Abstract:
Yamor Lake is located in Kaimana District part of the Bird Head Area of New Guinea Island. This lake was formed by two integrated land mass of the bird head area and the main land of New Guinea about 200 million years ago. This area Plays a significant role as transfly area of migrant birds and other avian in the north part of New Guinea and its satelite islands. The lake has a limited access that create a pristine protected area for bird nesting sites. The information of bird diversities from this site is poor and the area has becoming prospected habitat to be explored. The main objective of the study is to document bird diversities from the area. Transect lines method is employed in recording all birds encounter during the observation. Based on the preliminary study, 12 species are recorded and they are classified into 9 families and five of the 12 species were recognized as regular migrant birds visited Yamor lake.
