• Dr. A. D. Shelke.

Hatale dam is nearer to Hatale village in Chalisgaon Taluka in Jalgaon District of Maharashtra State, India. It belongs to Khandesh and Northern Maharashtra region. It belongs to Nashik Division. It is located 92 KM towards South from District head quarters Jalgaon. 17 KM from Chalisgaon. 330 KM from State capital Mumbai. Hatale is surrounded by Kanand Taluka towards South, Bhadgaon Taluka towards North , Pachora Taluka towards East , Khultabad Taluka towards South. Birds play prominent and diverse role in religion, and popular culture. They have their functional role in the ecosystem as potential pollinators and scavengers and are rightly called as bio-indicators. All birds are not aquatic but few of them reside on the bank of reservoir. Birds are important group of aquatic food chain. They feed on vegetation, fishes and other animals of the reservoir (Donar et. al 2012). In India, small water-storage reservoirs or tanks are a distinctive feature which provides important feeding and nesting areas for a wide range of water birds (Grimmett et al. 2001). In this work attempt has been made to record the bird diversity in winter season especially to record the migratory bird diversity of this dam. This bird diversity of Hatale dam was studied from December 2018 to January 2019. Total 45 species including water birds and the land bird were recorded belonging to the different 21 families and 09 orders during the study period.

Bird diversity, Hatale Dam, Taluka Chalisgaon,Jalgaon, Diversity, Status

"Bird Diversity in and around the Hatale Dam,Taluka Chalisgaon, District of Jalgaon, Maharashtra.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.92-100, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAO06016.pdf

"Bird Diversity in and around the Hatale Dam,Taluka Chalisgaon, District of Jalgaon, Maharashtra.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp92-100, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAO06016.pdf