Diversity of Birds in Tepus Village of Gunungkidul District of Yogyakarta

Abstract

Tepus village of Gunungkidul District is one of the coastal regions of karst in the Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. Coastal karst area generally has its own species of avi fauna that typical considering several factors supporting the life of birds as well as the existence of the reef, the typical vegetation of karst and others. This research aims to discover the diversity species of  birds in the Tepus  village  of Gunungkidul  District. The study was conducted during two months in May - June 2011. We retrieval the data with Explore Method and analyze it with an Encounter Rates Method. Observers are divided into 3 groups with different observation spot but are in one location. The types of birds are observed will be identified, count the number of individual preference, and recorded in a table of observations. The results showed there are 42 species of birds included into 22 families. Types with the highest abundance are in Cave Swiftlet (Collocalia linchi) with a value of 193.548387. Species of birds endemic to the island of Java that was found was the Sunda Coucal (Centropus nigrorufus), Flame-Fronted Barbet (Megalaima armillaris), Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata), and the Brown Prinia (Prinia polychroa). The Sunda Coucal is recorded VU (Vulnerable)/ threatened in Red list of IUCN. Based on the Status of the rules of international trade in CITES, Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) which was recorded in the area are listed in Appendix I. Beside of that there are eight species of birds are listed as protected species Act No. 5/1999 and PP No. 7/1999.