Diversity, Abundance, and Distribution of Avifauna in District Jhang, Pakistan

The present study was conducted from March 2021 to February 2022 in the Thal desert and Trimmu barrage of district Jhang located in the Punjab province of Pakistan to find out the diversity, abundance, and distribution of birds. The point count method was used for the Trimmu barrage, and the line tr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research 2023-12, Vol.2023, p.1-14
Hauptverfasser: Zaman, Ahmad, Rafique, Azhar, Ashraf, Asma, Mahmood, Muhammad Shahid, Nahid, Nazia, Jabeen, Farhat, Sultana, Salma, Sultana, Tayyaba, Ali, Sultan, Zihad, S. M. Neamul Kabir, Uddin, Shaikh Jamal
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Zusammenfassung:The present study was conducted from March 2021 to February 2022 in the Thal desert and Trimmu barrage of district Jhang located in the Punjab province of Pakistan to find out the diversity, abundance, and distribution of birds. The point count method was used for the Trimmu barrage, and the line transect method was used for the collection of data in the Thal desert area. We recorded 31,696 individuals belonging to 67 species of birds from two distinct types of habitats (Thal desert and Trimmu barrage) of district Jhang. Among these species, 39 species were residents, 18 species were winter visitors, 9 species were summer breeders, and a single species (Terek sandpiper) was a passage migrant. Highly significant differences (X2=14979.7, df=11, and P
ISSN:0947-5745
1439-0469
DOI:10.1155/2023/3308651