The birds of Palembang Punti Kayu Recreation Forest, South Sumatra, Indonesia

The Punti Kayu Recreation Forest is artificial pine forest designated as “lungs” and park in Palembang City. The birds recorded in Punti Kayu were reviewed to looking at the importance of the forest for natural habitat of birds. A total of 44 species from 24 families of bird was recorded here. This critical reviewed is constitutes first compilation made ever for birds Punti Kayu Recreation Forest.


INTRODUCTION
South Sumatra province is the largest province in Sumatra where located in the southeastern portion of the island (Whitten et al. 2000). The capital city of the province is Palembang (02 0 52'-03 0 05'S, 104 0 37-104 0 52'E), with a total of 400,61 km2 (Santana 2012). The natural vegetation of Palembang City is freshwater swamp (Whitten et al. 2000), which the specific habitat type is floodplain lakes or locally called "lebaks" (Giesen and Sukotjo 1991). The city growth very rapidly during 1999-2007 that many lebaks area were reclaimed to some purposes; and it was caused the lebaks to be decreased only 15,30% remaining in 2007 (such as : Febriana 2008).
The study of bird diversity have been reported across the South Sumatra province (eg. Nash and Nash 1985, Verheugt et al. 1993, Iqbal & Setijono 2011. Most of these works

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The birds of Punti Kayu Recreation Forest are tabulated in table 1. A total of 44 species from 23 families are recorded here. Few groups or families such as Accipitridae and Alcedinidae are protected by Act of the Republic of Indonesia No.5 of 1990   Oriental Hobby Falco severus Rare. Only recorded once in 24 February 2002. There are few records of Oriental Hobby in Sumatra, but no specimens or photographs available (Marle & Voous 1988, Holmes 1996, Sukmantoro et al. 2007).

White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
Common. Not easy to find, but their sound always heard during visits.

White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinerea
Recorded once in 27 March 2012, but possible overlooked in wetlands area.

Spotted dove Streptopelia chinensis
Common. Always seen in every visits.

Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
Common. Not easy to seen, but their sound usually heard, hiding among the bushes.

Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
Scarce. The bird possibly overlooked in the field. Easily detected by its sound.
Swiftlets Collocalia spp Three species of Swiflets are occur here: Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta, Edible-nest Swiftlet C. fuciphagus and Black-nest Swiftlet C. maximus. The presence of these groups are related to swiflet houses (swiflet farmings) around Palembang City.  Figure 2) and remaining natural small forest and wetland habitats (Figure 3). This area has relatively give significance habitat for remaining birds in Palembang. The occurence of 44 species from 24 families in Punti Kayu Recreation Forest look like support this assumption. Another bird diversity at urban area in Palembang City has been reported by Zulkifli et al. (2013), recorded 49 species in Pulokerto wetlands. However, Pulokerto wetlands has not conservation status, so the birds in area will having serious threat from habitat loss. The legal status of Punti Kayu Recreation Forest is important key to ensure survival of remaining birds population in Palembang City. Following Noerdjito & Maryanto (2001) Figure  1).The city growth very rapid during 1999-2007 that many areas were reclaimed to be any purposes (Febriana 2008). Punti Kayu threatened by settlements (see map). h.            (Marle & Voous 1988), and breeding birds found in Punti Kayu Recreation Forest meet this season. Further study is needed to clarify breeding records of common resident birds in Punti Kayu Recreation Forest, such as: White-breasted Waterhen, Spotted Dove, Lesser Coucal, Collared Kingfisher, Whitethroated Kingfisher, Sooty-headed Bulbul, Yellow-vented Bulbul, Bar-winged Prinia, Yellow-bellied Prinia, Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker, Olive-backed Sunbird, Scaly-breasted Munia and Eurasian Tree Sparrow.

CONCLUSSION
A total of 44 species from 24 families of bird was recorded in Punti Kayu recreation fores. Few species recorded in 1999 are not appeared during observation in 2010-2015, presumed it is caused by degradation of habitats within or around the area. The legal status of Punti Kayu Recreation Forest is important key to ensure survival of remaining birds population in Palembang. Little is known about breeding information on birds in Punti Kayu Recreation Forest, and further study is needed to clarify breeding records of common resident birds.