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Avian Diversity and Feeding Guilds at Taman Awam Bukit Besar,
Kuala Terengganu
Noor Suzaimah binti Mahasan
Supervisor: Dr. Abdulmula Abdulmagid Hamza
Co-supervisor: Dr. Nur Juliani Bt Shafie
Bachelor of Applied Science
(Biodiversity Conservation and Management)
School of Marine and Environmental Sciences
Urban avian diversity is an important component of natural diversity within the
city man-made habitats. Birds are diverse organisms and they can inhabit all
ecosystems. Point count method and pairs of binoculars was used. A total of
25 bird species were observed at Taman Awam Bukit Besar representing 20
families. The most observed bird was Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis payanensis,
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus and the Pink-necked Green Pigeon
Treron vernans. Three migratory birds were found in Taman Awam Bukit Besar
are Chinese Pond-heron Ardeola bacchus, Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus igneus and
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos. There are six types of feeding guilds of
bird was identified in this study. The result of this study can be used by Tourism
office of Terengganu State to raise awareness of the Taman Awam users. These
results need further bird surveys to achieve full check list of birds at Urban
Kuala Terengganu.
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