| Wetlands are precious abode and support systems of varied faunal taxas. Shorebirds
called waders are one of the important indicators of richness of the wetlands. Waders are become
increasingly intolerant of even slight ecosystem disturbance. This research exercise is carried out
for successive two years from June 2012 to June 2014 to study wader diversity in selected
wetlands of Yavatmal district of central India. In present investigation 62 species belongs to 16
families of 7 orders were recorded from all the four selected dams. The majority of wetland birds
observed during this study were wide spread resident comprising 53 % of the total species,
followed by widespread winter visitor 23%, local resident-winter visitors 6%, widespread
Resident –winter visitors 13 % and seasonal winter visitors 5%.Commercial exploitation,
agriculture inside these water bodies in winter and summer, increasing anthropogenic activities
are the major threats to these precious abode, this research exercise is an attempt to discourse
wader diversity and will be useful in futuristic wetland management practices. |