Current status of Avifauna of three wetlands around Ahmadabad, Gujarat

The current avifaunal survey is carried out for three wetlands around Ahmedabad city. Gujarat state is very well situated on the international migration routes of bird species. There are two famous wetlands around Ahmadabad namely Nalsarovar and Thol bird sanctuary which supports the local and migratory bird’s species. The current study focused on lesser known wetlands but is of ecological importance. The study reveals that bio-diversity strength of two out of three wetlands is in decline state due to anthropological pressure. Birds are very good indicators for the changing ecological scenario and thereby the result helps us to construct conservation strategies for local management plans. The species diversity has been recorded for these wetland sites and analyzed to visualize current scenario of bird species.