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Present study was aimed to report the avifaunal diversity of newly formed marshy places in and around Sangli city. In present investigation there are about 12 orders and 26 different families of birds were recorded at three different marshy places i.e. Site I, Site II and Site III. 12 different orders reported were Passeriformes, Pellicaniformes, Columbiformes, Coraciiformes, Ciconiformes, Anseriformes, Suliformes, Accipitriformis, Podicipediformes, Charadriiformes, Gruiformes and Bucerotiformes. In present study about 69 species of the birds were reported in marshy places. Order Passeriformes was dominant and it includes about 23 species of birds followed by the order Pellicaniformes which includes about 11 species of birds. In present study the Podicipediformes and Bucerotiformes were recessive which includes only a single species of birds. Key words: Avifauna, New marshy places, Sangli City, Maharashtra., Received: 21 June 2022; Accepted: 28 July 2022; Published online: 3 September, 2022