KEANEKARAGAMAN JENIS BURUNG DI HUTAN PRIMER DI SUAKA MARGASATWA PULAU PASOSO KECAMATAN BALAESANG TANJUNG KABUPATEN DONGGALA
ABSTRACT: Pasoso Island is one
of the islands located in the Makassar Strait. Although this area was made a
conservation area because of the presence of the two sea turtles species, but
other animals’ life on the Pasoso Island are also important, such as avivauna
(birds) which can be found in significant amounts. Birds are wild animals that
live in nature and have an important role in preserving the environment, such
as pest control, seed dispersers and pollinators. The suitable environment that
is considered as a habitat for birds would provide food, shelter and breeding
grounds for birds. This study was conducted from September to November 2014
with the composition of bird species, the presence, diversity, evenness and the
presence in the area of primary
forest in Pasoso Island Balesang Tanjung sub district of Donggala district.
Method used for data collecting on the area of primary forest in the region of Pasoso Island Wildlife was transect
method, and the length was 500m transect. The composition of the observations
in the morning and in the afternoon encountered 14 types of birds, including 12
in the family. Furthermore, there were 2 types of Sulawesi endemic birds from
14. Based on the attendance at observation level, there was 1 bird species
which has the presence of 60%, 1 type got 50%, 1 type got 40%, 2 types got 30%,
and 8 types of 10%. The diversity index in the morning observation was H 1.8728
and 1.7301 H was in the afternoon. Evenness index in the morning observation E
was 1.872821 while the afternoon E got 1.730074. The observation in the morning
was 64 compositions while in the afternoon; there was a sighting of 93 species
of birds’ composition.
Keywords: Diversity, Bird,
Primary Forest, Pasoso Island
Penulis: Abd. Karar, Sri
Ningsih, Moh. Ihsan
Kode Jurnal: jpkehutanandd160166
