Checklist of Bird Species in Mandalay University Campus

Abstract

A total of 36 bird species belonging to 26 families and 11 orders were recorded from Mandalay University Campus during the study period from June 2017 to May 2018. Among them, 34 species were terrestrial birds and two species were waterbirds. Of these, 11 orders, Passeriformes was the largest order containing 20 species (55.56%) and followed by order Columbiformes and Coraciiformes containing three species in each (8.33%), Psittaciformes and Cuculiformes, two species in each (5.56%), Anseriformes, Accipitriformes, Gruiformes, Strigiformes, Caprimulgiformes and Piciformes one species in each (2.78%), respectively. Two Myanmar’s endemic species of Pycnonotus blanfordi (Irrawaddy Bulbul) and Turdoides gularis (White- throated Babbler) were recorded in the Mandalay University Campus. Of these 36 species, two Winter Visitors of Lanius cristatus (Brown Shrike) and Motacilla alba (White Wagtail), one Near Threatened species of Psittacula eupatria (Alexandrine Parakeet), three migrant species of P. eupatria (Alexandrine Parakeet), Upupa epops (Common Hoopoe) and Passer flaveolus (Plain-backed Sparrow), and 26 residents species were recorded in the Mandalay University Campus. It is proof that Mandalay University Campus is a good habitat for long-term survival of birds including terrestrial and waterbirds