Avian Assemblage, Monitoring and Bioassessment of Margalla Hills National Park, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
Abdul Hadi, Muhammad Rais*, Ifrah Muddassir, Abdullah Tasib, Maria Zafar and Sumbul Gill
Department of Zoology, Wildlife and Fisheries, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Shamsabad, Murree Road, Rawalpindi, 46000, Pakistan.
* Corresponding author: sahil@uaar.edu.pk
Fig. 1.
Map of study area Margalla Hills National Park.
Fig. 2.
Black kite (Milvus migrans) (A), Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipter nisus) (B), cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) (C), white-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) (D), pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) (E), black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) (F), spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) (G), Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) (H), laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) (I). Photo credit A, C, D, F, G, H, I Muhammad Shahzaib and B, E Umer Waqas.
Fig. 3.
Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) (A), yellow-billed blue-magpie (Urocissa flavirostris) (B), barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) (C), common babbler (Argya caudata) (D), red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) (E), blue-throated barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus) (F), blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus) (G), purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) ♀ (H), purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) ♂ (I). Photo credit C, D, F, G, H, I Muhammad Shahzaib and A, B, E Umer Waqas.
Fig. 4.
Blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) (A), Oriental magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis) (B), pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata) (C), Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus) (D), cinereous tit (Parus cinereus) (E), grey francolin (Francolinus pondicerianus) (F), kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos) (G), black-rumped flameback (Dinopium benghalense) (H), yellow-crowned woodpecker (Leiopicus mahrattensis) (I). Photo credit B, C, D, F, I Muhammad Shahzaib and A, G, H Umer Waqas.
Fig. 5.
Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys), (A), white-throated fantail (Rhipidura albicollis) (B), grey-headed canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis) (C), spotted owlet (Athene brama) (D), Asian pied starling (Gracupica contra) (E), brahminy starling (Sturnia pagodarum) (F), common myna (Acridotheres tristis) (G), Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) (H), Oriental white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus) (I). Photo credit A, B, C, D, F, G Muhammad Shahzaib and H, I Umer Waqas.