Avian diversity study (water birds) of Kamarganti Bheries, Haroa, North 24 parganas, West Bengal, India during winter season ...

• Main Authors: Basu Roy, Arjan, Chatterjee, Lina, Samanta, Tarak, Sengupta, Nivedita, Barve, Vijay
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2024
• Subjects: Phalaropus lobatus; Red-necked Phalarope
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10867401; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10867401

The Nature Mates Nature Club has released a dataset entitled "Avian diversity study (water birds) of Kamarganti Bheries, Haroa, North 24 parganas, West Bengal, India during winter season" Bheries are the type of fisheries generally practiced in low land impounded with earthen embankments all round. The age-old bheri-culture has emerged in North 24 Parganas District in its south and eastern skirts centering the lower course of the Bidyadhari River. Salinity in bheri-water is sourced from brackish sea-water entered through rivers and canals.. The district has 22 community development (CD) blocks, though brackish water bheri fishery is usually found to exist in its 13 blocks in the south and eastern skirts. This dataset is concerned with one such area, Kamarganti,Haroa,North 24 Parganas. A list of all the birds identified during a biodiversity survey carried out in the year 2023 is included in the dataset. During the survey Red Necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) was recorded which is a very rare bird in West ...