• Nasrullah Ahad
• Satya Narayan Rawat

The present study is carried out to investigate the aquatic avifaunal diversity of Kotwal Reservoir located in the Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Regular field visits were made for a period of 1 year from March 2016 to February 2017 to observe birds. A total of 47 species of birds were found belonging to 8 orders, 15 families and 40 genera. During the study period Anatidae was found to be the most dominant family with 11 species followed by Threskiornithidae with 9 species which was further followed Ciconiidae (5 species), Scolopacidae (4 species) and Rallidae (3 species). Among all the 47 species observed, 25 species were residential (R), 15 species were migratory (M) and 7 species were local migratory (LM). The occurrence of rich bird diversity suggests that Kotwal Reservoir provides a favourable condition for breeding, feeding and nesting of birds. So, proper conservation of Reservoir is necessary step to prevent the loss of avifaunal diversity of that area.

Morena, Kotwal Reservoir, Birds, Avifaunal Diversity

"AVIFAUNA OF KOTWAL RESERVOIR IN DISTRICT MORENA OF MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.919-923, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807594.pdf

"AVIFAUNA OF KOTWAL RESERVOIR IN DISTRICT MORENA OF MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp919-923, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807594.pdf