A Study on Avifaunal Diversity of Kali Bein, Punjab (India)

Kali Bein is a rivulet flow through the districts of Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala for 160 Km into the convergence of the river Satluj and Beas at Harika Pattan in Punjab, India. The ber tree where Guru Nanak Dev Ji used to mediate is also present on the bank of Kali Bein in city of Sultanpur Lodhi, a municipal council under district Kapurthala. The present study was carried out to document the avifaunal diversity of this rivulet. A total of 66 species of avifauna under 15 orders and 35 families were recorded. The bird species recorded during the course of study belonging to 15 orders, maximum bird species i.e. 28 have been recorded from the order Passeriformes which constituted 42.42 % of the total species. The population trend of reported avifauna according to Red Data Book of IUCN was stable for 25, increasing for 15 species, decreasing for 14 and unknown for 12 bird species. Of the total 66 recorded birds species 42 are resident, 13 resident migratory and 11 migratory species.