Studies on Avifauna of Attappady and Anaikatty, Western Ghats, Southern India

Abstract

Bird population studies were done using fixed width line transect method. A total of 13 transects were laid for the study, where five were in AHADS plantation sites, five in AHADS biomass sites and three sites are located in Anaikatty A total of 108 species of birds belonging to 36 orders were recorded from the study sites in Attappady and Anaikatty. Of these 47 species were insectivores (42%), 17 species were omnivores (15%), 14 species were frugivores (13%).