Keanekaragaman Burung Air di Kawasan Pantai Labu Kabupaten Deli Serdang

Abstract

Waterbids is a group of birds that depends on wetland, which is used as their breeding, resting and feeding area. Pantai Labu is one of the areas that has wetland and is included in Important Birds Area (IBA) in Sumatera. This study is aimeds to gather information about waterbirds diversity, including richness, evenness and species similarity on each location in the study. This study used concentration method. Thirty eight species of waterbirds which consisted of 8 family and 30 genera were found during 3 months study. The highest diversity value was found in Pantai Baru in February with the value of 2,8, while the lowest diversity value was found in Pantai Ancol with the value of 0,88. The highest richness index was found in Pantai Muara Indah on February with the value of 4,8 and the lowest richness index was found in Pantai Ancol on April with the value of 1,2.