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Abstract

Present  study  describes  the  seasonal  variation  of  aquatic  birds.  Total  19  species  of water  birds  were  reported from  thi s  water  body  i nc luding  7  spe ci es  of  win ter  vi si tor  an d  7  spec ies  of  local  migratory.  Spec ies  wi se monthly  count  also  discussed  in  this  paper.

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Water fowl monthly count migratory birds winter visitors

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Saxena, G. S., Prakash, M., & Arora, B. (2007). Aquatic birds Diversity at Yashwant Nagar Talaab, Mhow (M.P.). Environment Conservation Journal, 8(3), 39–45. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2007.080311

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