Survey of Avifauna of the Gharana Wetland Reserve

The Gharana wetland conservation reserve (GWCR) is a semi-arid wetland adjacent to agricultural areas on the Indo-Pakistani border. Despite being declared an Important Bird Area (IBA) by Birdlife International, the occurrence and distribution of birds has not been well-documented in this area. Our aims were to systematically document the composition, relative abundance and feeding guilds of all avian fauna in order to form a baseline to monitor changes from-and to underwrite-future conservation actions.加拉纳湿地保护保留区（Gharana Wetland Conservation Reserve, GWCR）是一处坐落于印巴边境、毗邻农业用地的半干旱湿地。尽管该区域已被国际鸟类联盟（Birdlife International）列为国际重要鸟区（Important Bird Area, IBA），但目前针对该区域内鸟类的出现状况与分布格局的记录仍不够充分。本研究旨在系统记录该区域内所有鸟类区系的组成、相对丰度及取食功能群，以此构建用于监测种群变化的基准数据库，并为后续的保护行动提供支撑依据。