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    Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary is one among the few remaining tropical forest patches of Assam which is also a part of the Eastern Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspot region. Of the 232 species of birds belonging to 43 families, 51 species were frugivorous, 20 were Omnivorous, 17 were Carnivorous, 18 were Picivorous and 124 were Insectivorous in their feeding guild. Of these, 7 are Globally Threatened species and 3 endemic species including 19 migratory species

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    Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary is one among the few remaining tropical forest patches of Assam which is also a part of the Eastern Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspot region. Of the 232 species of birds belonging to 43 families, 51 species were frugivorous, 20 were Omnivorous, 17 were Carnivorous, 18 were Picivorous and 124 were Insectivorous in their feeding guild. Of these, 7 are Globally Threatened species and 3 endemic species including 19 migratory species

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    Devi & Saikia 1-7 NeBIO (2010) Vol.

    1(3)

    A checklist of avian fauna of Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Jorhat District,


    Assam
    Oinam Sunanda Devi and Prasanta Kumar Saikia
    Animal Ecology and Wildlife Biology Lab., Department of Zoology
    Gauhati University, Guwahati - 781014, Assam

    Author for correspondence: [email protected]


    © NECEER, Imphal

    ABSTRACT

    An avifaunal survey was conducted at Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary for two years, starting
    from July 2007 to July 2009. The study reveals a rich avian diversity of this data deficient
    Wildlife Sanctuary. Surveys followed lines transect method and opportunistic observations
    were also added to the lists. A total of 232 species of birds belonging to 43 families were
    identified during the survey. Of these, 51 species were Frugivorous, 20 were Omnivorous,
    17 were Carnivorous, 18 were Picivorous, 2 were Grainivorous and 124 were Insectivorous
    in their feeding guild. Out of the 232 species, 7 are Globally Threatened species and 3
    endemic species including 19 migratory species. Pellorneum palustre, Yuhina bakeri and
    Heterophasia pulchella are the three endemic species. The 7 globally threatened species
    includes Leptoptilos javanicus, Columba punicea, Turdoides longitostris, Pellorneum
    palustre, Arborophila atrogularis, Buceros bicornis and Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus.

    KEY WORDS: Avifauna, feeding guild, endemic, globally threatened, migratory

    The Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary is one among the present study was conducted to present a recent data
    few remaining tropical forest patches of Assam of avian fauna found in the Sanctuary which will be
    which is also a part of the Eastern Himalaya helpful for future conservation programs of endemic
    Biodiversity Hotspot region. The sanctuary has a and globally threatened birds of the sanctuary.
    history of more than a century as a reserve forest as
    it was notified on August 27, 1881 as Hollongapar Study area
    Reserve Forest (Choudhury, 1999). Since the
    Reserve forest is known for its primate population it The Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary is located at Jorhat
    was converted into a Sanctuary for their district of Eastern Assam which falls between 26°
    conservation (Choudhury, 1989). The Sanctuary is 37´ 47´´N latitudes and 94°22´47´´ E longitudes. The
    also an important IBA (Site No: IN- AS- 18) but total area of the sanctuary is 20.98 Sq Km. The
    very few works has been done on avian fauna till sanctuary is situated at 100-120 msl and the average
    date. Thus the site remains as a data deficient IBA annual rainfall is 249 cm (Ghosh, 2007). The
    and it was selected as an IBA only due to the sanctuary is also an important IBA–Site no. IN- AS-
    occurrence of highly endangered White-winged 18 however only few works on the birdlife of the
    Duck Cairina scutulata (Choudhury, 2000). sanctuary has been done so far. The habitat is
    Although the forest is small, and partitioned by a tropical semi evergreen forest dominated by a top
    railway line and a kutcha road, is still intact and has canopy trees such as Dipterocarpus macrocarpus,
    the potential to support many more globally Shorea assamica, Artocarpus chaplasha and
    threatened species (Islam & Rahmani, 2004). Tetrameles sp. followed by second storey trees as
    Detailed studies threatened bird species are required Mesua ferrea, Sapium baccatum and Amoora
    immediately for their conservation. Therefore, the wallichii etc. (Islam & Rahmani, 2004). Several

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