Priya^1,, Dharambir Singh¹, Vikram Delu¹, Kiran Yodha¹

Avifaunal diversity in a particular area indicates the health and any deviation in the ecosystem functioning. Documentation of avian species, thus, in any area is emphasized from environment monitoring perspective. Keeping this in view an attempt was made to prepare a checklist of bird species inhabiting the farmlands of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar. A total of 99 species representing 80 genera, 44 families and 18 orders were recorded from June 2019 to July 2021 among which 65.65% were residents and the remaining were migratory. Two of the recorded species, Paleornis eupatria and Threskiornis melanocephalus belong to near threatened category, three belongs to Schedule-I of IWPA (1972). Analysis of food and feeding guilds revealed that omnivorous guild is predominant followed by insectivorous. Availability of abundant food resources in agricultural landscapes make them potential habitats and attract diverse avifauna. The outcome of present study has provided sufficient data on the documentation of avian fauna of the study area.

avifauna, farmland, migratory, near threatened, omnivorous