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Junona lake is a fresh water and historical lake of Chandrapur district. The lake is surrounded by dense Chichpalli forest and contains rich treasure of flora and fauna. It harbours varieties of birds including migratory birds. The avifaunal survey of lake and its surrounded area was carried out by field observations during 2006-2007. Total 19 species were observed, among which 07 species were of Order Ciconiiformes, 4 of Charadriiformes, 3 of Gruiformes, 2 of Falconiformes and one each of Pelicaniformes, Anseriformes and Cuculiformes. A good congregation of Black ibis, Little cormorant and Kingfisher observed and regularly found in the surroundings of the lake.
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Ali, S., 1939. The birds of Central India Part I. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 41(1): 82-106.
Ali, S., 1940. The birds of Central India Part II. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 41(3): 470-488.
Ali, S., 1996. The book of Indian birds. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai. pp: 1-101.
Ali, S. and Ripley S.D., 1983. A pictorial guide to the birds of the Indian sub-continent. Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Mumbai. pp: 1-354.
Ghosal, D.K., 1995. Aves fauna of conservation area No. 7, fauna of Kanha Tiger Reserve Z.S.I.: 63-91.
Kulkarni, A.K., Kanwate V.S. and Deshpande V.D., 2006. Check list of birds of Shikhachi wadi Reserovir, Distt. Nanded, Maharashtra. J. Aqua. Biol., 21(1): 80-85.
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Kumar, A. and Bohra, C.J., 2002. Faunistic composition communities structure population dynamics and ethology of the birds of Udhuwa lake (Santhal pargana) and the strategies for the conservation in new millennium. In: Ecology and Conservation of lakes, Reservoirs and Rivers vol. II. (Ed. A Kumar) ABD Publisher, Jaipur. pp: 411- 434.
Majumdar, N., 1984. On a collection of birds from Bastar District (M.P.). Record Zoology Survey of India. Occ. Paper No. 59:54.
Prakash, M.M., 1999. Impact of anthropogenic activites on the aquatic birds population at Bahadur Sagar (Jhabua. M.P.). In: Advances in fish and wild life ecology and biology (ed. B.I. Kaul). Daya Publishing house. New Delhi. 2: 174-178.
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