A photographic guide to the Bird Riches of Darbhanga

The natural landscape of Darbhanga is dominated by lakes wetlands and open areas which attract different species of birds to this region. In recent decades with increasing incidences of hunting and wildlife poaching the avian biodiversity of the region has been threatened. A number of environmentalists academicians and conservationists have raised voices for continuous monitoring of birds’ population assessment of their habitats and patterns of migration. Making a photographs-based inventory of birds is one such step considered important towards their conservation management and preservation of their habitats. An enumeration of birds of Darbhanga is also important to understand how birds will be impacted by diseases and environmental toxins competition from invasive species environmental changes climate change human activities alterations conversions and simplification of habitats and other influences. This will help in identifying priority locations for conservation as well as at-risk species before they struggle under endangered species at risk.