Important Bird Areas in India: Priority Sites for ConservationAsad Rafi Rahmani, M. Zafar-ul Islam Edited by the Bombay Natural History Society, this book is the result of five years' exhaustive work by the BNHS. The data, which form the core of the book, have been collected by more than 1,000 people: many hundreds of professiona and amateur ornithologists, birdwatchers, conservationists, forest officials, and others interested in birds. It is the most detailed publication ever produced on the subject of birds or conservation and it uncovers, analyzes and assesses all of the evidence, presenting it together with all the sources. The study has given a detailed analysis of sites that have been identified for bird conservation in India on the basis of globally accepted criteria. Each bird area is introduced with maps, analysis, avifauna section with tables of threatened species present, and a brief description of threatened birds, which have important habitats in the relevant states. The study shows that out of 465 important birds in India, 191 wildlife sanctuaries have been idenfitied as IBAs, 52 are national parks, 23 are tiger reserves, while 198 are not officially protected. |
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BACKGROUND 129 | 1 |
Avifauna of the Thar deset | 14 |
Globally threatened bird species of the Gangetic Plains | 20 |
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A1 Threatened Species A4iii Altitude Anwaruddin Choudhury Arunachal Pradesh Assam AVIFAUNA Babbler Biodiversity Biogeographic Zone Habitats biome bird species BirdLife International 2001 BirdLife International undated Bombay Nat breeding Bulbul Bustard comm CONSERVATION ISSUES CRITERIA Deciduous Forest Delhi District Eastern Endemic Bird Area Evergreen Forest Garrulax grasslands grazing Greater Spotted Eagle habitat Himalayas Hornbill IBAs Important Bird Areas India Kerala KEY CONTRIBUTORS KEY FAUNA KEY REFERENCES Kilometers lake large number Laughingthrush Leopard Leptoptilos javanicus Lesser Adjutant Lesser Florican mammals Moist Deciduous National Park Nicobar Islands Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon Oriental White-backed Vulture Panthera Pheasant Photo Poaching population protected areas PROTECTION STATUS Rahmani Rainfall reported Reserve Forest Restricted Range species river Sankaran Semi-evergreen Singh Spot-billed Pelican Stattersfield Temperature Biogeographic Zone Threatened Birds THREATS AND CONSERVATION Tiger Reserve Tragopan Tropical Dry Tropical Moist Forest Valley vegetation villages waterbirds waterfowl Western Ghats Western Himalayas Wetlands International White-backed Vulture White-bellied White-winged Duck Wildlife Sanctuary