Estudio preliminar de la avifauna en el campus de la Universidad de la Amazonia, en Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia

Abstract

Introduction : The urban development represents a latent threat for biodiversity, although areas such as university campus can reduce the negative impact of urbanization trough keeping a multipurpose area of green islands. Objetive : The current study looked for de ning the diversity of birds present in the campus of the Amazonia University. Methodology : Using for it the point count methodology. Results : Obtaining a total of 363 registers of birds which belong to fourteen orders, 27 families and 62 species. The order Passeriformes had the biggest wealth with 37 (59,6%) species, followed by the Tyrannidae family with 12 (19,3%) species and Thraupidae with 7 (11,2%) species. The species with the most frequency of observation were Turdus ignobilis (26, 7,1%), Thraupis episcopus (24, 6,6%) and Pitangus sulphuratus (23, 6,3%). The most representative trophic guild was the insectivorous (43,5%). There were found seven species categorized in the appendixes II and III of the CITES, six species of congregations and thirteen species of migratory. Conclusion : The diversity of birds found in the campus would suggest that this areas represent an important source of resources such as food or nesting areas, attractive for the community of resident and migratory birds that inhabit in the urban area of Florencia city.