KEANEKARAGAMAN JENIS BURUNG DI TAMAN HUTAN RAYA GUNUNG TUMPA SULAWESI UTARA

Abstract

Gunung Tumpa Forest Park has an area of 206.6 ha and is located in two
administrative areas, namely Manado City and North Minahasa, and there are various types
of land cover, primary forest, secondary forest and cultivation land. Diversity is a
characteristic of a community that is related to the number of species or the richness of
species and the abundance of species as a constituent of the community. This study aims to
inventory and study the diversity of bird species and their variations based on land cover
types in Gunung Tumpa Forest Park. This research was conducted from February to April
2020 using the point count method. The results of this study found 57 bird species from 26
families with 1691 individuals, with a Shannon - Wiener index value of 3.10 as an indicator
of high bird species diversity in Gunung Tumpa Forest Park. Keywords : Birds, Bird species diversity, Mount Tumpa