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Journal of Threatened Taxa Building evidence for conservaton globally www.threatenedtaxa.org ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Short Communication Avifaunal diversity of Tilyar Lake, Rohtak, Haryana, India Jagjeet Singh, Sandeep Antl, Vivek Goyal & Vinay Malik 26 May 2020 | Vol. 12 | No. 8 | Pages: 15909–15915 DOI: 10.11609/jot.4700.12.8.15909-15915 For Focus, Scope, Aims, Policies, and Guidelines visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-0 For Artcle Submission Guidelines, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions For Policies against Scientfc Misconduct, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-2 For reprints, contact <[email protected]> The opinions expressed by the authors do not refect the views of the Journal of Threatened Taxa, Wildlife Informaton Liaison Development Society, Zoo Outreach Organizaton, or any of the partners. The journal, the publisher, the host, and the part- Publisher & Host ners are not responsible for the accuracy of the politcal boundaries shown in the maps by the authors. Member Threatened Taxa Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 May 2020 | 12(8): 15909–15915 ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) PLATINUM OPEN ACCESS DOI: htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4700.12.8.15909-15915 #4700 | Received 11 November 2018 | Final received 01 March 2020 | Finally accepted 28 April 2020 S h o Avifaunal diversity of Tilyar Lake, Rohtak, Haryana, India r t 1 2 3 4 C Jagjeet Singh , Sandeep Antl , Vivek Goyal & Vinay Malik o m 1,2,4 Department of Zoology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana 124001, India m 3 Department of Zoology, Govt. Natonal College, Sirsa, Haryana 125055, India u 1 2 3 4 n [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] (corresponding author) i c a 0 t Abstract: Avian diversity of Tilyar Lake (28.883–28.879 N & 76.637 (Natonal Wetland Atlas 2010) provides a home to a i 0 –76.634 E) located on the eastern outskirts of Rohtak, Haryana was huge diversity of wildlife including birds. Many avifaunal o conducted from May 2017 to April 2018. A total of 73 avian species n belonging to 62 genera and 31 families under 15 orders was observed. studies have been done on the wetland birds of Haryana Order Passeriformes with 21 species in 12 families dominated the (Kumar & Gupta 2009; Gupta et al. 2010, 2012; Tak et avifauna whereas orders Bucerotformes, Podicipediformes, and Psitaciformes were poorly represented with a single species each. al. 2010; Gupta & Kaushik 2012, 2013; Goyal et al. 2014; Family Anatdae was the most dominant representng 13.89% (n=10) Kaushik & Gupta 2014; Kumar & Dhankhar 2015; Kumar of the total species recorded. Among the reported species 75% (n=54) et al. 2016; Kumar & Sharma 2018). Among the wetlands were resident while 25% (n=18) were migrant. Common Pochard Aythya ferina assessed globally as Vulnerable, while Painted Stork of Haryana, Tilyar Lake in Rohtak occupies a prominent Mycteria leucocephala, Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster and positon. It has four islands with thick vegetaton cover, Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus are assessed as Near green lawns and waterlogged land along the Jawahar Threatened, whereas the rest of the species were in the Least Concern category of the IUCN Red List 2019. The omnivorous feeding habit Lal Nehru canal on its western margin; all this atracts a was shown by the maximum number of species while frugivorous variety of resident and migratory birds. and granivorous bird species were in the least numbers. The rich The presence of water birds, a mini zoo, boatng avifaunal diversity of the Tilyar Lake confrms it as a suitable habitat for both resident and migrant bird species. Therefore, the present facility, and amusement zone atracts urban people study suggests the need for incorporaton of appropriate protectve to picnic at Tilyar Lake making it a popular tourist measures for conservaton of the avian heritage of Tilyar Lake, Rohtak. destnaton. Despite its economic importance, litle Keywords: Anthropogenic actvites avian heritage, frugivorous, scientfc work has been done towards the assessment of granivorous, migrant birds. its avian diversity. Study Area The Indian subcontnent harbours nearly 1,340 bird Tilyar Lake is located between 28.883–28.879 0N & species accountng for more than 13% of the world’s 76.637 –76.634 0E (Figure 1). The lake extends over 132 avian diversity (Chakdar et al. 2016). In