COMMUNITY AND DIVERSITY OF WATERFOWLS IN SANTRAGACHHI WETLAND, INDIA

Community and diversity of waterfowls in Santragachhi Wetland have been studied in four months during the winter period of 2008-2009, which is the season for migratory water birds. The diversity has been studied with respect to cumulative species richness and relative abundance, Shanon-Weiner diversity, bootstrap richness, Chao 1 richness, Coleman rarefaction richness. Attempts were also made to find a correlation with these parameters to the photoperiod of the day. Some of the potential threats of the wetland as well as the inhabitants have also been noted. In this current project the status and distribution of waterfowls in Santragacchi wetland were recorded and their description were described.