Avian diversity study (water birds) of Kamarganti Bheries, Haroa, North 24 parganas, West Bengal, India during winter season

<p>The Nature Mates Nature Club has released a dataset entitled "Avian diversity study (water birds) of Kamarganti Bheries, Haroa, North 24 parganas, West Bengal, India during winter season"&nbsp;</p> <p>Bheries are the type of fisheries generally practiced in low land impounded with earthen embankments all round.</p> <p>The age-old bheri-culture has emerged in North 24 Parganas District in its south and eastern skirts centering the lower course of the Bidyadhari River. Salinity in bheri-water is sourced from brackish sea-water entered through rivers and canals..</p> <p>The district has 22 community development (CD) blocks, though brackish water bheri fishery is usually found to exist in its 13 blocks in the south and eastern skirts.</p> <p>This dataset is concerned with one such area, Kamarganti,Haroa,North 24 Parganas.</p> <p>A list of all the birds identified during a biodiversity survey carried out in the year 2023 is included in the dataset. During the survey Red Necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) &nbsp;was recorded which is a very rare bird in West Bengal.</p> <p>Species or genus-level identifications have been made for every species. There are 42 bird&nbsp; species total, with records of them in 16 different families and 10 different orders.</p> <p>This study can give a future scope in understanding how bheries affect the biodiversity of an area.</p> <p>Resource Contacts</p> <p>Name: Arjan Basu Roy</p> <p>Position: Secretary</p> <p>Organization: Nature Mates-Nature Club</p> <p>Address: 6/7 Bijoygarh Kolkata-700032</p> <p>Email: basuroyarjan@gmail.com</p> <p>Orcid :<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9872-3562"> https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9872-3562</a></p> <p>Home page:<a href="http://www.naturematesindia.org/"> http://www.naturematesindia.org/</a></p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Name: Lina Chatterjee</p> <p>Position: Research Associate</p> <p>Organization: Nature Mates-Nature Club</p> <p>Address: 6/7 Bijoygarh Kolkata-700032</p> <p>Email: lina.linachatterjee@gmail.com</p> <p>Orcid :<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5626-5046"> https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5626-5046</a></p> <p>Home page:<a href="http://www.naturematesindia.org/"> http://www.naturematesindia.org/</a></p> <p>Name: Tarak Samanta</p> <p>Position: Research Associate</p> <p>Organization: Nature Mates-Nature Club</p> <p>Address: 6/7 Bijoygarh Kolkata-700032</p> <p>Email: taraksamanta995@gmail.com</p> <p>Orcid :<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6809-0549"> https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6809-0549</a></p> <p>Home page:<a href="http://www.naturematesindia.org/"> http://www.naturematesindia.org/</a></p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Name: Nivedita Sengupta</p> <p>Position: Intern</p> <p>Organization: Nature Mates-Nature Club</p> <p>Address: 6/7 Bijoygarh Kolkata-700032</p> <p>Email: niveditasngpta.ns@gmail.com</p> <p>Orcid :<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1085-7385"> https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1085-7385</a></p> <p>Home page:<a href="http://www.naturematesindia.org/"> http://www.naturematesindia.org/</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Name: Vijay Barve</p> <p>Position: Research Advisor</p> <p>Organization: Nature Mates-Nature Club</p> <p>Address: 6/7 Bijoygarh Kolkata-700032</p> <p>Email: vijay.barve@gmail.com</p> <p>Orcid :<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-2567"> https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-2567</a></p> <p>Home page:<a href="http://www.naturematesindia.org/"> http://www.naturematesindia.org/</a></p>