Kelimpahan, Persebaran Populasi, Preferensi Pakan dan Ketersediaan Tumbuhan Pakan Burung Bondol (Lonchura Spp) di Beberapa Tipe Habitat Kota Semarang Jawa Tengah

Abstract

The Semarang City is a metropolitan city with such rapid development, so that it also affects several animals, one of which is birds. One species of bird that can be found in various habitats is the Genus Lonchura. This study aims to examine the abundance and population distribution, feed preferences, and the availability of food plants for munia in urban, suburban, rural habitats in Semarang City. Data were collected using the transect method, Visual Encounter Survey (VES), and quadratic. Analysis of the data used are abundance index, diversity index, equity index, Morisita index, Kruskall-Wallis test, and Chi-Square Test/ Goodness of Fit. Three species of Lonchura, namely Scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata), White-headed munia (Lonchura maja), and Javan munia (Lonchura leucogastroides), are found in urban, suburban and rural habitats. The Genus Lonchura in urban and rural habitats is dominant, while the distribution of the bondol bird population based on the Morisita Index is clumped. The munias also did not show any food preference for the types of forage plants.