Identify and Compare the Number and Variety of birds in Mellat and Pardis Parks in Mashhad (Khorasan Razavi Provice) in summer and autumn of 2011

Abstract

Birds are valuable animal species in many of green spaces and influence to them. So, Identifing and comparing the diversity and aboundance of bird’s species conducted in Mellat and Pardis city Parks in Mashhad during summer and autumn of 2011.
The main research method based on descriptive - analystic, literature review and the other part by using ecological methodology also, Excel and SPSS softwares and analyzing data from the census period. Totally from both of the parks 41 species belonging to 21 families were identified that the highest number of birds were belonged to Corvidae family in the Mellat park(n=287) and Passeridae family in Pardis park(n=228). Indices of species diversity showed that the most amount of Shannon-Winner heterogeneity index and species richness of Margalef were 3/90 and 4/27 respectively in Mellat Park in autumn and the most evenness measure of Hill was 76% in Pardis Park in summer.
T-test results between the diversity of birds illustrated that the Margalef’s species richness significant difference between the two parks but the other not significant.