Bird Diversity in Ake Jawi Village, Aketajawe Lolobata National Park, Halmahera, North Maluku

Abstract

Aketajawe Lolobata National Park is located in the Wallacea area with 167,319.32 hectares. The park is home to 108 buffer villages, one of which is a bird-friendly village in Ake Jawi Village. This study aims to determine the types of birds, analyze diversity, dominance, and feeding habits. For data collection the visual encounter survey (VES) method was applied for bird sightings along available paths. The study identified 31 bird species grouped into 23 families and 31genus, 15 of them are Indonesian endemics, and 12 species are endemics to North Maluku. Based on the ShannonWiener diversity index, Ake Jawi Village belongs to the medium category, with an index value of 2.889, and a low dominance category with 0.098. The percentage of encounters with insect-eating birds (insectivore) such as the Glossy Swiftlet, Cotton-halmahera, and Goliath Lathe reached 39%, followed by frugivores such as the Papuan Hornbill, White Cockatoo, and Gray-headed Walik by 36%.