@article{aees202210111,
author={{Mahanta, Nilutpal and Islam, Nazrul and Barman, Rathin and Deka, Sanatan and Borkataki, Uditya and Chhetri, Tanisha and Basumatary, Sanswrang and Rahman, Moklesur},
title={A Preliminary Checklist of Avian Fauna from Raimona National Park of Assam, India},
journal={Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences},
volume={10},
number={11},
pages={652--664},
year={2022},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/aees/10/11/1},
issn={2328-3920},
abstract={Birds play very essential ecological functions such as pest control, pollination, seed dispersal as well as nutrient dynamics and they are very good indicators of the ecosystem health in a landscape. Biodiversity inventory and their conservation including ecosystem restoration at landscape level has recently emerged as a global priority for effective management planning to ensure ecosystem stability and ecological functionality. This study aims to create a baseline database of avifaunal assemblages from the recently recognized Raimona National Park in the state of Assam, India. This new protected area is located in the <i>Bhabar</i> belt covering 422 km<SUP>2</SUP> area under the Kachugaon forest division of the state. The systematic grid-based line transect method was followed from November 2020 to April 2021 and confirmed the presence of total 227 avian species from the study area among which 7 species were globally threatened. The area also harbours the suitable habitat of critically endangered White-bellied heron (<i>Ardea</i> <i>insignis </i>Hume, 1878). Extensive research and long-term monitoring will be very crucial in the near future for the inventory of more avian fauna along with their conservation in the Raimona National Park.},
doi={10.12691/aees-10-11-1}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}