Diversity of avifauna in Urban City, Vadodara, Gujarat

ABSTRACT Birds were surveyed in and around 9 different terrestrial habitats in Vadodara city in the semi-arid zone of Gujarat, India for two years (2005-2007). The habitats were mainly divided in to 3 categories disturbed, moderately disturbed and undisturbed. The density and diversity indices like species richness, Shannon-Weiner diversity index, evenness and abundance of birds were calculated for all the habitats to find out status of birds in the particular area compared to the other areas to find out the influence of urbanization on the same. Total 82 species of birds were observed. The areas with good vegetation, parks, and old type of buildings with moderate human disturbances support good diversity as well as density of birds. The study supports that highly disturbed areas have higher density of birds due to the presence of the urban exploiters such as pigeons. 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