OBSERVATION OF BIRDS DIVERSITY AT VINDHYACHAL FOREST RESERVE KHARGONE DISTRICT (M.P.)

The main aim of the present investigation was to study the Diversity of birds of vindhyachal forest reserve at khargone district (M.P.). Several species were closely observed in present study. The total diversity observed from all the four sites (Wachoo point at Mandleshwar, Jamghat Temple at main Vindhyachal, Double golai Balwada and Gavalan Pati Charbhuja temple Katkut) constitutes 63 bird species from 15 different orders. The highest numbers of birds were recorded at Gavalan Pati Charbhuja temple Katkut and the lowest diversity was seen at Double golai Balwada which is of 44 bird species only. show that forty eight bird species were recorded at Wachoo point at Mandleshwar which belongs to 13 orders. The order Passeriformes was dominant with highest number of species. Gajera et al. (2013) reported 252


Methods:-
The data of bird counting from intensive studies and surveys have been used to present study and estimate their densities. Javed and Rahamani (1993) Diversity and density are very useful indicators for quality. Gibbons et al. (1993) Birds are may be identify by their calls or songs. Many persons are expertise to identify to birds in the field (Bibby et al., 1998). Colin et al. (1993) for birds counting various methods are available. Effort for counting is usually limited and accurate census is very difficult to obtain in various available methods. Good study is depending on what type of data is required in the possible counting methods. A definite bird count method does not exist. In various birds counting methods, we used following three methods for present study, which are suitable for present study 1. Point count 2. Direct count (Individual species) method 3. Look and see method
The total diversity observed from all the four sites (Wachoo point at Mandleshwar, Jamghat Temple at main Vindhyachal, Double golai Balwada and Gavalan Pati Charbhuja temple Katkut) constitutes 63 bird species from 15 different orders. The highest numbers of birds were recorded at Gavalan Pati Charbhuja temple Katkut and the lowest diversity was seen at Double golai Balwada which is of 44 bird species only.

Various Orders and their bird count
Total 1200 bird species in their study site which belonged to 13 different orders which is a sign that these regions are very rich in bird diversity. Lodhi et al. (2018) also studied few waterfowl with related to bird diversity and conservation in Gwalior region and reported a checklist of Twenty eight bird species belonging to eleven orders. There were 53 bird species which were found at the Jamghat Temple at main Vindhyachal, which belonged to fourteen orders while order Passeriformes was dominant with twenty five species in it.
Forty four bird species were observed at the Double golai Balwada. These species belonged to 14 orders and the order Passeriformes was dominant with eighteen species in its category. Rawal et al. (2016) reported total fifteen bird species of avian fauna at Kunda reservoir and these belonged to six orders and the order Passeriformes was dominant with four species. Bird diversity of fifty eight species was recorded at Indore city and the order Passeriformes was dominant with thirty five bird species (Gaur et al., 2019). The recorded bird species number was sixty bird species, belonging to fifteen different orders. Among them the orders Passeriformes consist of twenty eight species.
In our study at Vindhyachal Forest Reserve at Khargone District (M. P.) order Passeriformes was dominant in the entire four study site with twenty nine (Wachoo point at Mandleshwar), twenty five (Jamghat Temple at main Vindhyachal), eighteen (Double Golai Balwada) and twenty eight (Gavalan Pati Charbhuja temple Katkut).