Bird Monitoring At Harita Group West Obi Of South Halmahera District. Maluku Province

Abstract

Monitoring for avifauna through of Biodiversity Assessment Survey at Harita Group project area of West Obi South of Halmahera District Maluku Province is conducted to collect and analyze data on species abundance, diversity, and community structure as well as conservation status category. Based on the birds monitoring result, the total number of bird species identified in the study area are 54 species. Nine station for bird observation was done to analyze, the diversity of birds has correlation with habitat types, the avifauna survey is designed in different types of habitat found in the study area. The result showed that, the highest number of bird species are found at forested area. Meanwhile the lowest bird diversity is observed in shrubs area. With regards to conservation status, from the total bird species identified, there are 10 species classified as protected by Government of Indonesia (GOI - Government Regulation 20/2018); 2 species are classified as near threatened by red list of IUCN1

; and 10 species are listed as

Appendix II by CITES2 .

The protected birds listed in GOI regulation are 1) Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), 2) Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus), 3) White belied sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster), 4) Baza (Aviceda subcristata), 5) Spotted kestrel (Falco moluccensis). 6) Blyths Hornbill (Rhyticeros plycatus). Based on feeding guid analysis, the bird community observed at the study area is dominated by insectivorous birds. The dominant of bird habitat types at properties is forested area.