December 2015

Birds of Seshachalam biosphere reserve, South-eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India

The Seshachalam hill is the first declared biosphere reserve in Andhra Pradesh and is located in the southern Eastern Ghats of Chittoor and Kadapa districts. The vegetation comprises of a unique mix of the tropical southern dry mixed deciduous type. The study was carried out from August 2011 to February 2014. The study recorded 215 species of birds, which belong to 45 families. Among which 172 species (80%) were...

Author(s): M. Bubesh Guptha, S. Kishore, N. V. Sivarama Prasad and P. V. Chalapathi Rao