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Detailed Ecological Assessment Report 2008 – Keenjhar Lake 46 Indian House Crow macrocercus Corvus splendens Common Resident 324 47 Common Myna Acredotheres tristis Common Resident 250 48 Bank Myna Acredotheres ginginiamus Common Resident 251 49 Indian House Sparrow Passer domesticus Common Resident 636 50 Yellow-t throated Sparrow Petronia xanthocollis Common Summer breeder 39 51 Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar Common Resident 155 52 Indian Tree-Pie Demdrocitta vagabunela Scarce Resident 01 53 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Scarce Winter visitor 02 54 Oriental Sky Lark Alanda gulgula Common Resident 10 55 Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus Scarce Resident 04 56 Yellow- bellied Prinia Priniaflaviventris Scarce Resident 02 57 Little/House Swift Apus affinis Common Resident 54 Total 4282 3.4.3 Species account for winter During the winter surveys, the main lake, associated marshes, agricultural fields, vicinity of villages, fish farm areas, grass fields, bands of the lake and another Wetland viz Jhol Dhand were surveyed. A total of 98 species of birds were recorded. Out of which 51 were resident, 42 winter visitors, 03 were irregular year-round visitors and 02 passage migrants. Most of the birds were found on or near the wetland habitats. A pair of Pallas’s fishing eagle was found nesting on Eucalyptus near Jakhro fish form. Among the threatened species, the blackbellied tern which is a near threatened species was recorded. On the nearby wetland called Jhol Dhand, some important species such as greater flamingo, Pallid Harrier, Common Kestrel, Imperial Eagle, Steppe Eagle and Chestnut bellied sandgrouse were recorded. A total of 13,419 birds from the area were recorded. The major threats to the birds of the area particularly the water-birds, is large scale disturbance and hunting activities over the lake. There also were a lot of fishing nets and bird nets in the lake. Table 14 – Avifauna of Keenjhar Lake recorded during winter surveys S.no Common Name Scientific Name Status Occurrence Obser. No. 1 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Common Resident 82 2 Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger Common Resident 41 3 Black-Crowned Night Nycticorax nycticorax Less Resident 05 Heron Common 4 Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii Common Resident 89 5 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Common Resident 16 6 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Common Resident 129 7 Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia Common Year-round Visitor 31 8 Great White Egret Casmerodius alba Common Winter Visitor 131 9 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Less Year-round 02 Common Visitor 10 Gadwall Anas strepera Common Winter Visitor 09 11 Common Teal Anas crecca Common Winter Visitor 124 12 Pintail Anas acuta Common Winter Visitor 71 WWF Pakistan – Indus for All Programme Page 50 of 165
Detailed Ecological Assessment Report 2008 – Keenjhar Lake 13 Shoveller Anas clypeata Common Winter Visitor 400 14 Common Aythya ferina Common Winter Visitor 291 15 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Common Winter Visitor 467 16 Black-sholdered Kite Elanus caeruleus Less Common Resident 07 17 Black Kite Milvus migrans Common Resident 60 18 Brahminy Kite Haliastor indus Less Resident 02 Common 19 Pallas’s Fishing Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus Scarce Resident 02 20 Eurasian Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus Common Winter Visitor 10 21 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Common Winter Visitor 22 22 Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga Less Common Winter Visitor 04 23 Steppe Eagle Auila nipalensis Common Resident 46 24 Osprey Pandion haliaeetus Less Common Winter Visitor 03 25 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Less Common Winter Visitor 03 26 Indian Grey Partridge Francolinus pondicerianus Common Resident 11 27 White-breasted Water- Amaurornis Less Resident 02 hen phoenicurus Common 28 Common Moor-hen Gallinula chloropus Common Resident 40 29 Common or Black Coot Fulica atra Common Winter Visitor 5162 30 Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus Less Resident 16 chirurgus Common 31 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Common Resident 30 32 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Less Common Winter Visitor 04 33 Red-wattled Lapwing Hoplopterus indicus Common Resident 81 34 White-tailed Lapwing Chettusia leucura Less Common Winter Visitor 06 35 Little Stint Calidris minuta Common Winter Visitor 34 36 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Less Common Winter Visitor 02 37 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Less Passage 02 Common migrant 38 Green Shank Tringa nebularia Less Common Winter Visitor 02 39 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochoropus Common Winter Visitor 12 40 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Less Common Winter Visitor 03 41 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Less Common Winter Visitor 07 42 Great Black Headed Larus ichthyaetus Common Winter Visitor 112 Gull 43 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus Common Winter Visitor 1543 44 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Common Winter Visitor 291 45 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Common Winter Visitor 11 46 Indian River Tern Sterna aurantia Common Winter Visitor 50 47 Little Tern Sterna albifrons Common Winter Visitor 07 48 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus Common Year-round Visitor 199 49 Blue Rock Pigeon Columba livia Common Resident 67 50 Indian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Common Resident 85 WWF Pakistan – Indus for All Programme Page 51 of 165
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