Studi Populasi Burung Famili Ardeidae Di Rawa Pacing Desa Kibang Pacing Kecamatan Menggala Timur Kabupaten Tulang Bawang Provinsi Lampung

Abstract

Kibang pacing village with 83.55 Km² areas , is located at the East of Menggala Timur sub district. This area is valley which most of the area has been used for coconut oil cultivation. The changed of this area made the vegetation cover this area changed from a multi stration area to the mono stration. This changed over the area caused the hampered of nature habitat component and the population of kinds of animals, especially Ardeidae water bird. To know the Ardeidae population in this research with use point count three method. This research done for 18 days effectively with stayed at the point and noted the birds founded. The result of research done analyze and can be used to count this population and distribution pattern of Ardeidae species. Based on the research showed the population is 64 birds blekok rice, 4 Cinnamon Bittern bird, 11 red cangak birds, 89 great egret birds, 333 little egret birds, 112 buffalo birds. The mean of all Ardeidae family was 613 birds. The lowest population of Ardeidae was 4 birds and the highest was 333 birds. The distribution patern of Ardeidae population at Kibang Pacing village is group pattern.

Keywords: Ardeidae, birds, Kibang Pacing, population