Avifaunal diversity study of Pakhibitan, Ecopark, 2022

Tarak Samanta; Sumana Besra; Nandana Chaudhuri; Saswati Sinha; Ahana Paul; Akash Mandal; Arjan Basu Roy; Rishin Basu Roy; Nivedita Sengupta; Lina Chatterjee; Vijay Barve

doi:10.15468/y4k98p

Avifaunal diversity study of Pakhibitan, Ecopark, 2022

Citation

Samanta T, Besra S, Chaudhuri N, Sinha S, Paul A, Mandal A, Basu Roy A, Basu Roy R, Sengupta N, Chatterjee L, Barve V (2023). Avifaunal diversity study of Pakhibitan, Ecopark, 2022. Version 1.2. Nature Mates-Nature Club. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/y4k98p accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-31.

Description

The Avifaunal diversity study of Pakhibitan Ecopark is published by Nature Mates Nature Club under WBHIDCO Pakhibitan Project in Pakhibitan, Ecopark, Newtown, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. This sampling event was performed in a selected point located in the marshlands covered with elephant grass (Typha sp.) of Pakhibitan surrounded by a forest patch. This dataset includes all the birds recorded in a span of one year. All the species are identified up to the species or genus level. A total of 134 species of birds are recorded belonging to 50 families and 17 order. This dataset also includes the life stage, activity and behaviour of the birds.

Purpose

This dataset is a part of a long term project under the WBHIDCO with a purpose to support urban biodiversity, conserving the natural landmass of New Town along with the conservation of avian and other species diversity. It can also provide a scope for a comparative study on the effect of increasing urbanization on the avian diversity.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Marshland of Pakhibitan covered with elephant grass (Typha sp.) surrounded by forest and consisting of different types of habitat like grassland, forest land, marshland and wetland.

Sampling

Point count The collection of data is obtained by point count method , where the count is performed in a 360 degree arc around a fixed survey station. Equipment used are binocular Olympus (10*50 DPS I ) Camera (Nikon Coolpix P900, P600, B600). Observed data were recorded in the field notebook.

Method steps

Direct observation, Call identification, Field notes, Photography

Taxonomic Coverages

This dataset includes all the birds recorded in a span of one year. All the species are identified up to the species or genus level. A total of 134 species of birds are recorded belonging to 50 families and 17 order.

Aves
common name: Birds rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The study area has been carried out in Pakhibitan, Ecopark, Newtown, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. covering an area of 194 hectares

Bibliographic Citations

Chatterjee L, Basu Roy A, Panja B (2022) Howrah Jelar Pakhi. Citadel Publishing. 2022 https://naturematesindia.org/product/howrah-zilar-pakhi/ -
Chatterjee L, Samanta T, Sinha S, Besra S, Roy AB. Analysis of avifaunal diversity, richness, status and food guild in Ecopark, West Bengal, India. Species, 2022, 23(72), 441-451 -
L. Chatterjee, T. Samanta, S. Sinha and S. Besra and A.B. Roy (2022); NESTING PATTERN AND NEST PREDATORS OF SOME RESIDENT BIRDS OF ECOPARK, AN URBAN PARK IN KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA Int. J. of Adv. Res. 10 (Aug). 110-119 -
Samanta, T., Chattejee, L., Chaudhuri, N., Sinha, S., & Roy, A. B. Observations of re-nesting in three resident species: Common Moorhen, Common Myna and Spotted Dove. -
Grimmett R, Inskipp C, Inskipp T (2016) Birds of the Indian Subcontinent: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and the Maldives. Bloomsbury Publishing. -
eBird. 2022. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org -
IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org -

Contacts

Tarak Samanta
originator
position: Research Associate
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: taraksamanta995@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6809-0549

Sumana Besra
originator
position: Intern
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: sumanabesra1999@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7222-2946

Nandana Chaudhuri
originator
position: Research Associate
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: ncblueivy@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5200-4941

Saswati Sinha
originator
position: Intern
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: ssinhasaswatis@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9422-538X

Ahana Paul
originator
position: Intern
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: ahana.academic1996@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/

Akash Mandal
originator
position: Intern
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: akashmandal2309@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/

Arjan Basu Roy
originator
position: Secretary
Nature Mate-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
Telephone: 98743 57414
email: basuroyarjan@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9872-3562

Rishin Basu Roy
originator
position: Researcher
Nature Mates-Nature club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: wildrishin@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9638-818X

Nivedita Sengupta
originator
position: Intern
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: niveditasngpta.ns@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1085-7385

Lina Chatterjee
originator
position: Research Associate
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: lina.linachatterjee@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5626-5046

Vijay Barve
originator
position: Research Advisor
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: vijay.barve@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-2567

Lina Chatterjee
metadata author
position: Research Associate
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: lina.linachatterjee@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5626-5046

Nivedita Sengupta
metadata author
position: Intern
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: niveditasngpta.ns@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1085-7385

Vijay Barve
metadata author
position: Research Advisor
Nature Mates-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: vijay.barve@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-2567

Nivedita Sengupta
user
email: niveditasngpta.ns@gmail.com

Arjan Basu Roy
administrative point of contact
position: Secretary
Nature Mate-Nature Club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
Telephone: 98743 57414
email: basuroyarjan@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9872-3562

Rishin Basu Roy
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Nature Mates-Nature club
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: wildrishin@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturematesindia.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9638-818X