Haryana, about acres, and is situated adjacent to the Jawahar Lal Nehru 450 species of birds have been reported at tmes (Goyal canal, beside the natonal highway of Rohtak-Delhi on et al. 2014). The water bodies, whether fowing or statc, the eastern outskirts of Rohtak city in Haryana. It is only form an essental consttuent of diferent ecosystems and 66.1km away from the natonal capital of India, New atract a large number of birds by fulflling their feeding Delhi. Tilyar Lake is a perennial stagnant water body with and other needs. Haryana with 42,480ha area of wetlands no outlow, having an average depth of 3m. It has four Editor: Carol Inskipp, Bishop Auckland Co., Durham, UK. Date of publicaton: 26 May 2020 (online & print) Citaton: Singh, J., S. Antl, V. Goyal & V. Malik (2020). Avifaunal diversity of Tilyar Lake, Rohtak, Haryana, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(8): 15909–15915. htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4700.12.8.15909-15915 Copyright: © Singh et al. 2020. Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License. JoTT allows unrestricted use, reproducton, and distributon of this artcle in any medium by providing adequate credit to the author(s) and the source of publicaton. Funding: None. Competng interests: The authors declare no competng interests. 15909 J TT Avifaunal diversity of Tilyar Lake Singh et al. Figure 1. Tilyar Lake, Rohtak with adjacent area. small islands with high tree density out of which three eggs, small amphibians, fshes, crustaceans, and small are least afected by human actvites. The lake harbours birds were placed under carnivorous feeding habit aquatc weeds supportng a large number of aquatc whereas, the birds feeding on algae, tender foliage, zooplankton. The periphery is also covered with trees aquatc weeds, and vegetaton were categorized as and bushes providing suitable habitat for a variety of herbivorous; birds feeding on insects and moths were birds. listed as insectvorous, while the omnivorous habit include both carnivory and herbivory. The frugivorous Material and Methods and granivorous habits refer to fruit-eaters and grain- The diversity and seasonal migraton of avian fauna eaters, respectvely. was studied for a period of one year at Tilyar Lake from Relatve Diversity (RDi) denotes percentage May 2017 to April 2018. Regular weekly surveys were occurrence of various families concerning the whole bird conducted in the morning (from 07.00–09.00 h in winter; community and is a powerful tool for the populaton 05.00–07.00 h in summer) and before sunset in the study related to family diversity and dominance. It was evening. The line transect method was used to observe calculated following Koli (2014). the birds in this open habitat with the aid of Olympus Number of species in a family binoculars (8X40) and birds were photographed using a RDi = –––––––––––––––––––––––––– x 100 Total number of species Nikon D5300 DSLR camera. Birds were identfed as per feld guides of Grimmet et al. (2013). A checklist was prepared following the nomenclature used in the IUCN Results Red Data List 2019. The present study revealed a total of 73 avian species The identfed birds were then categorized according of 62 genera belonging to 31 families and 15 orders in to their residence status as Resident (R), Winter migrant the studied area of Tilyar Lake, Rohtak (Table 1; Images (WM), Summer migrant (SM) following Grimmet et al. 1–20). (2013). The compositon of bird community, species In Tilyar Lake Passeriformes (21 species in 12 abundance and richness, feeding habits and relatve families) was the most dominant order followed by diversity were observed and calculated. Anseriformes (10 species in one family), Charadriiformes Feeding habits were assigned according to (10 species in three families); Pelecaniformes (eight observatons during the study. Birds feeding on larvae, species in two families); Gruiformes (four species in one 15910 Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 May 2020 | 12(8): 15909–15915 J TT Avifaunal diversity of Tilyar Lake Singh et al. Table1. Checklist of birds recorded in Tilyar Lake, Rohtak. Resident IUCN Red Feeding Common name Scientfc name status List status habit Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae 1 Shikra Accipiter badius (Gmelin, 1788) R LC CV 2 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines, 1789) R LC CV 3 Black Kite Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) R LC OV Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatdae 4 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus (Latham,