Abstract
Sri Lanka possesses a rich diversity of birds compared to other countries in the region, but studies on these interesting taxa are limited. The present study on birds at Sabaragamuwa University premises was carried out as an effort of filling this gap to some extent.
The data was collected from two different habitat types i.e. Shrub land associated with human disturbances having water body (campus) and small forest patch with tree’s ever-green forest(campus).The birds sampling was carved out along four transects (100m) in each habitat. Sampling was performed morning form 6.00 am to 9.00 am and evening from 3.30 pm to 6.30 pm Six days form 21-may 2008 to 05- June 2008.shannon index (H’) was used to compare the butterfly species diversity.
54 bird species belonging to 20 families were recorded including 3 endemic species; White-throated Flower pecker, Sri Lanka Jungle fowl and Sri Lanka Brown-capped Babbler.45 and 41 birds’ species were recorded respectively in campus and forest habitat. Shannon index in campus and forest area were 2.462 and 2.086. There was not a much difference in Shannon index diversity index between above two habitats. Red-vented Bulbul, House Sparrows are abundant in campus habitat and Sri Lanka Jungle fowl is abundant in forest habitat. White forest habitat common species are low density and campus area common species density is high. Sri Lanka Jungle fowl and Yellow-billed Babbler are common in all two habitat types.
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