Composition and Diversity Variation of Avifauna, along Different Vegetative Habitat Types in a Human-Modified Area, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Table 1

Habitat categorization depending on the nature and percentage of tree cover of the environment.

Habitat Number (H)	Common name of the habitat	Percentage of cover of the wooded vegetation (%)	Type of the habitat
H 1	Saiba ground (SG)	1.7	open ground
H 2	Gym canteen premises (GCP)	21.7	Low wooded
H 3	Medical centre area (MCA)	63.9	Highly wooded
H 4	Mee amba sevana (MAS)	91.4	Highly wooded
H 5	Girls’ hostel complex (GHC)	27.3	Low wooded
H 6	Management and IT department premises (MIT)	36.4	Moderately wooded
H 7	English language training unit premises (ELTU)	55.3	Moderately wooded
H 8	Thal weta premises (TWP)	26.8	Low wooded

Note: The percentage of wood cover was calculated, area of canopy cover of habitat with reference to total area of the habitat.