Contents: Foreword. Acknowledgments. Acknowledgments for photographs.  I. Introduction. II. Study area: I. State of Rajasthan: 1. Vegetation. 2. Forests. 3. Wastelands. 4. Wetlands. II. Thar Desert: 1. Climate. 2. Aravalli Hills. 3. Surface drainage. 4. Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna (IGNP). 5. Ganga Canal project. 6. Bhakara project. III. Methodology: I. Data source. 1. Wetland birds diversity in Thar Desert. 2. Creation of Geo-spatial layers. 3. Mapping of the wetlands. II. Data presentation: 1. Species text. 2. Maps. 3. Symbols used. 4. Charts. 5. Wetland birds of Thar Desert. 6. District wise distribution of wetlands. III. Terms and abbreviation used. iv. Glossary. IV. Results: I: Priority wetlands in the Thar Desert: 1. Potential wetlands of international importance w.r.t. Ramsar Criteria. 2. Potential wetlands of national and international importance w.r.t. Indian WL (P) Act 1972, CITES, CMS. 3. Consolidated listing of wetlands of national and international importance. 4. Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojana. II. Review of adequacy of the Indian WL (P) Act, 1972 vis-a-vis wetland birds. III. Susceptibility of domestic and wild bird species to the H5N1 Asian stain. V. Species plates. VI. References: 1. Annexure: Codes for Aves observation sites.  2. Annexure: Data source.  3. Annexure: Globally threatened species vs. species under Indian WL (P) Act, 1972. Index of Scientific names. Index of Common names.