A Short Note on the Avian Fauna of ICAR-KVK Tiptur Campus, Tumkur District, Karnataka
Ranjith M.*
Regional Integrated Pest Management Centre, Jaivik Bhavan, Kadugodi, Bengaluru, Karnataka (560 115), India
Vivek Uppar
Regional Integrated Pest Management Centre, Jaivik Bhavan, Kadugodi, Bengaluru, Karnataka (560 115), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Birds, Documentation, Flora, Fauna
Abstract
Birds are one of the most fascinating creatures in this world contributing to the agriculture by consuming insect pests thereby managing pest population, aiding in pollination and also in endozoochory. An attempt was made to document the flora and avian fauna species at ICAR-KVK, Tiptur campus, Tumkur district in Karnataka during the month of February, 2022. Observations were made from morning to evening and only diurnal bird species were documented during the short study. The results were found fruitful as twenty-three bird species were documented belonging to twenty families and eight orders. Most of the birds belonged to Passeriformes followed by Cuculiformes and Accipitriformes.
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