MORFOMETRI BURUNG DIURNAL DI KAWASAN HUTAN LINDUNG DESA SEKENDAL KECAMATAN AIR BESAR KABUPATEN LANDAK KALIMANTAN BARAT

Abstract

Morphometrics  is a way  to see  the form, structure, and  measurement of  body parts,  the outer  forms  of  certain body parts  that are  relied upon  to compare.  This research  aimed  to know the  diurnal  bird"™s morphometry  in  protected forest  of  sekendal  village in Air Besar Sub-District.  The methods used  in this research  was  the  capture-recapture method by using mist nets, and mixed method  on the  Transect  and the Point  Count  method  on the  observations  made  with a length of  1000 M  with  a radius of 50 M  at any points,  the distance between  points  was  200M. Based on the result of observation, there were 44  bird species  caught  in a  mist  net, then the result of observation there were 52 types of birds and a number of birds caught in the mist net were 22 species. Based on  observations, it can be described  that the protected forest of  Sekendal  village in Air Besar sub-district is one of the  habitats  for  wildlife, especially wildlife  of birds, but the condition of the habitat needs to be noticed in order to maintain the existence of  wildlife  of birds. There were  some  disruptions  on the location of the research which are can threaten  the existence of  this wildlife  such as  forest fires and  the hunting activity.

Keywords: Diurnal bird, Morphometry, Protected forest