KEANEKARAGAMAN JENIS BURUNG DIURNAL DI DESA BUKIT BATU KECAMATAN SUNGAI KUNYIT KABUPATEN MEMPAWAH

Abstract

The bird is an indicator for the quality of the environment and has a role in ensuring the passage of tropical forest regeneration process naturally in Indonesia. The bird is one of the animals with the highest diversity in Indonesia. The purpose of this research is to examine the diversity of diurnal birds and can be relied upon the efforts of wildlife preservation process. This research method using a combination of methods to calculate point (Point Count) or IPA (Ponctuele d'Abundance Index – Index of abundance at that point) and the method of lines (Transect), observations conducted quietly at some point later noted the encounter against birds, observations using the six-point count/observation station. The whole of the observations was on track (Transect) the length of 1,800 meters. The results of this study that the diurnal bird species diversity in Bukit Batu village Sungai Kunyit Subdistrict Mempawah Regency. Course found 26 species of birds in three diurnal habitat types with a total of 420 individuals. The value of the index of diversity (H ') type on every type of ecosystem is on the secondary, 2.19 swamp forest, shrub swamps 2.32, and dry land farming 2.18. This indicates that each type has the different diversity of habitat.Keyword: Birds, Diurnal, Ecosystems, Indicators and Species diversity