Bird Diversity as a Tourist Attraction in the Tourism Area of the Taro Gianyar Bali

This study aims to determine the diversity of bird species, the status of the existence of birds and bird activity in the tourist area of Taro. This research will be a consideration for bird watching tourism. Observation of bird diversity was carried out in 3 trekking lane, using the strip transect method. Bird activity in the habitat was observed by the Ad Libitum Sampling method. Bird species diversity was calculated by the Shanon-Wiener diversity index. The results of the study found 37 species of birds, with a diversity index value of 3.21 (high diversity category). The complexity of the vegetation structure in the Taro tourist area strongly supports the high diversity of birds and their activities. There are 24 species of birds included in the category of Least Concern (LC) and Vulnerable (Vu) IUCN Red list, 3 species including protected species and 3 species are Indonesian endemic birds. Thus, the Taro tourist area has a high conservation value for bird conservation. Bird diversity, bird activity, bird conservation status are interesting aspects of avitourism or bird watching tourism. The use of bird diversity for tourism contributes positively to the conservation of biodiversity. Keywords: Bird Diversity, Bird Conservation Status and Bird watching Tourism.