Study of Bird Community and the Potential of Avitourism Attraction in Wana Wisata Coban Rondo, Malang District, Indonesia
Alief Sella, Fatchur Rohman, Sofia Ery Rahayu, and I Wayan Sumberartha

Departement of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jl. Semarang 5, Malang 65145, Indonesia

Abstract

Bird conservation in Indonesia is only concerned with conservation areas that have been determined by the government, while birds also live outside conservation areas. Developing avitourism activities is one strategy to preserve birds outside of conservation area. Wana Wisata Coban Rondo has a diversity of birds that have the potential to attract avitourism. This research aimed to determine the species, study community, and the potential of birds in the waterfall and highland ecosystems as objects of attraction for avitourism. Data collection was carried out by the cruising method. Analysis of the data used Shanon-Wienner diversity index, evenness index, richness index, frequency of species, relative abundance index, and descriptive analysis. Bird species consisting of 38 bird species with high diversity index of 3.15, a bird evenness index of 0.87 and high species richness index of 6.64. Based on the potential attractiveness of avitourism, 3 species of raptors were found, 7 species of endemic birds, 1 species of endangered bird, 6 species of chirping birds and 9 species of birds with interesting morphology. Coban Rondo has a lot of potential and considered for developing avitourism.

Keywords: Bird, avitourism, conservation, coban rondo

Topic: Bioconservation