Table 1 Different heavy metal concentration recorded from the feathers of the different species of shorebird in the Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary, Kodikkarai, Tamil Nadu, India.

From: Probing of heavy metals in the feathers of shorebirds of Central Asian Flyway wintering grounds

Shorebirds

Metals (ppm)

Mercury (Hg)

Copper (Cu)

Chromium (Cr)

Cobalt (Co)

Lead (pb)

Nickel (Ni)

Zinc (Zn)

Black winged Stilts

6.1 ± 0.43

0.4 ± 0.25

1.595 ± 0.20

0.7 ± 0.13

9.6 ± 0.42

0.6 ± 0.024

2.559 ± 0.35

Common red shank

6.01 ± 0.50

0.7 ± 0.05

1.7 ± 0.57

0.6 ± 0.12

9.6 ± 0.26

0.6 ± 0.16

2.041 ± 0.29

Common sandpiper

0.2 ± 0.05

14.1 ± 2.51

1.7 ± 0.09

8.4 ± 0.29

0.002 ± 0.001

70.9 ± 9.75

64.2 ± 3.79

Curlew Sandpiper

5.4 ± 0.26

0.5 ± 0.23

0.6 ± 0.04

0.5 ± 0.14

9.6 ± 0.57

0.4 ± 0.27

2.03 ± 0.29

Dunlin

0.5 ± 0.07

20.9 ± 2.72

2.6 ± 0.07

2.6 ± 0.17

2.8 ± 0.03

19.05 ± 0.41

90.08 ± 4.29

Eurasian Curlew

5.3 ± 0.67

0.5 ± 0.11

1.4 ± 0.17

0.5 ± 0.05

6.9 ± 1.09

0.5 ± 0.22

1.4 ± 0.18

Kentish Plover

8.3 ± 1.03

0.2 ± 0.21

0.7 ± 0.25

0.8 ± 0.53

6.06 ± 0.94

0.7 ± 0.47

1.5 ± 0.01

Lesser Sand plover

7.7 ± 1.05

0.3 ± 0.15

0.5 ± 0.17

0.6 ± 0.08

9.5 ± 0.52

0.6 ± 0.15

2.5 ± 0.27

Little ringed plover

5.2 ± 1.97

16.4 ± 0.60

2.7 ± 0.22

0.6 ± 0.02

19.5 ± 9.76

114.8 ± 1.18

75.5 ± 2.25

Little stint

6.07 ± 0.33

71.4 ± 0.83

28.01 ± 0.94

9.7 ± 4.40

28.5 ± 2.31

15.2 ± 1.82

419.09 ± 178.1

Marsh sandpiper

0.05 ± 0.002

82.3 ± 2.32

22.1 ± 0.31

53.08 ± 0.94

35.5 ± 1.18

81.9 ± 35.96

91.9 ± 1.42

Painted Stork

8.1 ± 0.64

0.6 ± 0.11

2.7 ± 0.65

0.5 ± 0.06

2.4 ± 0.30

1.3 ± 0.75

1.5 ± 0.12

Spotted Red shank

7.8 ± 0.55

0.6 ± 0.09

2.6 ± 0.61

0.3 ± 0.16

5.4 ± 0.73

0.4 ± 0.20

2.1 ± 0.20

Temminck's Stint

5.01 ± 0.49

0.6 ± 0.15

1.3 ± 0.11

0.7 ± 0.14

6.1 ± 0.34

0.4 ± 0.22

1.7 ± 0.09

Wood Sandpiper

7.7 ± 0.82

1.3 ± 0.27

2.9 ± 1.03

1.03 ± 0.65

3.1 ± 0.26

1.4 ± 0.52

1.7 ± 0.51

  1. Values are Mean ± SE [ppm].
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