Biodiversity and Birds

It is very difficult to talk about the birds habitat without talking about the biodiversity. There are several biodiversity hot spots in the world, entire Sri Lanka also a such a hot spot according to the map given below.

  
When considering Sri Lanka Kalurata District is taken the first place of the biodiversity areas.
Biodiversity is a key factor for the birds availability. Basically bird availability is depending on several parameters few of them are listed below.
Land cover
Population density
Elevation
Rainfall 
Food Availability  
Proximity to Stream  
Proximity to Road 
Soil
Slope
Some Human Activities 


I will explain further about the relationship between Biodiversity and Birds in a next post.