Avian diversity study of Kharibari Wetland and its adjacent Bheries, Kamduni, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India

<p>The dataset &ldquo;Avian diversity study of Kharibari Wetland and its adjacent Bheries, Kamduni, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India&rdquo; is published by Nature Mates Nature Club</p> <p>The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) defines wetland as, &ldquo;a place in which the land is covered by water &mdash; salt, fresh or somewhere in between &mdash; either seasonally or permanently. It functions as its distinct ecosystem.&rdquo;</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>Kolkata has several wetlands in its vicinity and one of them is the Kamduni wetlands of Kharibari, near Barasat.</p> <p>The wetland and bheries&nbsp; of Kharibari is a visiting spot for many local and migratory birds. Some of these birds are from the Himalayan foothills, others travel from central Asia.</p> <p>During spring, the waters in the wetlands recede making food easily available for the water birds. This attracts a host of long and short-distance migrant birds along with local birds.</p> <p>This dataset includes all the birds recorded from kamduni wetlands of kharibari and the bheries present in the vicinity.</p> <p>&nbsp;A list of all the birds identified during a biodiversity survey carried out between November 2017 to April 2018 is included in this dataset.</p> <p>All the birds have been identified upto species level. There are 56 bird species total, with records of them in 18 different families and 10 different orders.</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>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><strong>&nbsp;</strong></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>&nbsp;</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><strong><br><br></strong>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>