Avian Diversity in the Jaldapara National Park, West Bengal, India with a Notes on their Habitat Association and Feeding Guild

99 taxa of avifauna belonging to 43 families has been recorded in successive years (2013 and 2014) in a seasonal survey carried out at Jaldapara National Park located within Himalayan Terai region of North Bengal. The open forest habitat found out to be the richest in avifauna among the other habitat types. Among the feeding guilds, insectivores dominate in species strength and in the number habitat types represented. Survey shows that the landscape of Jaldapara is frequently visited by 2 Vulnerable (Lesser Adjutant and Pallas's Fish Eagle) and 1 Near Threatened species (River Lapwing). The study documented Kalij Pheasnatwhich is probably new record from this region.