Research Article

Diversity, Species Composition, and Relative Abundance of Avifauna at Debre Libanos Monastery, Ethiopia

Table 2

Bird species abundance, diversity, richness, and evenness during the wet and dry seasons.

HabitatsSeasonSpecies richnessAbundanceHHmax= Ln (S)E = H′/Hmax

Natural forestWet419772.933.710.79
Dry373493.473.610.96

Cliff/riverine forestWet234182.793.140.89
Dry283662.763.330.83

PlantationWet111512.072.400.86
Dry151062.562.710.95

SettlementWet172792.162.780.78
Dry161842.472.770.89

H′: Shannon–Weiner index; H′/Hmax: evenness (E); Hmax: Ln (S); S: the total number of species.