller dead mammalian ones with highest frequency occurrence of Ovis aries (83.82%). Diet spectrum of Himalayan vulture was more diverse (H’=1.97) than that of Bearded vulture (H’=1.64). The values of Berger-Parker index (Pimax) follows the reverse order of diversity with Pimax=36.2% for Himalayan vulture and Pimax =48.7% for Bearded vulture. There was very low dietary overlap between the two species (Ojk=0.466; C=0.457) which may favor their co-existence. The management of carrions of livestock and setting up of vulture restaurants is the need of the hour for the conservation of these scavenging birds which are facing high risk of extinction in Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary.

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Breeding site records of three sympatric vultures in a mountainous cliff in Kahara-Thathri, Jammu & Kashmir, India

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

Status and Diversity of birds in and around Banihal, Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir

Status and Diversity of birds in and around Banihal, Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir

Effect of landscape heterogeneity on diurnal raptor community richness and diversity in JammuShiwaliks, Jammu and Kashmir

Diet Diversity and Dietary Overlap of Two Sympatric Vulture Species in Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary, Kashmir

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