Status and Diversity of Ornithofauna in Joggers Park, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

The present study was done to account for the status and diversity of ornithofauna of Joggers Park, Lucknow, U.P., India. The field explorations were carried out from September 2021 to August 2022. During the period of study, a total of 62 species of ornithofauna were identified which belonged to 13 orders and 32 families. The order Passeriformes had a maximum number of bird count (34 species) belonging to 16 families. The least number of bird species was recorded in orders Strigiformes, Charadriiformes, Apodiformes, and Galliformes each containing 1 species. All the 62 avian species reported in Joggers Park come under the least concerned category of IUCN. Out of the total species, 49 species were resident and 13 Residents were Migratory (RM).