Thursday, February 3, 2011

Complete Survey Figures of Pong Dam, 2011

The following fingures have been received from Mr Satish Gupta, DFO(Wildlife). At Sl no. 91, is mentioned White Necked Stork whose name has since been changed to Woolly Necked Stork.

SN

Name 0f Species in Descending Order

Estimated No.

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Name 0f Species in Descending Order

Estimated No.

1

Common Pochard

41200

51

Common Merganser

25

2

Bar-headed Goose

23800

52

Black-winged Stilt

25

3

Northern Pintail

13900

53

Median (Intermediate) Egret

20

4

Common Coot

12200

54

Lesser Whistling Duck

20

5

Great Cormorant

9400

55

White-breasted Waterhen

20

6

Common (Green-winged) Teal

6100

56

Green Sandpiper

17

7

Litte Cormorant

5000

57

Citrine Wagtail

16

8

River Tern

2310

58

Paddyfield Pipit

16

9

Tufted Pochard

2300

59

Black Kite

15

10

Gadwall

1870

60

White-breasted Kingfisher

15

11

Black-headed Gull

1620

61

Great Stone Plover/ Great Thick Knee

13

12

Northern Shoveler

1570

62

Black-bellied Tern

11

13

Temminck’s Stint

1000

63

Lesser Pied Kingfisher

11

14

Brown-headed Gull

830

64

Eurasian (White) Spoonbill

10

15

Eurasian Wigeon

820

65

Greater White Fronted Goose

10

16

Little Egret

810

66

Pied Avocet

10

17

Brahminy (Ruddy) Shelduck

640

67

Marsh Sandpiper

10

18

Purple Swamphen

600

68

Common Snipe

10

19

Spot-billed Duck

540

69

Water Pipit

10

20

Little Grebe

530

70

Indian Pond Heron

8

21

Moorhen

500

71

Osprey

8

22

Mallard

480

72

Purple Heron

7

23

Sand Lark

460

73

Grey Wagtail

7

24

Little ringed plover

440

74

Tawny Pipit

6

25

Great Crested Grebe

340

75

Oriental Darter

4

26

Greylag Goose

250

76

Ferruginous Pochard

4

27

Pallas’s Gull

240

77

Sarus Crane

3

28

Crested Lark

230

78

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

3

29

White Wagtail

220

79

White-tailed Lapwing

3

30

Common Swallow

150

80

Wood Sandpiper

3

31

Yellow Wagtail

150

81

Greater Pied Kingfisher

3

32

Common Sandpiper

140

82

Western Reef Egret

2

33

Common Greenshank

130

83

Black-necked Grebe

2

34

Little Tern

110

84

Indian Shag

2

35

Kentish Plover

100

85

Painted Stork

2

36

River Lapwing

90

86

Garganey

2

37

Unidentified Cormorants

80

87

Spotted Redshank

2

38

Red-wattled Lapwing

80

88

Little Stint

2

39

Grey Heron

70

89

Rosy Pipit

2

40

Northern Lapwing

70

90

Black Bittern

1

41

Oriental Sky Lark

70

91

White-necked Stork

1

42

Cattle Egret

60

92

Eurasian Thick Knee

1

43

Slender-billed Gull

50

93

Western Marsh-Harrier

1

44

Large (Great) Egret

40

94

Red-throated Pipit

1

45

Red-crested Pochard

40

95

Blyth's Pipit

1

46

Eurasian Sky lark

40

47

Common Redshank

30

48

Gull-billed Tern

30

49

Large Pied/White Browed Wagtail

30

50

Common Shelduck

25

1 comment:

  1. Dear Satishji,
    Going thru the survey report, Sumit K Sen of Kolkata Birds pointed out that there was no bird by the name of White Necked Stork. It is Woolly Necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus). I have made the correction at the top of the table.

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