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Volume : II, Issue : VI, July - 2012

Ambazari Lake - A Potential Stopover Point Of Winter Migrants In Central India

G.T.KEDAR

Published By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

Ambazari lake [ 21°10'N & 79°05'E] , one of the major freshwater wetland situated 6 km.to the west of Nagpur in Central India represented 135 species (47.53 %) of total avifauna (284 sp.) found in and around the Nagpur region . During the study period from 2009 to 2010 , 105 species (77.77 %) were recorded as resident, 17 species (12.59 %) as seasonal local migrant and 13 species (09.62 %) were winter migrants .The aquatic migrant birds observed were , Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Greater Scaup (Aythya marila ) Gadwall (Anas strepers ), Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) , Northern Shoveller (Anas clypeata ) , Euresian Wigeon (Anas Penelope ) , Common Pochard (Aythya ferina ), Garganey (Anas querquedula ) , Red Crested Pochard ( Rhodonessa rufina ) Euresian Teal (Anas crecca ) , Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea ) , Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola ) ,

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G.T.KEDAR, (2012). Ambazari Lake - A Potential Stopover Point Of Winter Migrants In Central India. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. VI, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1131.pdf

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