Aves da zona rural do município de Cuité - PB.

Abstract

Ornithological surveys are very important for us to observe what the existing species in a certain place are. The survey was conducted in the rural municipality of Cuité –PB, by the method lists Mackinnon in writing ten different species in each list to the end of the study reaching a certain number of samples. The study was conducted between January and June 2015. The survey was always made in the morning between 5 am and 8 am in the afternoon, between 15h and 18h , with visits to the field at least once a week. We analyze the species and the sensitivity to environmental disturbances caused by man in sensitivity Low (B), medium (M) and High (A). It was also observed habitat use in Independent (IND), semidependent (SDE) and dependent ( DEP) and their trophic categories; Water (Aqua), scavenging (DET), nectarivorous (NEC), Frutívoras (FRU), Granivorous (GRA), carnivorous (CAR), omnivores (ONI) and Insectivorous (INS). This survey reached a number of 103 bird species, divided into 35 families, where the most significant in numbers of species were Tyrannidae, Thraupidae, Accipitridae and Furnaridae respectively. The number of species found in the study was slightly lower than desired, but some factors indicate the number of species a bit lower than expected as the rains lower than expected in the last three years, another aggravating factor was the self-level of deforestation observed in the study area.