ISSN: 2578-4994
Authors: Upadhyay M, Vyas R, Sharma V and Mehra SP*
The urbanization is the key phenomenon of the Information Age. The tremendous growth of the urban areas has developed a new interest of the conservationists to work in the direction of synchronizing the conservation of the habitats and associated species with the pace of development. These man-made ecosystems have the spaces with high biological diversity. In the series of the work of the authors in the central chain of the Aravalli Hills (Rajasthan, India), the present investigation has been carried out in the urban areas of the central district of Rajasthan, i.e., Ajmer. The investigation aimed to review and prepare comprehensive database through assessment of the avifaunal species of the municipal area of Ajmer. The seasonal surveys and periodic sampling observations were taken for twenty-four months from February 2017 to January 2019. In the present study the urban area was classified into three regions namely, the Urban Green Patches (UGP), Urban Aquatic Area (UAA) and Human Settlement Area (HSA). The terrestrial habitats of UGA & HSA harbored 104 species and 41 species respectively whereas the aquatic habitats categorized as UAA harbored 95 species. The Relative Diversity Index of the various species was calculated to observe the species dominance in a particular area. Thus, the present investigation recorded 167 species from 58 families. The earlier studies recorded around 235 species of 62 families from the Ajmer District which included the urban, rurban and rural environs. There was addition of 13 new species in the checklist along with two families. Thus, the cumulative list presents an account of 243 bird species from 64 families from different habitats of Ajmer District.
Keywords: Avifauna; Urban Habitats; Ajmer; Rajasthan
