The Gharana wetland conservation reserve (GWCR) is a semi-arid wetland adjacent to agricultural areas on the Indo-Pakistani border. Despite being declared an Important Bird Area (IBA) by Birdlife International, the occurrence and distribution of birds has not been well-documented in this area. Our aims were to systematically document the composition, relative abundance and feeding guilds of all avian fauna in order to form a baseline to monitor changes from-and to underwrite-future conservation actions.
From 24 surveys over one year, we recorded 151 species from 45 families and 15 orders.
Supplement to: Jamwal, Pushpinder S; Chandan, Pankaj; Rattan, Rohit; Anand, Anupam; Kannan, Prameek M; Parsons, Michael H (2017): Survey of avifauna of the Gharana wetland reserve: implications for conservation in a semi-arid agricultural setting on the Indo-Pakistan border. Zoology