Keragaman Jenis Burung Air di Kawasan Selat Sebuku Kotabaru, Kalimantan Selatan
Abstract: This research is to determine the diversity
of waterbirds in the Sebuku Strait (Pulau Laut Timur and Pulau Sebuku), Kotabaru,
South Kalimantan. Communities of waterbirds identified in the mangrove forest
(HM); rice paddies and ponds (Sw-Ta);
wetlands and ponds (Ra-Te); open land, savannas, and shrublands
(LT-PR-SB), beach front and strait (TPT-Se). The Research used point methods or
point of abundance and exploration in the habitat types, at 6:00 - 11:00 pm
(morning) and 1:00 - 6:00 pm (afternoon) in March until May 2014. Analysis the
type of habitat, name of the species, and number of waterbirds were identified.
Around the Sebuku Strait were found 28 species of 9 families waterbirds.
Diversity of waterbirds around Sebuku Strait
was high (H '= 3.237). It was found various families of
waterbirds, i.e. family
of Ardeidae (11
species), Alcedinidae (4
species), Anatidae (2
species), Anhingidae,
Ciconiidae, Fregatidae, Rallidae,
Recurvirostridae, and Scolopacidae
(1 species). Sixteen
species protected by government
regulations No. 7
of 1999, only
one species in
Appendix I CITES
(Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species).
Penulis: Maulana Khalid
Riefani, Mochamad Arief Soendjoto
Kode Jurnal: jpbiologidd150506
