BIRDS COMMUNITIES AT MANGROVE OF BATU AMPAR, KUBU RAYA DISTRICT, WEST KALIMANTAN PROVINCE
ABSTRACT: Batu Ampar mangrove
is an important bird habitat especially for birds which have relation to
mangrove ecosystem in West Kalimantan. The research was conducted in February
to March 2007, at mangrove Batu Ampar demo site. Sampling was done to get
representative area for bird survey. The 19 transects were chosen as sampling
site to collect bird data such as species and number of individual. Bird
surveys were carried out using Reconnaissance method and IPA (Index Point of
Abundance) count method. The length of each transect was approximately 500
m. The results showed that the bird
community’s structure was dominated by insectivorous birds represented
approximately 60% of total bird’s species at mangrove Batu Ampar demo site. The
abundance between numbers of individual with the birds species have relation
pattern like J opposite. Percentage of
dominant bird species was approximately 11%, those are such as stork billed
kingfisher, white-collared kingfisher, common iora, chestnuts-rumped babbler,
Strip-Tit Babbler, magpie robin, ashy tailorbird, mangrove blue flycatcher,
pied fantail, mangrove whistler, brown-throated sunbird and Cooper-Throated
Sunbird. Vertical structure of mangrove vegetation was used by birds at
mangrove Batu Ampar demo site is mainly B stratum, and it be used around 60 %
birds species. Based on dendrogram
analysis there were 5 cluster birds species. The mangrove bird specialists
found at sampling area were mangrove blue flycatcher and cooper throated
sunbird.
KEYWORDS: birds communities;
mangrove; Batu Ampar; West Kalimantan
Penulis: Jarwadi Budi Hernowo
Kode Jurnal: jpkehutanangg160016
