In the present study carried out at the Govt. (Model, Autonomous) Holkar Science Campus, total 51 species of birds belonging to 14 Orders and 33 Families were recorded. Out of these 51 species, 41 species were found to be resident and 10 species were winter visitors. Only one species i.e. Alexandrine parakeet was found to be in the Near Threatened Category (NT) of IUCN. Interestingly, 13 new species of birds which were previously unrecorded at the college campus were recorded, which suggests the variation in the number of species and their abundance within the past years. Total 17 species of birds were recorded breeding inside the college campus. Their nesting preference and the use of anthropogenic material for building the nest was also studied. The results of Relative Diversity (RD) Index shows that the Family Muscicapidae (RD Value = 13.7) was dominant in the college campus. Seasonal variation was observed in few resident bird species suggesting their local movement. Further, the importance of large trees with dense foliage has been described and the negative impact of stray dogs on the life of birds is also discussed.

Indore city harbours a wide variety of birds. The objective of the present study was to assess the avian diversity and its spatial variation at four different locations of Indore city viz. Meghdoot Garden, Nehru Park, Lalbagh and Pipliyapala Regional Park. A yearly survey of avian fauna was carried out from January to December 2018 by adopting line transect and point count method.A total of 58 bird species belonging to 13 order and 34 families were recorded during the present study. The highest number of avian fauna was recorded in Pipliyapala Regional Park (58), followed by Lalbagh (41), then Meghdoot Garden(39) and the least

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