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‘Pakshi Pitti’: a robust haven for pelagic birds in the Indian Ocean

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Relation https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12673/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14888386.2018.1467792
 
Title ‘Pakshi Pitti’: a robust haven for pelagic birds in the Indian Ocean
 
Creator Raju, Aju K
Sreenath, K R
Sreeram, Miriam Paul
Joshi, K K
Koya, Mohammed
 
Subject Marine Birds
 
Description India, a land of distinct climatic and geographic zones,
supports a remarkable diversity of avian fauna within both
its mainland and its seas. There are over 1200 species of
birds recorded in India, with the majority occurring in
the mainland (Praveen et al., 2016). Surrounded by extensive
marine zones on its three sides, territorial waters and
marginal seas around India form seamless habitats for a
significant number of marine avian species. Seventy species
of marine birds are observed in the region (BirdLife
International 2015). These include predominantly open
oceanic species like frigate birds, tropicbirds, shearwaters
and petrels which are winter visitors or vagrants, but birds
like gulls and terns are more commonly found along the
coastal waters of India.
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12673/1/Aju%20K%20Raju_2018_Biodiversity_Pakshi%20Pitti%20a%20robust%20haven%20for%20pelagic%20birds%20in%20the%20Indian%20Ocean.pdf
Raju, Aju K and Sreenath, K R and Sreeram, Miriam Paul and Joshi, K K and Koya, Mohammed (2018) ‘Pakshi Pitti’: a robust haven for pelagic birds in the Indian Ocean. Biodiversity. pp. 1-4.