Birds of Sabaragamuwa University campus, Buttala, Sri Lanka

We conducted a bird survey in the Sabaragamuwa University premises in southeastern Sri Lanka between 2001 and 2004. We recorded 145 bird species, representing 17 orders and 51 families from the campus. The birdlife included Red-faced Malkoha, a globally Vulnerable species and four Near Threatened taxa. The university premises suffer from severe habitat alteration largely owing to fire, filling-up of aquatic habitats, resource over-extraction, improper waste management, invasion by exotic species and livestock grazing. Several conservation measures, including habitat management strategies such... Mehr ...

Verfasser: T.D. Surasinghe
C. De Alwis
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Reihe/Periodikum: Journal of Threatened Taxa, Vol 2, Iss 5, Pp 876-888 (2010)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
Schlagwörter: Ecology / QH540-549.5 / General. Including nature conservation / geographical distribution / QH1-199.5
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29234055
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2113.876-88

We conducted a bird survey in the Sabaragamuwa University premises in southeastern Sri Lanka between 2001 and 2004. We recorded 145 bird species, representing 17 orders and 51 families from the campus. The birdlife included Red-faced Malkoha, a globally Vulnerable species and four Near Threatened taxa. The university premises suffer from severe habitat alteration largely owing to fire, filling-up of aquatic habitats, resource over-extraction, improper waste management, invasion by exotic species and livestock grazing. Several conservation measures, including habitat management strategies such as restoration of riparian vegetation, and wetlands, increasing plant diversity in home gardens and prevention of secondary successions in grasslands are recommended to protect the campus environment and to conserve its avifaunal diversity.