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Avian Diversity and Feeding Guilds at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
(UniSZA) Lake
Hazirah Atikah binti Khaidil
Supervisor: Dr. Abdulmula Abdulmagid Hamza
Co-supervisor: Dr. Nur Juliani Binti Shafie
Bachelor of Applied Science
(Biodiversity Conservation and Management)
School of Marine and Environmental Sciences
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Birds play important roles in ecosystems such as pollinators, seed dispersals
and keeping balance for nature, they also maintain sustainable population
levels of their prey and predator species and, after death, provide food for
scavengers and decomposers. The aim of this study to determine the diversity
of bird species and link species identified to different feeding guild. Bird surveys
were conducted between October 2017 and March 2018, using point count
method. Results indicate counting of 879 bird individuals of 33 species, which
belong to 22 families. The highest number of species according family of birds
at Unisza Lake was family Ardeidae. According to feeding guild, represented
46% insectivorous, 24% carnivorous, 21% frugivorous, 6% nectarvorous and
3% omnivorous at study site. This study can help the public (students and
visitors) to the lake to understand and appreciate the unique diversity of birds
in the study site.
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