To understand the shorebird profile of Kachchh coastal area under industrial pressure, we conducted a study to get shorebird profile of a portion of it spread over 5-6 km coastline of Modhava beach in Mundra Taluka, Kachchh District.... more
To understand the shorebird profile of Kachchh coastal area under industrial pressure, we conducted a study to get shorebird profile of a portion of it spread over 5-6 km coastline of Modhava beach in Mundra Taluka, Kachchh District. Field work for the study was carried out from April 2015 to March 2016. A total of 45 species were recorded along Modhava beach that belonged to 5 orders and 11 families. Most species were small or large waders belonging to the families Scolopacidae (16 species of sandpipers, shanks, godwits etc), Charadriidae (6 species of plovers)] and Ardeidae (3 species of herons, egrets etc.). Other relatively dominant family was the seabird family Laridae (with 11 species of gulls and terns). Of the remaining families, 2 families were represented by 2 species each and 5 families were represented by one species each. Of the total recorded species (i.e., 45 species), 2 species of birds were globally threatened (1 Endangered and 1 Vulnerable) whereas eight species were Near Threatened as per IUCN's Red Data List of Threatened Species.
